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- politics@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40942039
Ladies and gentlemen, the dumbest person on the planet, Donald Trump.
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As unlikely as New England becoming Canada’s newest province would be, it’s STILL more likely than Canada ever becoming the 51st state.
I say this with admiration for Canada: when you back crazy cannucka into corners, they INVENT NEW WAR CRIMES that the international community hasn’t thought to write laws against.
Canada burned the white house to the fucking ground before.
They’ll do it again.
AND AMERICA WILL HAVE IT COMING.
I just wish New England could go ahead and join Canada already to ruin the US federal government’s economy and industry. Cascadia (the states of California, Washington, and Oregon) should become a province too. what’s left of the United States can’t survive without receiving affirmative action participation trophies and charity from us. The whole world would be a better place.
America has been subsidizing Canada
2024: Canada imports ~$480 billion total from the USA. Divided by 40 million Canadian population, that’s $12,000 for every man, woman, and child spent on American shit.
USA imports ~$586 billion from Canada. Divided by 400 million population, that’s only $1,465 per capita, and that’s only 1/8th of the amount that Canadians bought from the USA in return.
##BUY CANADIAN, BE FAIR!
You can’t compare apples to apples when one side of the equation has 10 times the population. If we’re trying to be fair, Trumpistan needs to buy 8 times more Canadian shit!
Tariffs on the Canadian side will be reciprocal and will only serve to make us stop buying Murcan shit, leading to an even bigger Trumped-up deficit and the loss of their biggest, best customer. Likely long-term.
There’s no point in overanalyzing Trump’s claims, he lies constantly. Regardless of the numbers, buying things is not subsidizing.
His supporters really believe every word he says. I’ve seen them on this site and others, complaining about how Canada leeches off the USA. If you ask them how, you get silence, because they have no idea. Their thought process seems to be: Trump says it, then I say it.
Does Canada have car manufacturers?
Lol, not sure if you’re serious. Canada manufactures Ford, Honda, GMC, etc.
https://www.autotrader.ca/editorial/20250203/made-in-canada-what-cars-are-manufactured-in-canada/
Two of those are American companies
‘Made in Canada’ is more important to the cause. That’s where the jobs are.
‘Headquartered in Murca’ makes very little difference to the Canadian economy. It’s not like the c-levels contribute anything to Murca, as can be plainly seen.
it might not make a difference to the Canadian economy, but buying cars from American companies still boost theirs.
Not at all! They contribute nothing to the American economy except inflation.
That makes zero sense. How do they benefit by selling and manufacturing cars in other countries, if not by making money?
American companies that do less of their manufacturing in the US than their Japanese rivals do.
They are still raking in money from sales in Canada and other countries though, no?
I’m confused what you’re asking.
I don’t understand how an American company wouldn’t make money by selling and manufacturing cars in other countries. If that isn’t the case, why the fuck do they do it?
Why the fuck is he so horny for Canada? Who put him on to this?
Russia has long threatened Canada from the north, but Canada’s alliance with the USA deterred it from attacking. Now the USA is considering stealing Canada’s resources and gaining access to strategic Arctic waters, Russia will also know that Canada is vulnerable because the USA will no longer defend it. So now these two predators are circling Canada and may even be coordinating plans with one another.
While it sounds feasible, I wouldn’t think Russia has the leeway to flush more men into another losing invasion.
What is this fucking moron’s obsession with Canada being the 51st state? What a deranged maniac.
Elon is a Canadian citizen by birth. So if Canada becomes a state, he would qualify to be president (and theres precedent for this)
That’s the only explanation that makes sense to me - like yeah, Trump wants to push for territorial expansion, and Canada does have a lot of natural resources, but Canada isn’t an easy nut to crack
The other theory I buy into is the northern passage. Climate change is going to open up new shipping lanes in the artic, so Canada and Greenland both would be strategically located to control it - add in Panama, the hooties (sp?) and he’s consistently pushing control of key shipping lanes
I never actually thought of it that way, but yeah it makes sense in a way. Still crazy as all get out though. Thank you for the insight!
Those reasons you responded to are ancillary and for another day. A brass-ring for the fascists for sure if they can pull it off.
The basic reasons are more immediate: sowing instability with (US and NATO) allies in order to tear down the fabric between nations aligned against Russia. Thus removing impediments for Russian expansion of power or territory. The resulting and effective distraction is for instituting fascism and the ransacking of our coffers mentioned by someone else and is also very real. The primary goals are Russian goals. The secondary goals are the prizes for the oligarchs and any that help with the primary goals.
FYI: Canada has a Prime Minister, not a president. Your points still hold up all the same.
Oh, I mean the US president - if Canada became a state, Elon would be eligible
Yo Canada, I’m sorry he’s such a prolapsed, syphilitic asshole. Most of us would laugh if he died in a fire.
I’d throw a party.
Sometimes when you’re having a tough time with other people, it might not be them that’s causing the difficulty…
“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.”
