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[โ€“] [email protected] 129 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump said Canada could join the system for free if it becomes the 51st U.S. state. If not, it would cost $61 billion.

And Canada said: "No." ๐Ÿคญ

[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 1 week ago (4 children)

โ€œThey are considering the offer!โ€ Trump claimed.

Prize BS

[โ€“] taladar 37 points 1 week ago

I mean they are likely considering the offer. Considering it a bad joke maybe, or an insult, or most likely both.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They told him "Don't call us, we'll call you" and he interpreted it as them considering it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Your offer has been considered, and it has been found... wanting. Do not force us to consider it further, or we may find even more things we dislike about it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 127 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good. Get us entirely separated from the states. We need to get off that sinking ship as fast as possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 66 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Save yourselves first. Always put on your oxygen mask before turning to help someone else to put on theirs. Sigh, I wish it wasn't the case that this was necessary. And it is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After you guys get safe can you help us with our oxygen masks please? Apparently 48% of us can't figure it out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

We'll help as much as we can, but despite all appearances we're still just one little guy here, and you guys apparently have a lot of work that needs to get done. We aren't gonna be able to do it all by ourselves. Start helping your own neighbors figure their shit out and don't wait for us to come to your rescue. We'll try, but can't make any promises when shit starts getting real like this.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I donโ€™t really know how you expect a country with a fraction of your population to be able to help you, and I donโ€™t really understand how eager you think a country your country is threatening to invade and annex is going to be to help you

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

For me, it's like this. Do you know people in the same way you know a country? I'm not talking to Canada, I'm talking to Canadians. And our country, USA is a lot effed up right now. And that's gonna harm a lot more USians than it will help, I fear. I know a few Canadians, and would do a lot for any of them because of who I know them to be on a personal, not national basis. Doubtless selection bias of some sort going on to be sure. Maybe you know some people of a different nationality, ethnicity, etc, and you know they are decent people even tho' it might be the case that their government is absolute shite. And I didn't ask for anything, Said 'save yourselves first' and gave a metaphor for why that is important, but for the moment I don't really need an o2 mask, it's a metaphor.

[โ€“] Kecessa 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Carney reportedly told Trump during a meeting in Washington that Canada is not interested in becoming a U.S. state.

There's fucking videos of it

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Stop bringing things like facts or the truth into this!

-Seemingly most modern media in regards to American republicans.

[โ€“] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pay to reject data consent? What kind of devil spawn is this?

https://archive.is/BaPz0

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Lol best part: clicking reject and pay just lets you see the content. No payment necessary

[โ€“] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

USA here, good for you guys. Fuck us.

[โ€“] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago

Carney said his government is working quickly to join the EU-led โ€œReArm Europeโ€ program, which plans to invest $1.25 trillion in defense over the next five years.

โ€œSeventy-five cents of every dollar spent on defense goes to the United States. Thatโ€™s not a smart move,โ€ Carney told host David Cochrane.

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice trump just lost the US a trillion dollars!

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Is that the government efficiency hes been talking about?

[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] n3m37h 18 points 1 week ago

Over a 5 year span and thats the total estimate for all of the EU. 5% Total GDP, 3.5% goes to military and 1.5% goes to others like cyber security

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

It's like having an abusive partner, we're losing our friends and allies because we won't dump his ass.

[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

The only threat to Canada is the U.S.

[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Nice!! Sick burn fascist USA! ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ–•

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Welp, that's gonna be fun for NORAD... not to mention put a bit of a dent in the 'Golden Dome'... concept of a concept of a plan...

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

That would be amazing if it was easy. The EU is a political mess and adding more states would add stressful complexity. It's a peace time project and peace currently has a gun to it's head.

[โ€“] shittydwarf 7 points 1 week ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago