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Trump warned he will impose additional tariffs on the European Union and Canada if they band together to “do economic harm” against the United States.

Get @#$%ed, Trump. Good read. Short but detailed about how partnered we are already and what our next priorities should be

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (30 children)

We’re done with the US but we’re also not joining the EU, although we have great allies there.

[–] ImmersiveMatthew 11 points 1 week ago (23 children)

You mean you are done with the US and you are not joining the EU and not all Canadians feel this way.

A national survey conducted by Abacus Data in late February 2025, involving 1,500 Canadian adults, revealed:

  • 44% believe the Canadian government should “definitely or probably” explore joining the EU.
  • 34% are opposed to the idea.
  • 23% remain undecided.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

high level figures in the EU have repeatedly stated that while they appreciate the gesture, Canada wont ever be a member. So its best to abandon those pipe dreams. When it comes down to the details, the EU is a boys club for Western and Central Europe, they dont even treat their Eastern members as anything more than a buffer zone against the Russians,

the EU isnt flawless either, Russia has infiltrated it with trojan horse governments like the Hungarian Fidesz party and the Slovakian SMER party, who embezzle EU funds and politically roadblock motions with their veto. Canada trying to decouple with the US just to dive into the EU is like running from a burning house into a house with a basement meth lab.

[–] ImmersiveMatthew 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The same could be said about any Union including the USA as not all states are treated equally.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

financially, sure geopolitically, no chance. the US is not under any military threat to its own territory. It doesn't have aggressive neighbors.

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