I'd really like to think that the governments of states like California, Oregon, Washington, and New York would work with Canada to resist this stupid stunt and offer to instead become canadian provinces. I mean, if we're doing stupid shit about control of borders or whatever, and these states are already being attacked by Trump and giving more to the Fed than they're taking back, why not just offer our GDP to Canada in exchange for a functioning Federal government, with healthcare for our citizens too?
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Time for Canada to start building bunkers along the border. Deep defense. Then weapons caches around the country.
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What a fucking loser. Who does that to their closest ally? Hey Canadians, there are a ton of us in the US that are fucking disgusted by this that also feel helpless. Please don't let this man make you hate all Americans. Trust me, he is pretty talented at dividing people.
Its not a hatred of Americans. Its a hatred of America.
The culture. The arrogance. The lack of respect for other nations. The blatant ignoring of rules and agreements they brokered. The list goes on.
All things Americans have turned a blind eye towards for decades.
So yeah, we know not all Americans are bad but theres no denying this has been allowed to happen.
Right, unfortunately it's not Canadians job to make sure every single American they interact is "one of the good ones."
It's an unfortunate guilt by association, but many, many, many of us Americans exhibit all of those qualities: arrogance, lack of respect for others, blatant ignoring of rules and agreements. Just generally being an asshole bully.
I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but I'm not quite convinced this was a legitimate victory. He mumbled something about "Elon knowing voting machine numbers" or some such on inauguration day. He's letting Elon's kid tell him to STFU on camera and is just sitting there taking it? Nah, something doesn't add up to me.
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Oh we're pretty united. When some dipshit from North Dakota says he can't wait to show us why they have the 2nd amendment and "clear out the liberal wackos" at a professional engineering conference, it really ties the population together.
The same 2A pussies who say the guns are to stop gov tyranny have suddenly become silent. I guess they just wanted THEIR preferred form of tyranny.
By "tyranny" they mean (1) being expected to pay taxes to enable society's basic functioning, and (2) being expected to treat others with respect.
They want chaos. They figure if you shake the snowglobe hard enough they'll magically move to the top out of their shitty life.
Trump's closest ally (or "dom" if you will) is Vladimir Putin.
And he would stand to gain from any damage to US and to US-Canada relations. If US actually starts fighting and fucking up everything, it takes the heat off Russia and all US aid getting canceled will not be good for Europe and especially Ukraine. But also so many other places around the world from USaid.
Who does that to their closest ally?
Someone looking to sever ties with that ally. Everything Trump does makes the US weaker - his goal isn't to acquire Canada, it's to damage the US.
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Hey Canada, just buy America from trump, tell him he’ll still be CEO, conclude the deal and then fire him.
Thank you.
Should any attempt be made, I will kill as many Nazis as I can on my way out.
Fuck trump
Fuck maga
Fuck Nazis
Fuck musk
As they say in Iran (and so many other nations), "death to America"
Give me liberty or give me death, eh.
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I'm more interested in becoming a Canadian province.
And I dare say, if the US did officially go to war with Canada, New England (and probably New York) would be likely to switch sides.
And they would in all likelihood bring with them all military bases and forces within their territory.
Hey Canada! I'm pretty sure you fought us over Michigan and Ohio once. Come and take us please.
Not secede but they could refuse to participate and could actively resist. The west coast and Minnesota might also. Lots of military probably have family in Canada also. Canada could sneak raiding parties into the US to knock out transmission lines, utilities, etc.
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Does he not understand that it will require a full-scale war for that to happen?
Not just a full war but constant costs for occupation with a populace with easy and common access to drones, guns, and explosives.
I think it's unlikely that Canada would formally resist and hold the border for long... but Canadians are really fucking pissed about this bullshit.
I think it’s unlikely that Canada would formally resist and hold the border for long…
The border will fall very quickly, and that's just expected given the 10:1 outnumbering and the amazing weaponry. Our best play is to let that fall quickly and fight a resistance, should it come to that. It's gonna be horrific.
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You would also have partisans in the US that would help Canada.
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That's the biggest problem. You need either Canada's consent (which he can't get) or to win a war with Canada plus the rest of NATO.
The second problem: it would make way more sense to become 10 or 13 US states. With respect to both area and population. That would be a big disadvantage to his party in congress.
This is why it’s very evident that it’s a distraction from the grift.
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You're dreaming if you think NATO minus the US would fight the US if the US invaded Canada. There would be some excuse made, or some technicality found.
As for becoming states, what's much more likely is that the US would make Canada a territory like American Samoa: no electoral college votes, no senators, no congressional representatives, not even US citizenship.
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No
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Let him look all he wants. First hand he reaches out with, lop it off
Turnip and his cronies so desperately want to divert everyone's attention from the dumpster fire they lit that they'll say anything .... me and my moose are on stand by for any invasion.
I'm definitely serious about Scarlet Johansson sitting on my face. That's more likely to happen than Canada becoming part of the US.
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Putin wants the US, Canada, Greenland, and Russia, all under Russian control as the globe heats up.
The Arctic sea will become more important than Panama. Which is why trump is also eyeing Panama.
Welcome to the new Soviet union, comrade!
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He should make Mexico a state and the border crisis will vanish just like that.
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