Ignore what he says. This is all distraction and engagement/attention capital. Only what he does matters. Come on people, this isn't our first Trump presidency. We know how he operates.
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Been awhile since the Canadians burnt down the white house. USA might need another spanking to remind them about how this went last time.
Canada did what? When? How? Why?
We wanted to
Please no. I need somewhere feasible to flee to.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico
Ya but they are... "Brown"
Shhhhhh, It's alright... He's got more for you!
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I don't think he realises how opposed Canadians are to this idea. Trudeau has been keeping quiet about this because they don't want to feed the troll. Meanwhile this orange moron thinks this means we're on board with this idea.
Canada might not be as wealthy as the US and might be in a housing crisis, but we still see the US as a dystopia for anyone who isn't the richest 5%.
He does not give one shit what Canadians or anyone else thinks of this "idea." It's not even a fully formed thought, it's just something he said while he was confused, and he covered by acting like he was making a suggestion. The guy has dementia, and he's surrounded by sycophants.
Until he's dead, in jail or in a retirement home for senile people I will not dismiss the threat that he represents. He keeps talking about it and started to refer to Canada as "the State of Canada" without realizing how hostile and insulting this comes across as. He's really thinking he can pull it off and this is scary. This motherfucker is going to use the crippling tariffs as leverage against Canada.
This motherfucker is going to use the crippling tariffs as leverage against Canada.
Using tariffs as a weapon is gonna be so effective. It's like a mugger pointing the gun at himself and demanding your money.
The problem is that it is more like being mugged by someone with a claymore mine strapped to his chest and who is dumb enough to believe he won't get hurt if he detonates it.
That's a really great analogy. lol "This is going to be really mentally scarring for you, and the stains will never come out of your clothes, you know..."
It's the concepts of a plan.
Next 4 years are going to be a wild ride.
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In a perfect world, the president of the United States and the dumbest person on the planet would be different people.
We do not live in a perfect world.
I'm not looking forward to 4 more years of this dementia riddled jackoff. I still don't understand why we treated his coup attempt with kid gloves in the first place? Brazil has lived under brutal authoritarian regimes before, and took steps to stamp out the attempted coup by bolsonaro. We should have immediately arrested Trump, and co. Jan 6th was a distraction for the organized attempt behind the scenes. He'll, trump fired a bunch of pentagon generals trying to find someone who would institute martial law for him.
Personally, I'd prefer the US become Canada's 11th province or 4th territory.
prefer the US become Canada’s 11th province
Whoa whoa; not all of it. Let the adjacent regions ask to be a province and we'll see how 'good' a 'fit' they are. I mean, Cascadia will be a good fit, MAYBE some of their adjacents. East coast is hit-and-miss, but largely hit. The middle, though. Yeesh. Probation for sure.
Washington (or at least Seattle) seems somewhat compatible with BC.
Montana is probably a reasonable match with Alberta and Saskatchewan.
North Dakota is far too MAGA to fit with the NDP voters in Manitoba.
Not sure how well the states bordering Ontario would get along with douggie ford's government.
I doubt any of Quebec's southern neighbors would be thrilled about having to learn French.
There's several of us in Ohio, what if we toss Mike dewine and his ilk to Kentucky?
surely you didn't mention Michigan only because it's so obvious, right?
Hell, we're already used to your currency. (Canadian coins are accepted interchangeably with their US counterparts)
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Where is The Onion stamp?
Sure beats being an actual serious president, i guess
This Fanta coloured asshole is going to openly flirt with the idea of invading Canada to save us from ourselves, I guaran-fucking-tee it.
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