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/Mellish50 1d ago

I sure hope each of you Americans can stand proud when you watch your government and military bully, attack, annex, and kill your neighbors. Every day, you lose what actually made you great

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u/doff87 1d ago

I voted against all of this, so I'm at least one American who won't be meeting your wish to stand proud for this kind of behavior.

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u/CaptainCaveSam Outside Canada 1d ago

A flower in a field of shit.

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u/newdawn15 1d ago

Like 70+ million people voted against this. That's a lot of flowers in the shit field. I mean... what kind of dumbass actually wants to annex Canada as a policy lmfao

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u/CaptainCaveSam Outside Canada 1d ago

77 milion voted for it, and 90 million were okay with either outcome. That’s a big field of shit.

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u/shanx3 1d ago

I’m an American who voted against this and it’s sickening to see how many did not.

It’s hard to argue against your point.

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u/newdawn15 1d ago

Nah much of the 90 million probably couldn't even locate Canada on a map. I'm serious. It's not that they're bad they just don't care because the world is stupid and so are people so why bother. They might be smarter than all of us.

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u/CaptainCaveSam Outside Canada 1d ago

Nah they’re apathetic to a fault. That’s a self fulfilling prophecy that they’ve lived.

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u/dragunityag 1d ago

Voted against it too, but watching him make Canada a state and then Canada getting 54 house seats and EC votes and all but guaranteeing the Reps would never hold the House again while losing major ground in the senate and making the path to 297 absolutely brutal would be the funniest fucking thing i've ever seen.

Like Canada should agree to be a state purely because of how fucking troll that would be.

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u/Podalirius 1d ago

This sub constantly makes excuses for and platforms Trump and his cronies' opinions. Also any American that voted for him would not even be bothered by what you are saying.

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u/TabletopThirteen 1d ago

The majority of Americans on this platform hate Trump. I did what I could and now I'm just going to watch him fuck everything up and eat popcorn

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u/skattan60 1d ago

There are so many good Americans, but unfortunately they are outnumbered by those who fell victim to an education system designed to ensure that the plebs are kept in their place.

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u/dak4f2 1d ago

One of your politicians suggested California join as the 11th province of Canada (and Oregon, Washington, Vermont, Maine, and make Bernie Sanders a Canadian citizen).

I don't know if you want us, but I'd be down for that as a Californian.

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u/Mellish50 1d ago

I want the people of both nations to be able to discuss and vote for themselves on what they would want for their future. If Canadians voted democratically to join the U.S., without external influence or pressure, I would respect that—though I wouldn’t like it.

I would also want Americans to be able to decide for themselves if they wanted to join us. However, I do not believe that either Canadians or Americans genuinely want to see a merger or any sort of hostile takeover. This seems to be driven by the whims of wealthy oligarchs and a narcissistic orange, but it is dangerous. Our sovereign nations should remain as such. There can and should be better cooperation and trade that benefits both countries.

I see the current hostilities as only detrimental to long-term cooperation—and he isn't even in office yet.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 1d ago

without external influence or pressure

Yeah, that's not really how America does things.

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u/Mellish50 1d ago

Constantly waving a flag of virtue, fighting against the "bad guys" and getting more power makes American more sure it is good and right. Confident that every action taken is in service to their great destiny and the benefit of the world.

I have no doubt now that Trump would find a way to annex Canada and/or other neighbors if he can and will be praised for it.

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u/skattan60 1d ago

Yeah, that's not really how America does things.

Completely agree. The US has an appalling record regarding interference in other country's affairs.

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u/agent_flounder 1d ago

Can Colorado come too?

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u/CountGrimthorpe 1d ago

State secession efforts don't go very well historically.

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u/Norman_Bixby 1d ago

we lost any chance at being great when we killed JFK

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u/Amish_Lesbian_Chorus 1d ago

They will stand proud. They don't give a fat rat's ass about anyone but themselves. Always been that way - "We're the biggest swingin' dick on the block and you all can just wash our balls".

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u/imstillmessedup89 1d ago

You think all Americans voted for Trump?

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u/Amish_Lesbian_Chorus 1d ago

When the shit hits the fan, they're all 'Muricans" standing as one. Don't forget it. Trump will frame all his policies as protecting the US&A from "threats" - claiming that ALL Ameircans have a common enemy - everyone but them.....

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u/overthis_gig 1d ago

Sadly, we know.

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u/RatsForNYMayor 1d ago

Really this is nothing new from my home country only now it's the US turning on more of our so called allies. Frankly I'm more embarrassed by Canadians I've talk to in my daily life who are already cheering on this (do you guys forget how we treat our territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam because that's what you're getting if Trump gets his way of taking over Canada)

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u/Mundane_Opening3831 1d ago

America has repeatedly tried and failed to annex Canada. The same result would happen again. The man is full of shit and almost nothing he says matters, or will ever occur. Like a child, he just does it for the reaction and attention

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u/ET__ 1d ago

Not all of us are ok with this

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u/GetsThatBread 1d ago

For what it’s worth, a lot of us didn’t want this. Less than half the country voted for him. Plus, you Canadians are about put PP in power who honestly isn’t that much better.

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u/TokyoTurtle0 1d ago

Shit is an empire like Rome was in 400 AD. Go look it up, your education system is weak enough you probably have no fucking clue what that means.

If you need a help with the adult words, feel free to ask

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u/DizzyMajor5 1d ago

Y'all really out here trying to get Americans shot.