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Pushing boundaries comes with the territory ... "
Donald J. Trump

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Pushing boundaries means:

Acting in a way that challenges established norms or accepted behavior.
Violating rules or accepted behavior, though not significantly.
In a relationship, it involves disregarding or violating personal limits set by a partner.

push the boundaries of (something) (redirected from push boundaries)
push the boundaries of (something)
To act in a way that challenges established, expected, or accepted norms.
The most famous and influential performers tend to push the boundaries in everything from their lyrics to their clothing.
A: "She's a teenager now—she's going to push the boundaries every chance she gets." B: "Yeah, well, she better get used to being grounded then!"
See also: boundary, of, push
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. ©


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come with the territory
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come with the territory
To typically accompany a certain situation; to be a usual consequence or related issue.
When you're the boss, staying late at the office just comes with the territory.
Sleep deprivation comes with the territory of being a new parent.
Of course you're feeling anxious—that just comes with the territory when you start a new job.
See also: come, territory
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
come with the territory and go with the territory
Fig. to be expected under circumstances like this. (Alludes to the details and difficulties attendant to something like the assignment of a specific sales territory to a salesperson. When one accepts the assignment, one accepts the problems.) There is a lot of paperwork in this job. Oh, well, I guess it comes with the territory. There are problems, but they go with the territory.
See also: come, territory
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
come with the territory
Accompany specific circumstances, as in You may not like the new coach, but he comes with the territory, or As the editor, you may not like listening to complaints, but it comes with the territory. This term uses territory in the sense of "sales district," and the phrase originally meant that traveling sales personnel had to accept whatever problems or perquisites they found in their assigned region. Today it is applied in many other contexts. [Second half of 1900s]
See also: come, territory
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
;come/;go with the ;territory be a normal and accepted part of a particular job, situation, etc: As a doctor, he has to work long hours and some weekends, but that goes with the territory I suppose.
See also: come, go, territory
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
comes with the territory
Is part of specific conditions or circumstances. For example, “You may not like dealing with difficult customers, but it comes with the territory.” The term, which originally alluded to traveling salesmen who had to accept whatever they found in their assigned region, or “territory,” soon came to be extended to other areas. It dates from the second half of the twentieth century.
See also: come, territory
The Dictionary of Clich;s by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
See also:
come/go with the territory
go with the territory
go with the territory, to
go with the turf
come with the turf


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Donald Trump Says 'Nasty' Canada 'Meant To Be 51st State'
Story by Shane Croucher •
President Donald Trump has reiterated his call for Canada to become the 51st state of the United States.

Trump, speaking to Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview, called the people who worked for Canada's former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "nasty."

"I deal with every country, indirectly or directly. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada," Trump said.

He continued: "Canada was meant to be the 51st state because we subsidize Canada by $200 billion a year," referencing an exaggerated estimate of the U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which the U.S. Trade Representative's Office placed at $63.3 billion for 2024.

Why It Matters
Antipathy has been building between the U.S. and Canada in recent weeks over Trump's wide-ranging tariffs on Canadian imports. These have sparked threats and retaliatory actions from Canada, boycotts of American-made goods, and resulted in an all-out trade war between the two historically friendly nations.

In response to Canada expressing fears that the tariffs will harm its economy, Trump suggested that the country could be incorporated into the U.S. as its "51st state," a comment he has since repeated, while also referring to Canada's recently replaced prime minister as "Governor Trudeau." While some have suggested that this was a joke, Canadian officials have expressed fears that the threat is real, with Trudeau reportedly believing that the U.S. president is eyeing up the country's substantial mineral endowment.


U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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What To Know
In Tuesday's interview, Trump said that the U.S. was not reliant on Canadian imports, and was more than capable of sourcing goods and raw materials domestically.

"We don't need their lumber, we don't need their energy, we don't need anything. We certainly don't want their automobiles," he said.


When pressed by Ingraham on why Trump was apparently "tougher" on Canada than America's "adversaries," Trump responded: "Only because it's meant to be our 51st state."

According to the Toronto Star, which obtained a recording of Trudeau speaking at a closed-door meeting with Canadian business and labor figures, the former prime minister called Trump's threats "a real thing."

"I suggest that not only does the Trump administration know how many critical minerals we have, but that may be even why they keep talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state," Trudeau reportedly said.

Mark Carney, an economist and former governor of the Bank of England, recently replaced Trudeau as Canada's prime minister.

Carney promised to "stand up to" Trump while running for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and has since pledged to push back against the president's tariffs.

Last week, Canada said it would be imposing tariffs on $21 billion worth of American products entering the country, in response to Trump's latest, 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has also threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on electricity being supplied to the U.S., though he has halted this plan following conversations with the Trump administration.

What People Are Saying
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently told reporters that President Trump must stop making "disrespectful" comments about Canada's sovereignty before the two countries are able to "sit down and have a conversation about our broader partnership with the United States," Reuters reported.

Canadian Foreign Minister M;lanie Joly recently told the BBC that she is taking Trump's comments on Canada becoming the 51st state "very seriously."

"This is not a joke anymore," Joly said. "This is not something we laugh at. This is actually based on the conversations we've had—that I've had—with many of the Trump administration officials."

Adam Chapnick, professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada, told Newsweek: "Of course, Canada and its allies must take the president's threats seriously, so as not to allow them to become normalized among his extraordinarily loyal base, but the likelihood of Washington putting serious resources into taking Canada over remains slim to nil. I suspect that the president will continue to speak longingly of taking over Canada because it gets such a rise out of Canadians and he enjoys the attention and the ability to exert power, even if only through unrealistic threats. But this is not to say that Canadians, or the rest of the world, should expect an American invasion any time soon."

Lana Payne, the national president of Unifor, Canada's largest private sector union, previously told Newsweek: "There is palpable anger over the multiple tariff threats and threats against our very sovereignty with the repeated assertation that Canada should become the 51st state. Canadians are coming together and fighting back in ways they can, and the easiest way to do that is to support the buying of things made in Canada."

What Happens Next
Trump's 25 percent tariffs on Canadian imports, alongside the 10 percent tariff on Canadian energy imports, began in early March. Last week, Trump's 25 percent duties on steel and aluminum came into effect for all countries. Trump has said that his "reciprocal tariffs"—aimed at amending what he sees as unfairness in America's trading relationships—are set to come into effect on April 2.