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LILLEY: Steve Bannon says Trump is serious on the 51st state

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Steve Bannon is the former chief strategist of President Donald Trump 's former White House chief strategist.

He supports the idea of Canada joining with the United States in some form, even if it doesn’t exactly mean becoming the 51st state.

The former investment banker and naval officer cites the Monroe Doctrine and naval theorist Alfred Mahan .

Bannon says China especially has designs on the Arctic .

Trump 's musing about Canada becoming the 51st state may have started as a joke at Justin Trudeau’s expense.

Bannon offered some parting advice at the end of the interview.

“What the Canadian people would do is, number one, take this seriously, follow what President Trump is saying, and I think, get it on your national agenda," he said.

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