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

[woodscientist@sh.itjust.works]

This is delusional. Who is going to intervene? With what military? What country has an expeditionary force that can best the US Navy, sail across an ocean, and then confront the US Army and Air Force on America's home turf? China? They've been building up for years with the hope of being able to stand up to the US, in the waters directly off the Chinese coast.

The idea that anyone could invade the US is delusional. Also, the US has 5000 thermonuclear weapons. No one is invading the US mainland. No one is invading mainland China. No one is invading Russia. Big nuclear powers are immune to invasion on their core territory.

Again, it's easy to tut tut about nuclear bombs. But they sure have done a good job at preventing more world wars between the great powers.

[rekorse@sh.itjust.works]

Its like Nazi Germany taking over Austria.

[phaze@lemmy.ca]

Yep, I would bear arms against any who cross that border with ill intentions. They step foot across, and they're pulling a stump back.

[bastingchemina@slrpnk.net]

The UK does have the bomb but doesn't have missiles to launch it. They are "renting" missiles to the US.

So France is the only country left, but I'm sure France will be extremely happy to help against the US!

[kent_eh@lemmy.ca]

Much more likely to be one big non-voting territory like Puerto Rico.

[rumba@lemmy.zip]

What's super worry of who they pledge their loyalty to and who they actually keep it to when the chips are down.

I pledge allegiance to the commander-in-Chief: Good now go take all of your neighbors and family and ship them off to internment camps where we certainly won't do genocidal things. Then go over in front of the state house and shoot all those protesters.

[kent_eh@lemmy.ca]

how to survive the winter.

The Americans have bases in North Dakota and Alaska. They've trained for cold conditions.

Don't smugly believe that we just have to wait for the weather to stop them.

[africangrey@lemmy.zip]

We're entering late stage Nazi when they start trying to forcibly infect other countries. The timeline is accelerating.

[leadore@lemmy.world]

An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

There's just one problem. Who will keep and who will break their oath? Obviously many have already broken it.

[leadore@lemmy.world]

BTW he's officially ordered Guantanamo to be expanded from holding a few hundred prisoners to 30,000.

[rabber@lemmy.ca]

The Americans who will actually follow the orders will come from red states though. I know Alaska is red but I don't think those people are the invade Canada type

[ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml]

I mean, if USA invades, there's nothing we can do.

[sith@lemmy.zip]

Canada should get nukes ASAP.

[toddestan@lemm.ee]

Canada is one of the founding members of NATO. But so is the USA. Could get interesting, but not in a good way.

[toddestan@lemm.ee]

And you'd know they'd gerrymander it into a small handful of high population blue territories and a giant pile of mostly empty red territories.

[giantchickdicks@lemmy.ml]

Hard disagree. The people can do a lot.

[samus12345@lemm.ee]

What's worrying is that the right-wing minority has control of the military.

[kalysta@lemm.ee]

He is funny. In the sense that we’re all laughing AT him, not with him.

[giantchickdicks@lemmy.ml]

As a Wisconsinite, I will cheerfully defend Canadian sovereignty. Come for us, you fascist fucks.

[karla_smiles02@lemmy.world]

Jeez. No way trumps doing this.