{"id":16268,"date":"2025-02-11T17:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/new-brunswick-border-town-reacts-to-trumps-51st-state-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:16:57","slug":"new-brunswick-border-town-reacts-to-trumps-51st-state-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/new-brunswick-border-town-reacts-to-trumps-51st-state-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick border town reacts to Trump\u2019s 51st state comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>As attention intensifies on U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> repeated comments about Canada becoming the 51st state, residents in and around the border town of Woodstock, N.B., are taking notice.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The small town is roughly 30 minutes from Houlton, Maine, and for years, the two communities have had a tight connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, we went to Houlton at least once a week,\u201d longtime resident Norma Scott said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now, Woodstock residents have a front-row seat to the unfolding drama between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has reiterated comments about making Canada an American state. Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/justin-trudeau\/\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> has indicated he doesn\u2019t believe Trump is joking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI probably won\u2019t be living to see it,\u201d Scott said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing quite well the way we are. And let the States be the way they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But not everyone feels that way. Brian McHatten grew up in the area but has lived in Florida for several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d go for it \u2014 at least New Brunswick. We\u2019d have a little bit of a better life. 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