Tom Green Explains Why Canadians Are So Angry About the "51st State" Talk

As a Canadian who spent two decades living in the US, Tom Green is in a unique position to understand the tensions between the two countries at the moment, which is why he's taken it upon himself to explain to Americans why Canadians are so angry about all that "51st state" talk. While Americans think that tariffs will bring manufacturing back to the US, Green pointed out that "Canada is the biggest consumer of American goods outside of America; we buy more American products than any other country in the world." Green argued, "The thing that gets lost here is that Canadians have traditionally been very proud of being allies of America" (another thing that, in this writer's experience, is definitely not true, to the point that Canadians can get a little smug about it).

Author: Alex Hudson

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