“I am ready to sit down with President Trump at the appropriate time under a position where there is respect for Canadian sovereignty and we are working for a common approach, a much more comprehensive approach for trade,” Carney said.

This is the way. Leaders need to stop entertaining the orange idiot. He’s the shitty kid that breaks stuff to get attention. Trump needs a time out.

I like Iran’s attitude. They said “Whatever. Do what you’re going to do.” and didn’t bother having more of a conversation.

This is what Canada needs to do.

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    Ain’t gonna happen

    Trump wants Canada for whatever reason it is and he won’t let go. I fully expect him to threaten (and execute) with military actions if Canada doesn’t capitulate

    Maybe a cynical point of view but we’re talking about idiots with access to nukes that won’t give up

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      Steve Bannon actually explained the reasons why Trump wants Canada so bad, and it’s actually pretty “rationale”. I don’t want the US to take over, but we need to understand just how much they would gain if they annexed us.

      • More access points to the melting Arctic cap and all the untapped resources underneath
      • More liberties to plant military bases across the north of the continent, to secure what is seen as the soft underbelly of North America
      • All the other resources, all of our expertise, all of our hydro-electric potential

      Mind you, this also explains the weird obsession with Greenland. There are military thinkers that want to create a defensive position out of the newly freed strait that will manifest north of Canada, and Greenland/Canada are key positions to do this.

      It’s dangerous to hand wave this as a weird and quirky tantrump, there’s some really greedy fuckers across the border and they want direct dibs on the Arctic.

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      I fully expect him to threaten (and execute) with military actions if Canada doesn’t capitulate

      Insert article 5 turning the US into a hostile country and the millions of Canadians (who coincidentally look like Americans) with their new-found American citizenship & right to bear arms.

      Going to feel so liberated!

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      I’m just hoping the chaos he’s causing internally will take down the USA sooner than he can invade.

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        They will not survive a war with Canada. We won’t beat their military in direct combat but the insurgency right next door which can easily cross into their homeland, hit some of their most populous cities, and hide easily in Canadian wilderness, would end way faster than Afghanistan and Vietnam with the same outcome

        Yes there’ll be suffering on both sides, but it’s suicide. I’d rather he accomplishes that another way but fuck it

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        There will be a civil war in the US if it happens because way more than half of americans don’t want to invade canada

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          There will be a civil war in the US if it happens

          I’d like to think so, but seeing how most of the population of the US is very disconnected from and apathetic about politics, current affairs, or anything outside of their personal bubble, I’m not going to rely on that possibility.

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            They will pay attention when their prices skyrocket. Other then that they are braindead to anything else. I say, let it happen.

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              They will pay attention when their prices skyrocket.

              Maybe, but there’s a good chance that they’ll blame Canada.

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      He wants our resources and, as the premier of BC said: if the president’s so interested in Canadian water, we’re gonna help him by letting him keep his watery beer.