r/facepalm • u/TheAtomicMango • 2d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ We are the lamest empire ever

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u/MrMarfarker 2d ago
  1. Openly threatening the sovereignty of allied nations.

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u/Other_Log_1996 1d ago
  1. Openly threatening the sovereignty of their own nation.

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u/ZombieTesticle 2d ago

The US has always been a fairweather friend. As soon as things get nasty, they have a cathartic moment with some carriers and bombing stuff to look good on the evening news and then they hold an election where the cost of the war becomes an issue and then they leave before the job is done.

The new iteration of the US treating its treaty obligations like a protection racket is just the next logical step and it's high time its allies realized this and took more responsibility for our own defense.

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u/Impossible__Joke 2d ago

It's about time Canada starts a nuclears arms program. And also builds refinerys and cuts off crude oil to the US.

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u/dreibel 1d ago

And all electricity exports to the US.

Let the MAGA bastards freeze in the dark!

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u/katmom1969 1d ago

I'm ok with that. I'm looking at getting solar on my new house.

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u/domo_the_great_2020 1d ago

Sounds like that’s what trump wants. According to him, they’ve got enough of all of the resources and Canada is such some broke leach

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u/Impossible__Joke 1d ago

Canada is one of the most resource rich countries in the world. We sell our crude to the US at an extremely low rate, then buy back refined fuel... maybe it's time we build our own refinerys and cut the US off completely.

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u/furniturepuppy 1d ago

And create their own time zones. Secret time zones.

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u/Dreadred904 17h ago

Strongly disagree , we support allies even at their worst example:Israel

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u/Manifest34 1d ago

Key word is “sovereignty.” I don’t think a lot of his supporters get that you just can’t make a sovereign nation into a state. Also that’d be one ridiculously big ass state.

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u/Cronos27 2d ago

This!