One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances is broken. Canadians are absorbing U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.
Canadians are feeling an undeniable sense of betrayal after Trump declared a trade war against America’s northern neighbor and longtime ally. Trump keeps threatening Canada’s sovereignty and and vowing to put sweeping 25% tariffs on Canadian products, though Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday afternoon the tariffs will be postponed by at least 30 days after he promised more cooperation on the border.
In Canada, discussion and disapproval are everywhere. Canadian hockey fans have even been booing the American national anthem at recent National Hockey League games. Addressing the nation this past weekend, Trudeau channeled the betrayal that many Canadians are feeling, reminding Americans that Canadian troops fought alongside them in Afghanistan and helped respond to myriad crises from wildfires in California to Hurricane Katrina. “We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people,” he said.
The Canadian jitters, some worry, could go beyond the moment. “The damage is going to be long-lasting,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto. “The Americans won’t be trusted anymore. The 51st state stuff is just contemptuous. It treats Canada like we don’t even exist.”
I agree with all you said. I just wanted to say as a Canadian that I still like a lot of Americans. I hate your political parties and many of the decisions they have made in my 44 years, but a lot of Americans do as well. Your country is being fucking savaged by your new leaders right now and I have no clue what the future holds. I do hope that our two nations can resume a relationship that has been one of the best/most productive in history once you folks have figured out how to deal with your presidents Musk and Trump.
Please point to anything I said in that comment that was incorrect. You can attack my character all you want but go ahead and discredit the words I said. We’re any of those things I said incorrect?
america has everything… and yes i do mean everything… that you have because the world (actually; the imperial core let’s go with that) allows america to have it because you’re relatively nice, you don’t force too much onto us that we don’t want, and you’re predictable
trump has just fucked all of that good will… this isn’t about canada: this is about you and the orange piss baby thinking that america is anything without us
you’re just not… your country is a fucking dumpster fire mate… health care, garbage… prison population, highest in the world… education, garbage… satisfaction with your govt, garbage… average happiness of your population, garbage…
so get the fuck over yourself because you are nothing without the world
Damn. For a country that apparently is just an absolute dumpster fire of garbage we sure do seem to have the highest immigration rates of anywhere on the planet.
So either all those people from all over the world who want to be in America are all stupid or you are wrong about America … Hmmmm I wonder which one it is.
Immigration from where? You’d need to compare the metrics he’s was talking about to the countries the immigrants are fleeing to really have a point there. As long as the conditions are better in the US than where the immigrants are coming from they’ll do that.
Are we seeing a lot of immigration from countries with good healthcare and education?
Well yeah. Obviously people are only going to want to immigrate to somewhere better. Why the fuck would anyone wanna move into a shittier house? That would be like me moving to Canada. It just wouldn’t make any sense.
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I agree with all you said. I just wanted to say as a Canadian that I still like a lot of Americans. I hate your political parties and many of the decisions they have made in my 44 years, but a lot of Americans do as well. Your country is being fucking savaged by your new leaders right now and I have no clue what the future holds. I do hope that our two nations can resume a relationship that has been one of the best/most productive in history once you folks have figured out how to deal with your presidents Musk and Trump.
Please point to anything I said in that comment that was incorrect. You can attack my character all you want but go ahead and discredit the words I said. We’re any of those things I said incorrect?
Just about all of it. America doesn’t “let” Canada do anything. Go read a fucking history book.
60 people at least have pointed to your comment as a whole already, and 20 more did it to this one.
There are times that we make an ass out of ourselves and those times suck. This is one of those times, for you.
Take it on the chin and learn from it, don’t triple down like a twat.
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That’s exactly the problem
america has everything… and yes i do mean everything… that you have because the world (actually; the imperial core let’s go with that) allows america to have it because you’re relatively nice, you don’t force too much onto us that we don’t want, and you’re predictable
trump has just fucked all of that good will… this isn’t about canada: this is about you and the orange piss baby thinking that america is anything without us
you’re just not… your country is a fucking dumpster fire mate… health care, garbage… prison population, highest in the world… education, garbage… satisfaction with your govt, garbage… average happiness of your population, garbage…
so get the fuck over yourself because you are nothing without the world
YOU need the global community
the global community liked america
Damn. For a country that apparently is just an absolute dumpster fire of garbage we sure do seem to have the highest immigration rates of anywhere on the planet.
So either all those people from all over the world who want to be in America are all stupid or you are wrong about America … Hmmmm I wonder which one it is.
You don’t have the highest immigration rates, and sometimes not even in absolute numbers.
The US has about 50 million total immigrants, or about 14 % of the population, that’s behind both Germany (19 %) and Saudi Arabia (89 %).
Considering why most of those people are fleeing their homes, the US might want to sit this argument out…
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Also the lowest standard of living in the first world lol
You’re country is a fucking joke.
Immigration from where? You’d need to compare the metrics he’s was talking about to the countries the immigrants are fleeing to really have a point there. As long as the conditions are better in the US than where the immigrants are coming from they’ll do that.
Are we seeing a lot of immigration from countries with good healthcare and education?
Well yeah. Obviously people are only going to want to immigrate to somewhere better. Why the fuck would anyone wanna move into a shittier house? That would be like me moving to Canada. It just wouldn’t make any sense.
Ashton???
…Kutcher ?
Even if that were true (other comments show it isnt) that doesn’t actually mean America is better lol just trading on propaganda and past good images.