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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Conservatives still claim hes joking about the 51st state of Canada.

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 13 points 5 hours ago

America has not been subsidizing Canada. Canada has been subsidizing the US.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 9 points 5 hours ago

Aged like milk…

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Hopefully the expected Liberal victory by wide margin is a sign of what is to come in the USA Midterms.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

"increase your military power for free"... what's the portion of the federal budget that is allocated to defense again ?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 32 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

What is it with Trump and always "being subsidized by us" and "take away from us" while the US has trillions of debt in other countries? 300 billions to my home country alone, which doesn't even compare to some other countries.

[–] AtomicPinecone@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago

He is incapable of understanding mutual trade and cooperation. To him every human interaction must have a winner and a loser. So if Canada is benefiting from trade with the US in his mind it must be at America's expense. It's a disturbingly simple view of trade and cooperation, and one that makes actual good faith discourse with the US near impossible.

[–] Alaknar@lemm.ee 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't understand what "trade deficit" means.

[–] RaccoonBall@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

He trusts that his followers don't, anyway. Based on some arguments I've seen online, he's right about that.

[–] Alaknar@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

I mean, he always calls trade deficit a "subsidy", and has since 2016. I honestly don't think he understand what that concept means, he's not that subtle with manipulation.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

He keeps referring to the disproportionate US export income to import costs. Something like 2 trillion in exports to 3 trillion in imports. 1 trillion lost from the US every year, and ~30% to Canada that's his math

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 54 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Man, the dumbest thing about this nonsense is repeating that Canada will only be one state. It's already broken into provinces, dickhead, at least make a better offer than two senators.

[–] Gtownjim@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Fuck that it will not and should not happen .so fuck off even thinking about it

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

Let's be honest here it's going to be just a territory for quite a while.

[–] Sludgeyy@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

#1 Ontario being the population of Pennsylvania

#9 New foundland being the population of Wyoming

#10 Prince Edward Island only has 150k, could lump in 150k from northern territories

20 senators for 40m, 5.0E-7 senators per person

200 senators for 340m, 5.88E-7 senators per person

It seems pretty fair

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[–] LoveSausage@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Wait, you have a serious candidate that wants to surrender to the US?

[–] AtomicPinecone@lemmy.ca 22 points 14 hours ago

Well Poilievre, who's party lost tonight, has been extremely limp-wristed in his opposition to Trump's threats, but he hasn't outright said he'd surrender, just implied it with his weak rhetoric. More likely to me is that Trump in his dementia ridden mind was literally calling for people to vote for him. Like somehow enough Canadians would write Trump on their ballots that it would "win" the election for him, which demonstrates such a fundamental lack of understanding about our electoral system that I don't even know where to begin.

[–] Cocopanda@futurology.today 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Can’t wait for the senate and congress to flip Dem. Nothing will get done. But I’m sure plenty of Trump operatives will be jailed for breaking congressional subpoenas.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is the distraction you’re meant to be paying attention to- watch his other hand, that’s where the damage is going to come from.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't need distractions anymore. He can do as he please, and he knows it. This is just him enjoying himself.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

He knows he’s not getting Canada. This is part of his Flood the Zone nonsense. Don’t fall for it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 39 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Hypothetically, if canada becomes a state, would they flip our house of representatives blue? I guess more likely they'll become like puerto rico or guam or something.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

I don't think they are getting statehood right away

[–] AtomicPinecone@lemmy.ca 17 points 14 hours ago

I guess more likely they’ll become like puerto rico or guam or something.

This is what you need to keep foremost in your mind. There is no conceivable reality in which the US conquers (yes conquers, they can call it annexation all they want but at the end of the day Trump wants a conquest to his name) Canada and gives any semblance of voting or personal rights to Canadians. Hell, even if Canada was somehow persuaded into voluntarily joining the US, this regime would never, ever honour any kind of arrangement that gave Canadians a fair deal. They are fascist bullies, as close to actual evil as we've seen in North America in a very long time, and they have no interest in any sort of fair bargain.

[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Population wise it’s like adding another California

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 33 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Will. Never. Happen.

Canadians will literally die before living for a milisecond as Americans.

And - this is a declaration of war by the US president. Cause it would take a military invasion to violently turn Canadians into Americans.

[–] Oaksey@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

It has long been the case, that if you confuse a Canadian for an American they are offended, but if you confuse an American for a Canadian they don’t mind.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 27 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Is he that dumb or does he just want the other guy to win? I'm pretty sure even he knows that this bullshit is why the other guy now has a chance.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The guy is ranting about a criminal investigation into why his polling numbers are so low. He's quite literally a demented old man. I think he really isn't rational enough to see that that he is harming the man he wants to win.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

TBF he promoted himself and others in the USA and that went fucking swimmingly for him somehow.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 14 points 20 hours ago

FYI, this is unpopular among Canadian voters. Conservative underdog, tries to deny being a lapdog, or supporting the idea, but this unfiltered BS doesn't help him. It's just a sign that Trump is completely out of control surrounded only by people who must restrain themselves on pushback to only far stupider things he might say.

[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 85 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I encourage Canadian conservative voters to write in Trump's name on their ballot

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 15 points 21 hours ago

LOL some smooth brains no doubt will. Will be counted as spoiled ballots.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 173 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Absolutely unhinged. Nobody would have believed this “tweet” even 1 year ago, and now this is the new normal

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 121 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It's like a truck carrying punctuation got into an accident with a train carrying words. This is so hard to read.

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[–] edg@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago
[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 130 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's like he's campaigning for the liberals. Almost no one in Canada wants to hear this and I bet they will vote against whatever they see as aligned with this.

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