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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a private meeting inadvertently broadcast via a hot mic, warned that Donald Trump is seriously considering annexing Canada to secure its critical mineral resources.

Speaking to business and labor leaders, Trudeau claimed Trump’s administration is keenly aware of Canada’s resource wealth and sees annexation as a means to control it.

The comments, cut off after staff realized they were audible, underscore growing economic and political tensions.

He also stressed the need to diversify trade, noting, “Geography means we’re always going to both benefit and be challenged by trade with the United States.”

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[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 hours ago

can't they just import things like this from Mexico and China

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 23 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Lol that would probably look like the Winter War where Finns were vastly outnumbered but still won because they know how to survive the winter. I hope the americans wear body cams when they invade. It will be very satisfying to watch the Rocky Mountains literally kill them man vs nature style.

And Canadians are so fucking brutal historically in war. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0230d9mp5WY

Also not sure if relevant but Canadian true crime seems to be way more often gory and needlessly violent compared to your typical run of the mill murder stories.

[-] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 11 points 14 hours ago

Not to disrespect the amazing achievements of the Finn's in that war, but they lost, and lost half their country.

Incredible job not to lose the whole thing ofc.

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[-] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

This is just big talk for the cameras. The logistics of such a thing. Are so ridiculous and insane that if it was actually attempted. Canadians would basically become slaves with no rights.. The Country would be torn apart by Resource fiends. They wouldnt even know what to do with 40 million people under a different legal system, so that would imply hundreds of thousands of people would end up just getting murdered or dying of neglect as society collapses

And that would open the door for massive waves of violence. What ISIS, AQ, etc did to America, That would absolutely be on the table.

This goes for any country. But if a country that's supposed to have been our friend and ally for generations decides its time for Imperialism, and wipes out their neighbor like that in some putin hairbrained map drawing fantasy.... Let me just say that Treachery is the lowest circle of hell. And people would have absolutely zero qualms after having everything taken away from them, in such a betrayal, zero qualms about targetting the civilian population of the aggressor.

and abandoning the whole somber story of how life would be over for 30-40 million Canadians, let me say that this act would 101%, without a doubt, Cause a US civil war. This is a Red line. And if there isn't an eruption of mutinies, coups, revolts and violence in the US as it was enacted, Well, in that case, the Nazis already won.

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[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 30 points 18 hours ago

Our dedicated boys keep the peace in newly annexed Canada

[-] YetiBeets@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Australians are pissed. We have been right with the yanks in "America 1st" for decades and we get looked over again

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They know that China will defend us... and then claim Australia as red territory.

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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 26 points 20 hours ago

A blue state with the population of texas, lets see how that affects congress.

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago

Canada will be treated like Puerto Rico to ensure this doesn't happen...

Monkey Paw: Supreme court rules that the federal government get to draw the maps. You get a totally gerrymandered State of Canada, Magats remain in power forever.

[-] tiefling 6 points 18 hours ago

Ontario gets one congressional district, Alberta gets like 10

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[-] Teknikal@eviltoast.org 13 points 17 hours ago

Trump must realise Canada one of the founding members of Nato and an attack on one is an attack on all.

Im not Canadian I should add but yeah this kind of thing really will not go well for anyone same goes for Greenland.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trump is using Putins playbook. Constantly threaten to annex your neighbors. Neighbors take those threats seriously and start to build up a standing army at the border. Convince populous that the neighbors are threatening the nation and are preparing for an invasion. Yada yada yada. Start a “special military op“ and invade neighbor.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago

Can Americans just own their own dictator and expanding philosophy, please? Americans have been invading nonstop since they started to exist, Putin wasn't even a spermatozoid. If there is an encyclopedia on this, it is written in English.

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[-] Krik@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 23 hours ago

I'm an outsider.

Do you think the military will comply with an order to invade Canada? Usually the higher ups are pretty sane people (in the West).

[-] Sl00k@programming.dev 39 points 23 hours ago

Even if the higher ups somehow agree (which would be insane), the actual troops are the ground are 50% POC or minorities. I can't imagine them going through this hatred by the whitehouse and still continuing to follow orders. There will be a break in chain of command at some point.

Also peep the military subreddit on Reddit they are talking about breaking chain a lot, whether they will it's still to be tested but it's definitely indication of where things lie.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 200 points 1 day ago

Nothing Trump says is a joke, unless he realizes he's getting too much pushback on it for going too far. Then it's a joke.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 day ago

Trump has zero sense of humour. He never jokes. Every comment he makes is a serious possibility in his mind.

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago

His best trait is his comedy skills in my honest opinion. He absolutely has a sense of humour. And I'm an angry Canadian who would put a bullet in the guy's head if I could.

Dude is funny. That's why he's in office.

The thing is that there is a truth behind every joke.

[-] prole 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Sorry, but no. You might have brain damage if you think he's funny.

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[-] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

This quite a historic geopolitical paradigm shift. It's been implicitly assumed that the two countries are forever allied out of mutual interest.

[-] spooky2092 36 points 23 hours ago

Trump is trying to speedrun the destruction of the US

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[-] commander@lemmings.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Good. I'd like to see Canada and Mexico become parts of the US.

[-] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

They should form a North American Union, like the EU. Unfortunately, Trump would never do something like that, because he's stuck in the 19th century.

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 80 points 1 day ago

Yo, this won't be an annex. It will be an invasion if he really wants it, same with Greenland. You think Canada will just roll over? Imagine if fucking Mexico decided to take back Texas. (At this point, please do, I could use some new leadership here)

I'm so sorry Canadians, yall just up there doing your thing and these assholes just trying to fuck your shit up.

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[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 135 points 1 day ago

We should join the EU, fast

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago

I fucking wish man. I have wanted to live in Iceland for my entire adult life and I finally could. I know they aren't EU but they are Schengen before someone says "well actualyl"

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 112 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's not enough. They should immediately negotiate an agreement with Britain and France to have British and French nuclear weapons stationed on Canadian soil. Have them there long enough until Canada can acquire their own domestic arsenal.

Canada needs the bomb. It sounds insane, but I am not joking. That is the obvious lesson of the Ukraine war. Canada is already an advanced near-nuclear state. They could have a domestic arsenal within a year or two if they wanted. And borrowing a few nukes from London or Paris in the meantime would provide cover to allow that.

And I say this as an American. I know Canadians may be loathe at the idea of a Canadian nuclear arsenal. But be realistic. It is the only way for Canada to ever be able to credibly deter a direct threat from the US. We can no longer be trusted.

Canada needs the bomb.

[-] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago

Yes, absolutely, you are an American. Nobody needs a damn atomic bomb. Not even the USA in WWII. If Trump tries to take Canada by force, it's the end for him. The enemies of the USA will find all the wholes they need in USA's northern and southern borders. For the first time in a long time, war would be fought in USA territory, and everyone would know who caused it.

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