Vice President JD Vance called Canada a “state” on Monday, August 24, and then quickly claimed it was an accident.JD Vance calls Canada a ‘state’ in sudden slip-up at Maine event (Photographer: Sofia Aldinio/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)“We have to remember, Canada is a state—sorry, Freudian slip,” Vance said during a political event in Maine, after he was asked about the recent heated trade talks between the US and its neighbor. “That was actually an accident.”He then said that “Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America.”You can watch the video here: https://x.com/Acyn/status/2091928760081936789?s=20Vance’s slip-up comes after President Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to Canada as the “51st state,” suggesting that the United States could annex its northern neighbor. Back in March, Trump called Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the “future Governor of Canada.”