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

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Agreed, it carries very little weight

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Whooooooooooops!

I accidentally got caught on a hot mic saying what every Canadian is thinking in the back of their minds. Myyyyyy baaaaaaad.

Trudeau

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War of 1812, Part II: Electric Bombaloo

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Nothing Trump says is a joke, unless he realizes he's getting too much pushback on it for going too far. Then it's a joke.

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https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_annexation_of_Canada

The primary reason for the annexation were Canada's natural resources, considered vital to the American military effort in the Sino-American War.

The tipping point came in 2072. As the U.S. escalated its exploitation of Canada's resources, her people took to the streets. Protests and riots erupted in several Canadian cities and an attempt to sabotage the Alaskan pipeline by unknown forces was foiled, but provided the U.S. Government an excuse to officially annex Canada.

When pictures of the atrocities committed in the name of the United States made it over the border, they sparked unrest and protests from the American public. Both sides thoroughly armed, it had little impact on history, as former Canadian land provided much-needed resources for maintaining the war effort, and the country was overrun.[Non-game 5][Non-game 6]

In a statement to the press, Buzz Babcock, commander of U.S. forces in Canada, cited security concerns as the primary reason for the annexation. He also stated that "Little America" was always the property of the United States and the U.S. military announced the official annexation of Canada on June 3, 2072.

Even among the military, the annexation was met with mixed reactions. For some, the act was considered criminal.[5] Open warfare between the opposing armies across the former nation commenced, with the Yukon becoming one of the many fronts alongside Anchorage in the Resource Wars.[6] Despite the outcry, the military initiative forged ahead. Propaganda portrayed the annexation as a "liberation", with comic series such as Tales from the Front and cartoons such as Armor Ace and the Power Patrol championing U.S. occupation forces while vilifying Canadian resistance; for instance, the villainous "rogue robots" of the Yukon Five in the Armor Ace board game Cold Steel were explicitly described as part of the "Yukon Uprising." Vault-Tec in particular sought to bank on the annexation as they began building and advertising available Vaults in "newly-annexed Canada."

Fallout is supposed to be over-the-top dystopian parody, but here we are.

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According to people on Lemmy, everything Trump does is a distraction. When he starts loading people into box cars and sticking them in ovens, it will still be a distraction.

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there's a reason France maintains a second, non-NATO, arsenal. there's also a reason Poland is buying what France is selling

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My question is: when push comes to shove, what are you gonna do if Trump declares war on Canada?

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Everything is still within timeframe for the Fallout timeline to emerge.

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Oh good, I’m not the only one that caught that.

This feels like an intentional “oopsie”

I don’t think he’s necessarily wrong, and I still think that we need to vote with that in mind but…….

This is an intentional “oopsie”

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Doubt there will be anything "hot"; it'll be threats of violence, being met with rational, thoughtful responses that will aim to save as many lives as possible.

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That's not enough. They should immediately negotiate an agreement with France to have French nuclear weapons stationed on Canadian soil. Have them there long enough until Canada can acquire their own domestic arsenal.

Canada needs the bomb. It sounds insane, but I am not joking. That is the obvious lesson of the Ukraine war. Canada is already an advanced near-nuclear state. They could have a domestic arsenal within a year or two if they wanted. And borrowing a few nukes from Paris in the meantime would provide cover to allow that.

And I say this as an American. I know Canadians may be loathe at the idea of a Canadian nuclear arsenal. But be realistic. It is the only way for Canada to ever be able to credibly deter a direct threat from the US. We can no longer be trusted.

Canada needs the bomb.

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Please do. Like, yesterday.

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Rumours that the United States, in conjunction with Wile E. Coyote, are going to Nuke North Korea into Next Tuesday are GREATLY EXAGGERATED

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another American here: i'm gonna do my best to be a hindrance to my government. i fundamentally disagree with wars of expansionism

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I cannot stress enough how bad of an idea it would be to allow nuclear proliferation at this point

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So the country that is partially responsible for the Geneva Conventions is the country we are going to try to annex?

Well… Canada remember - it’s never a war crime the first time.

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Collapsing Empire tries to deny its decline with territorial expansion.

Won't work

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You are way too late.

https://thebulletin.org/2024/07/trump-has-a-strategic-plan-for-the-country-gearing-up-for-nuclear-war/

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The head of our government is a a European king.

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