TV Legend William Shatner Fires Back At Trump's 'Insulting' Offer
William Shatner slammed Donald Trump earlier this week after the U.S. president continued to entertain Canada becoming the 51st state despite getting a hard no from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
'At a certain point, persistence becomes insulting,' the Canadian-born 'Star Trek' actor told Fox News' Jesse Watters on Tuesday.
Shatner — who has previously expressed his concerns about climate change will fare under Trump — tore apart the U.S. president for digging into his annexation threats in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
Moments after Carney emphasized that Canada was 'not for sale' during the meeting, Trump responded, 'never say never.'
Shatner told Watters that he's 'dealt a little' in real estate before encouraging Carney make a 'real estate deal' with Trump.
'Make a counteroffer, let's offer — Canada offer — to the United States to be the 11th province. Think of the joy! And it's the best thing!' he said.
He continued, 'Here you have a friendly group of people saying, 'Come on over. It's cleaner, there's plenty of power, there's some lovely people who want to work with you. Be our 11th province!'
Watters replied that Carney 'would have brought the house down' with his remarks.
Shatner agreed before turning his attention back toward Trump's 51st state talk.
'I mean, everybody's so serious about what is an unserious offer,' said the actor, adding that Canada has been around for over 150 years and its people have fought nobly ona number ofoccasions during both world wars.
'Tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers have died in the fight for freedom and making the world playable for all of us. You can't denigrate that. You can't deny that.'
Shatner would later take to X, formerly Twitter, where he declared that Americans have 'so much' to gain from taking the proposed deal including greater access to poutine, ketchup-flavored potato chips and scoring free health care.
'If you are angry about my posts on the US becoming a Canadian province: imagine how Canadians felt when an actual leader of a friendly neighboring country floated that idea across the border,' he wrote in a post on Thursday.
'Doesn't feel good; does it? Learn a lesson from it. 😉😘.'
H/T: Mediaite
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