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?
Hey Canada, just buy America from trump, tell him he’ll still be CEO, conclude the deal and then fire him.
Thank you.
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.
Nah, it's some hatred of Americans too.
Trump isn't some dude who took power in a coup, he was elected by a pretty decisive margin. The house and senate are also GOP and were elected by a majority. And, this isn't just about Trump. I clearly remember how the US verbally attacked Canada under George Bush Jr. too, because even though Canada was willing to send soldiers to fight and die alongside US soldiers in Afghanistan, it wasn't willing to go on an adventure in Iraq too.
This is who the US is now. Some dude posting on social media that "hey, it's not all of us" or "this isn't who we are" or whatever is empty. If you're out in the streets, day after day, then sure, I'll respect that effort. But, really, the US is now the Nazi Bar, and I don't like Nazis.
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.
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.
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.
this is such an idiotic comment for so many different reasons.
And yet you didn't name a single one.
Well, okay, reasons like
And
Time to kill Nazis.
Is that before or after you give them a standing ovation?
Are you Canadian? Looks like the government there is more than OK with nazis.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/canada-failed-when-it-trained-ukrainian-troops-linked-to-the-far-right-says-nazi-hunter https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/26/canadian-conservative-party-bandera-canada/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/30/cypl-d30.html https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/09/27/ejel-s27.html https://forward.com/news/562504/yaroslav-hunka-anthony-rota-canada-ukraine-nazis/
Are you a one day old account?
Yes, everyone is at one point. Is looking that up your valuable contribution?
Oh, didn't look for it. I just took a shot in the dark... wow, I cant be that good
Yes you really are that good. Amaaazeeeing!!! Not only do you make incredibly valuable observations but you also are clearly more than aware of how brilliant your contributions to this community are. The whole world of Lemmy will never forget what you did on this day.
Thanks for noting it, maybe one day you too make a valuable contribution to mankind...
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.
There are plenty nazis and nazi lovers in Canada.
Sure, most of them are in Alberta.
They're the same ones who were screaming Liberate Canada! along with the likes of tucker carleson, Theo fleury, elon musk, during the "trucker" convoi.
Tangent:
Trump was supposed to win, or at least pence was supposed to make it happen. The timing of the convoy was not accidental. There was an intent by some of the core organizers to overthrow our gov. The unity and synchronicity of the messages from figures in the us, and Russia, were also not accidental.
If anyone was paying any attention during the convoy, none of this annexing business should come as a surprise.
Sadly, I'm pretty certain some of our politicians and defense and intelligence type folk knew then, know now, and intend to do nothing to stop it, and likely assist it.
They are OC fascists but I'm talking about the massive influx of actual bonafide WW2 SS division Galicien nazis that got rescued and shipped to Canada and their offspring still honoring them. Freeland being one of them. And many in your government have no problem aiding and supporting them.
I'm sure they are everywhere in positions of power.
There was some foia request for a list of names of all known Nazis that came here.
It was previously denied twice.
Another request in pending
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada-censorship-nazi-criminals-post-war
Current as of 3 days ago is the latest attempt: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/jewish-group-takes-federal-government-to-court-to-force-release-of-nazi-war-criminal-list
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.
You would also have partisans in the US that would help Canada.
As well they should be. I’m furious about it even though I know it’s absolute bullshit.
If he wants to rename bodies of water to distract people from the real purpose of his occupation of the White House, fine-
But threatening a country just to smoke-and-mirrors his drifting of America? Fucking disgusting.
And the US military is absolute garbage at fighting guerillas
The US declared war on drugs and drugs won
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.
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.
That would be a big disadvantage to his party in congress.
Would it though?
Most of the western provinces are very conservative. They'll just gerrymander everything to give the more liberal sections one or two states and then another 12 states worth of senators and reps that are purely Nazi.
Also, hes a dictator so the way people vote is irrelevant.
No
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.
He should make Mexico a state and the border crisis will vanish just like that.
I disappointed, no one said the Canadian "eh." For the moment, the Canadians should monitor US troop movements along their border and build a wide ass minefield.
Something like 90% of Canada's population lives within a hundred miles of the US border. How wide do you want this minefield to be exactly?
i love that both of these countrys are named for dogs
i dont think we should be annexing the Canadians though. maybe we could just open the borders there and send the canadian border patrol to mexico. I feel like that'd make both sides happy
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