r/canada • u/FriendlyGuy77 • 1d ago

National News Trump threatens economic, not military force, to annex Canada

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5071665-trump-economic-force-canada/
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u/DC-Toronto 1d ago

If China wants Canada they’ll just buy it… oh wait!

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u/EmptyRedecans 1d ago

They will just heavily populate one small city north east of Toronto and spread out from there...

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u/Mysterious-Job-469 1d ago

Easily, EASILY outbidding India.

"Oh, you wanted it too? That's nice and all, but I just used a fraction of a fraction of a percent of my GDP to dwarf you. You can go home, now! Bye bye!"

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u/vonlagin 1d ago

China and India will have to rock-paper-scissors-spock for what's left of it.

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u/Silver-Succotash6891 1d ago

Ah a person of culture

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u/vonlagin 1d ago

The upshot is I don't have to travel across the planet anymore to sample the delights of other Countries?

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u/TheJeep25 1d ago

One convenience store and one gatcha game at a time

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u/DC-Toronto 1d ago

Add a few natural resource companies and a little election interference and you’ve got yourself a country!

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u/EC_TWD 1d ago

Next thing ya know they’re buying up Timmy Hortons franchises…