Trump Doubts Canada Would Skew Democrat If It Becomes The U.S. 51st State: 'Before I Got Involved The Conservative Was Leading'

President Donald Trump said he is not sure Canada would be a Democratic state if absorbed by the U.S., noting that conservatives had a strong lead in the polls before his trade war completely changed the race.

Speaking to press at the White House, Trump was asked if he was concerned about whether Canada would skew Democrat if it became the 51st state. "Is it liberal? Maybe, but you know, a conservative, until I got involved... I don't care who wins up there. Frankly it would do better with a liberal if you want to know the truth," Trump began.

"Just a little while ago, before I got involved and totally changed the election, which I don't care about, probably it's to our advantage, but the conservative was leading against Governor Trudeau by 35 points. So I don't know about that. Canada is a place like a lot of other places. If you have a good candidate, the candidate is going to win," he added.

It remains unclear whether Trump is serious about annexing Canada, whose leaders across the political spectrum have profusely refused to join the U.S. However, his threats should be taken seriously, said Alyssa Batchelor-Causey, a Democratic Political Strategist from Hill and State Strategies in an interview with The Latin Times back in January. She said that even if such a scenario were to materialize, questions about the U.S. political systems would arise. But should it continue like it is, it would actually be a boon for the Democratic Party.

"There is a very loud minority in Canada of conservatives, but even the conservatives in Canada are drastically different than the conservatives in the United States. They're more of a centrist conservative party, what we would consider to be a center-wing party than a true conservative Republican Party," Batchelor-Causey began.

"Canada is much more progressive and has much more progressive, liberal politics than even that of the Democratic Party [in the U.S.], it is probably more so aligned, I would guess from what I know, with the with the AOC, Bernie [Sanders] wing of the Democratic party than it is with you know what is typically referred to as the establishment wing of the party. So yes, when it comes to party politics in particular, most Canadians would probably fall under the Democratic party in a two-party system," she added.

Trump's tariffs and his threat to annex Canada effectively booster liberals in the country. The party trailed conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, by 20 percentage points in polls at the beginning of the year, but the difference has practically evaporated ever since. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call for snap federal elections as early as Sunday.