Stupid things Trump has said about Canada

1. Canada is 'a massively long piece'

Trump has said he would not build a wall to the north if elected president, but that's fine, because if he's elected, Canadians might build one anyway. During a televised debate in February 2016, he referred to Canada as a "piece" as opposed to a country (whatever that means), and indicated that building a wall between the U.S. in Mexico is a cheaper, easier, smaller project:

"With Canada, you're talking about a massively long piece. You're talking about a border that would be about four times longer," he said "It would be very, very hard to do — and it is not our biggest problem. I don't care what anyone says. It is not our big problem."

2. If cool celebrities move to Canada it will be doing a service to America

The loud-mouthed Republican, if you can call him a Republican, has also sneered in the face of thousands of American pledges to migrate north if he becomes president, especially at Girls star Lena Dunham. But he's also shrugged off Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, and Cher, saying that if they left it'd be "a great, great thing" for America. We think we're getting the better end of the deal.

“I’ll be doing a great service to our country. I have to (win). Now, it’s much more important,” he said in an interview with Fox News in April after Dunham joined the ranks of those promising to join the exodus. He even went so far as to insult Dunham by adding:

"Well, she's a B-actor. And you know, has no mojo. You know, I heard Whoopi Goldberg said that too. That would be a great, great thing for our country."

Essentially, the message is: You won't be missed (as side note, you'd be welcome here in Canada, eh!)

3. Canada costs the U.S. too much

For a man whose name is plastered on at least two luxury hotels and towers in Canada, Trump has whined very loudly about how much his northern neighbours are costing America. At a New York rally in April this year, he said he would change what he calls poorly-negotiated international trade deals, and mentioned Canada in the mix:

“I like free trade, but free trade is not free trade, it’s dump trade because we lose with China, we lose with Mexico, we lose with Japan and Vietnam and every single country that we deal with. We lose with Canada — big-league. Tremendous, tremendous trade deficits with Canada.”

He also thinks the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a "horrible deal" that will send jobs overseas (Canada signed the TPP trade agreement earlier this year, but has not yet ratified it), further promised he would “renegotiate” or “break” the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, which includes Canada.

4. He "wouldn't want" to copy Canada's gender-neutral cabinet

While Trump is the first person to congratulate Trump on his own diverse work force ("perhaps even more" than half of which is female), he vowed in an interview with an MSNBC reporter last November that he would not follow in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's footsteps by appointing a gender-neutral cabinet if elected president.

“I’m not one that has to make a pledge,” he told interviewer Mika Brzezinski. “I wouldn’t want that. Because I will tell you: I want the best person at each position… I’m going to get the best people for the job.”

The comments are particularly telling, given the slew of Trump's other misogynistic comments about women, which range from saying no one would vote for his former rival, Carly Fiorina, because of of her face, joking about dating his own daughter, and punishing women for abortions.

And here's a bonus: a stupid thing Trump tried to do in Canada

Trump may think Canada costs too much in the way of international trade agreements, but a recent report by The Toronto Star reveals he still has the gall to ask us for money. "Please chip in before midnight tonight,” read emails from his own campaign, sent to Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale in June. As it turns out, the GOP wannabe has been hitting up not only Canadian reporters, but also MPs, and people in countries like Australia and Iceland for cash, according to a complaint filed in June with the U.S. Federal Election Commission.

Former Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell tweeted derisively about the 'chip in' emails, saying she's made it clear on social media what she thinks of Trump: “Aside from fact I am (Canadian), clearly they don’t follow me on Twitter!” she wrote.

In a similar vein, Larry Bagnell, a Liberal MP for the Yukon reportedly received a fundraising letter from Trump's campaign, which was promptly deleted by his staff.

Since it's illegal for foreign nationals to contribute to U.S. elections and for American candidates to solicit funds from foreign nationals, it's unclear why Trump was contacting Canadians for funds (he's also a billionaire, adding to our confusion). According to Capital Economics, a Trump victory would be "very bad" for Canada's economy," so he probably won't be receiving much cash from Canadian politicians anytime soon.