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β€œI 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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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago (31 children)

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

[–] Kinperor@lemmy.ca 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (4 children)

Steve Bannon actually explained the reasons why Trump wants Canada so bad, and it's actually pretty "rational". 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.

[–] hal9000@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

Defence from who? The Russians? They're already inside the White House hahaha!

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