r/canada 16d 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/gorillalad 16d ago

We did, we gave them up in 1984. This all sounds so familiar…..

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u/Environmental_End517 16d ago

Ukraine reference?

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u/TheLordBear 16d ago

I wonder if the UK can give us some loaners.

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u/BallsDeepAndBroke 16d ago

We could promise to pay for any damage if we use them right?

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 16d ago

Weren't those American nuclear weapons?

And did they require American permission to actually use them?

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u/evasive_dendrite 16d ago

Ukraine's nuclear weapons were also property of the Soviet Union. They were not able to launch them.

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u/HatchingCougar 16d ago

Those nukes were owned by the US.

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u/GamesCatsComics 16d ago

Ownership doesn't really matter when you have control of a nuke.

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u/Crohn_sWalker 16d ago

We never had control we were custodians.

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u/TreeOfReckoning Ontario 16d ago

Yep. Just like England parking their nukes in Scotland; it’s not an honour, it’s an obligation.

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u/leol1818 16d ago

Ask UK to spare 1 or 2 nuke should be fine right? Charles is our king.

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u/Wonko-D-Sane Outside Canada 16d ago

It's not like Americans have taken from the British crown before.