It's unhinged to call Canada the 51st state.

'We don’t talk about it that way. For us, it’s business, it’s economics,' Greer told the FT News Briefing podcast.

Who is this 'we' he is talking about?

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It must be something not part of the US government and not represented by US media.

There demands included us being a vasal nation.

That is a declaration of war.

Actually, it's a "trade special operation."

The entire world is unhinged! The Untied States ripped the door off its hinges so hard, the hinges disintegrated!

What would you expect from the government that thinks what's going in Iran isn't a war?

Yes! How dare you stand up to the bully? You should take the wedgies and say thank you!

Most of these quips from US trade officials have been so weird and out there I can't even get mad.

“"Prime Minister Carney used the term 'war.' It’s not a word we use, right? We don’t talk about it that way. For us, it’s business, it’s economics," Greer told the FT News Briefing podcast.”

I guess we could just do some “business” and “economics” and stop sending electricity and oil to the US…

No, no, no, no, no. It's just enhanced interrogation techniques. It's not torture at all.