Fox News Host Tells Top Canadian Official It's an 'Honor' to Be Taken Over By US

As President-elect Donald Trump continues to express his desire to absorb Canada, friendly outlets like Fox News are joining the discussion and making the case for such a development.

Primetime host Jesse Waters interviewed Ontario Premier Doug Ford and pitched him the absorption, saying he would consider it a "privilege" to be in that position should he be a citizen from a country other than the U.S.

Ford rejected the notion, saying Canada "is not for sale" and proposing a trade deal making the area the "richest, wealthiest, most prosperous jurisdictions and two countries anywhere in the world." "We have the critical minerals, energy, electricity that America needs and there's only one place I want to sell it to," Ford added.

Waters, however, rebuked the answer: "You can sell it to us or we can own it together. That's a choice we can all make together, everything has a price," he said, proposing Ford "think of it more as a merger than an acquisition." "Not a taking over but a coming together."

Ford again rejected the premise, highlighting that he lived in the U.S. for 20 years and "not one American has a problem with Canada." He went on to say that "China is the problem," as the country is "shipping cheap parts into Mexico and them slapping 'Made in Mexico' stickers before shipping them to the U.S. and Canada, costing jobs." "Mexico has to make a choice: Beijing of Washington," Ford added.

Waters again rejected Ford, saying Canadians seem to have a problem with the U.S. instead. "If I were a citizen of another country and a neighbor of the U.S., I'd consider it a privilege to be taken over by the U.S." "That's what everybody else in the world wants, American citizenship. For some reason that's repellent for you Canadians. and I find it personally offensive," Waters said.

After Ford disagreed again, Waters concluded the interview by saying "this might just have to be a hostile takeover" and jokingly proposing to "half and half on Greenland." "We're good," Ford said.

Ford also fired back earlier this week: "How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?" Ford jokingly said in a press briefing on Monday.

While Ford clarified on CNN that his comments were made in jest, he emphasized Canada's pride and sovereignty. "We're a sovereign country. We're proud Canadians, just like Americans are proud," Ford said. "Under my watch, [annexation] will never, ever happen."