Fox News star insists it’s a ‘privilege’ to be taken over by US — as Canadian official makes snarky counteroffer
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‘But the fact that they don’t want us to take them over makes me want to invade,’ Jesse Watters snarked. ‘I want to quench my imperialist thirst.’. Fox News star Jesse Watters said on Tuesday night that Canadians should see it as “a privilege to be taken over” by the United States, especially since “everybody in the world wants” to be an American citizen.
While the MAGA-boosting host also declared that he wanted to “quench my imperialist thirst” by annexing America’s neighbor to the north, Canadian leaders were firing back at President-elect Donald Trump’s expansionist threats with some jokes of their own.
During an off-the-rails press conference on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his desire to take control of Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal while suggesting that military and “economic force” were on the table. He also said at one point that he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”.
During Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News’ top-rated panel show, The Five, Watters gushed over Trump’s renewed push to take over Greenland despite the autonomous Danish territory’s statement that it is not for sale. “That’s where we are with Trump. He’s America’s real estate tycoon,” Watters declared. “So he’s testing the waters, he’s flexing his muscle.”.
“But the fact that they don’t want us to take them over makes me want to invade,” he snarked. “I want to quench my imperialist thirst.”. Later that evening on his solo primetime Fox News program, Watters brought on Ford to ask the Ontario leader why he opposed Trump’s proposal to “absorb” Canada into the United States.
