PHOTOSHOPPED: AI generated image of Donald Trump standing illegally on a mountain in Matterhorn goes viral

AI generated image of Donald Trump standing illegally on a mountain in Matterhorn goes viral

Does Donald Trump want to conquer Canada?

The president-elect posted a bewildering image of him and the Canadian flag on top of a mountain just days after suggesting Canada become the U.S.’s 51st state

“Oh Canada,” Trump captioned the AI-generated image.

There was just one problem: the mountain range appeared to be the Swiss Alps, with a peak reminiscent of the Matterhorn visible in the background.

Trudeau reportedly told Trump he cannot levy that large of an import tax on the U.S.'s northern neighbor because it would completely kill the Canadian economy. 

The president-elect then suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others at the table to laugh nervously, Fox's sources said. 

On Tuesday, Dominic LeBlanc, a Canadian cabinet minister clarified that Trump's comment was a 'joke' and was taken that way at the dinner table, according to the Toronto Star. 

LeBlanc was on hand at the Florida dinner. When asked by reporters if Trump thought Canada was a joke LeBlanc replied, 'Not at all, not at all.' 

'That was not the context at all,' he said. 'In a three-hour social evening at the president's residence in Florida on a long weekend of American Thanksgiving, the conversation was going to be lighthearted.' 

'The president was telling jokes,' the cabinet minister continued. 'The president was teasing us. It was, of course, on that issue, in no way a serious comment we had.'