Donald Trump is not joking about making Canada the 51st state, Justin Trudeau warns in hot mic comments

[revan343@lemmy.ca]

Eh...maybe our 4th territory instead. If we ever have a stable enough government, we can reopen the constitution and consider province status for individual states on a case-by-case basis

[hikingvet@lemmy.ca]

They would try.

[rentlar@lemmy.ca]

CBC source for the audio in question:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=6oe91Ar5C5s

[hikingvet@lemmy.ca]

Hans Island isn't a colony.

St. Pierre and Miquelon has more direct ties to the French government.

[whoisearth@lemmy.ca]

I'm in the GTA. I'm ready to die for my country. Are Americans ready to say the same when their president gives them the order because rest assured you do not want to fuck with us Canadians. We are deeply embedded in your country. You would see terrorism the likes of which you have only seen in your nightmares. 9/11 will seem like happier times.

Seriously as a Canadian I want them to try.

[kibiz0r@midwest.social]

[pivot_root@lemmy.world]

Thank you for adding more detail.

Yeah, I'm running under the pessimistic assumption here that incorporating Canada into the United States would not be done fairly or reasonably if it happened. I suspect that they would get a pittance in terms of political representation, justified by the xenophobic and nationalistic guise that "all those Canadian immigrants shouldn't be influencing American politics." Probably using talking points like,

• They haven't been here the whole time.
• They don't understand our politics.
• They have a different (read: socialist) culture.
• They're the newest State(s)

[usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca]

No need to invade. The US can just tamper with our elections enough to get people in power that'll just roll over and give them everything

[quill7513@slrpnk.net]

we're the worst friends to have

[allonzee@lemmy.world]

Canadians are not as pathetic as us Americans, who've been rolling over for 50 years.

They will fight.

[bassturd@lemmy.world]

I just had this conversation with my boss yesterday. He said he thinks the comments are funny because he thinks he's joking and just making everyone mad. I said no, he may present it as a joke to test how far he can go, but if there's not enough pushback, he keeps going.

[ifitwasuptome@lemmy.ca]

Fuck yeah brother, I’m with you

[werefreeatlast@lemmy.world]

Two things to remember about that guy:

1)Trump is stupid

2)Trump is the president

Whatever we do, we all must work around those two things. Point 2 implies that he is not permanent, but who knows what the future might hold.

[fartventriloquist69@sh.itjust.works]

I used to be like you, but then I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

[billiam0202@lemmy.world]

Fun, totally unrelated to absolutely anything fact:

Three of the top ten longest confirmed sniper kills were Canadian.

[satansmaggotycumfart@lemmy.world]

I'm building explosive filled toques.

[satansmaggotycumfart@lemmy.world]

Americans genocided the indigenous people and created a whole genre of entertainment, cowboys and indians.

Not sure if that's the best example to make.

[conditional_soup@lemm.ee]

This might go very badly for Canada. I want it to go badly for the US, but let's try to be real here for a second. Doesn't a very, very large proportion of Canada live in like five cities? The USAF could have that paved in an afternoon, more or less by itself.

Trudeau needs to take this shit serious and start looking into bringing EU and Aussie troops over for long term "training exercises". If you're Canadian and reading this, you need to be preparing. Get out of the city if you can; if not, start preparing a big out bag, keep your gas tank over half full, and start preparing enough supplies to shelter in place for at least three days for however many people are in your household. Count on losing power, water, gas, and other utilities. If you have a gun, make sure you know how to aim it, use it, clean it, clear any jams, etc. before you need it. If you don't have a gun, give some real thought to it; ask yourself what Vasily Zaitsev would do. I hope it doesn't come to this; I want to apologize that this is happening, though I know it's not worth the pixels it's printed on.

I have hope that it won't happen. Most USians have a very positive view of Canada, and this anti-canadian rhetoric is way, way, way out of left field for a wide majority of us. I can't see any but a very small minority of people thinking this is good. I have a small hope that our military will make the right choice if the time comes.

[shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It's basically our military specialization

[donjuanme@lemmy.world]

The air force isn't bombing Canadian cities, GTFO with that.

Unlike Ukraine Canada has nukes, so yeah....