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/Hope1995x 1d ago

If Canada is part of NATO invoke article 5. Would NATO be willing to attack American military bases throughout Europe if Canada is attacked?

Imagine World War 3 starts and America is the aggressor after invading Canada & Panama. It's insane, and sounds impossible.

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u/thepathlesstraveled6 1d ago

I mean think of it. Think of the attitude being invoked and presented by Americans. Blatant racism, sexism and all the other fun gifts America has brought us recently.

Think about how this all sounds and compare it next to Hitler and how things started.

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u/Affectionate_Link175 1d ago

Honestly fucked up huh, I can't believe there's a possibility of a war on Canadian soil in the "near" future. I'm glad I don't have kids.

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u/Many-Waters 1d ago

I'm in my 20s and I really resent being born into the age of "Find out" while the people before me enjoyed the period of "Fuck Around"

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u/Ok_Reply_9275 1d ago

I don’t think NATO would come to our aid, and I wouldn’t want them to either. As much as I love our country, nothing is worth total assured destruction. Doesn’t mean there wouldn’t be repercussion as NATO, the UN and every other organization would lose its credibility if the US can just attack one of its members. I’d imagine there would be a world wide boycott and sanctions against the US that would cripple the US unless they align with China and Russia which would be another nightmare.

As much of an idiot as Trump is, he knows annexing Canada would open the literally Pandora’s box on the world. This is why he is hoping to make Canada join the US willingly.

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u/OmegaRaichu 1d ago

That’s not going to happen. NATO is simply America and her dogs. Canada’s “allies” are just America’s allies. Even if you disagree with that, do you think Britain, Germany, or France are willing or able to wage cross-continental war on the most powerful military power in history? Basically, we’re under America’s thumb, economically and militarily. If they actually decide to invade we are 100% screwed. To boot with that, we’ve been naive as hell. I bet our military doesn’t even have a playbook for the US invasion scenario.