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

[outlierblue@lemmy.ca]

When Pearl Harbour was attacked we declared war on Japan before America did

Must be nice having allies like that. Those are the kind of friends you should hold on to and not inflict ridiculous tariffs on or anything like that.

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

Oh, you do mean that. TIL, wow.

Wikipedia makes it sound like they basically just decided to do it really fast to make a point. I suppose already being in a state of total war also helps.

[x00z@lemmy.world]

https://archive.ph/whrZo

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

An M1 Abrams tank can drive that distance in an afternoon.

Just one thing...

No, it can't. Took us 16 days to drive a squadron of them from Kuwait to Baghdad. Most of the time they spent on flatbed tractor trucks, because of the a) fuel consumption per mile (Like 15 gallons per mile or so) and b) maintenance. Those things throw tracks bad on asphalt. But, they slow down a lot on dirt.

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

Bombs do not protect from bombs

So, why are we letting Russia run roughshod over Europe?

guns do not protect from guns

Dead nazis agree.

[zib@lemmy.world]

American here. You're definitely not a moron. Too many of our own people are for not taking the orange idiot seriously. He may be tremendously stupid, but he has more than enough malice and greed to make up for it. And the people staffing his regime are honestly worse.

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

France has maintained those since the founding of NATO because they side eye us in all things

Historically, the US shat on France every time we got the chance. Started about 2 years after they financed our revolution.

[ubergeek@lemmy.today]

I'll oppose my own government then. With force, if required.

[someguy3@lemmy.world]

I really don't think you can not give 41 million people the vote.

[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.