Canada

Exactly. How dare we ...not...sell...OUR....Electricity! And how DARE we put tarriffs on things because the US put tarriffs on things first?!

Isn't American known for its rugged individualism? They don't need Canada, why would they use our roads or dare inconvenience themselves crossing into/out of our border?!!

This reminds me of the sov cit movement. Children with no understanding of the amount of effort and cooperation required for a functional society.

They could also avoid the Canadian fees by using ships but the US has the Jones Act which increases the cost of contiguous States shipping to non-contiguous States like Alaska. So their own government has already messed with Alaska which is why they truck shipments through Canada in the first place.

There is a town in Alaska that on the boarder, they have no access to anything other than some town in the Yukon, although they are in the US they use the Canadian dollar and celebrate Canada Day. It is unlike Robert’s Point or whatever that towns name in Washington state that is practically a suburb of Vancouver if I understand it correctly. Or the Canadian island in New Brunswick that has an unreliable fairy to the mainland and a bridge into New York.

Oooh, that feels like it could genuinely grate on them. Talk about straight, artificial-looking lines.

So, he's pro open borders.

And mexico can reclaim Texas and California.

Just give me a heads up a few days before so I can get to Alaska.

That line isn't imaginary; you can see it in aerial photos.

Alaska was settled by Russian colonists in the 1800s but the colony didn't do so well. The Russian emperor at the time decided to sell the territory to the US hoping to weaken the British Empire by preventing them from taking over the territory in the future (ie. to avoid it becoming part of Canada). The Russian emperor had hoped the entire West coast of North America would be US territory eventually but that never happened.

After all the gold was taken from it, Alaska's benefit to the US is now extending its reach into Arctic waters which are being eyed as a potential international shipping route since climate change means ice breakers might not be needed to escort other ships through the Arctic. The US (via Alaska), Canada, Russia, Denmark (via Greenland), Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Norway are all currently arguing over which parts of the Arctic ocean belong to them. They're hoping to ensure any cargo ships that pass through will have to pay them a fee similar to how Panama and Egypt charge for the Panama and Suez canals respectively.

My understanding is we bought Alaska from Russia. We still have the canceled check we wrote. The little tail that sticks down from the side taking up most of Canada's west coast is kind of bullshit though.

Right! If DOGE wants to get efficient, 49 is better than 50.

Thing is it is kinda hard to go around, when the US has made some fairly stupid laws about shipping things in the US, and it is impractical to fly most of the things in.

Not quite, but they have a town that is entirely in one big building.