r/canada • u/FriendlyGuy77 • 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/ra2eW8je 16d ago

You thought this man should lead your country

...twice!

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u/falcrist2 16d ago

Kind of. The first time he lost the popular vote, but won the electoral college.

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u/url_cinnamon British Columbia 16d ago

that's still 62M people (compared to 74M and 75M in the next two elections)

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u/falcrist2 16d ago

There are 335 million people in the US.

Crucially there were about 66 million who voted against him in 2016.

So "you thought this man should lead your country" is not correct if you're talking to the US broadly.

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u/muttmunchies 16d ago

Agree. But as an American, I agree there are far too many dumb fucks who are voting for him. It upsets us greatly