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Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford says Canada is prepared to make electricity unaffordable for Americans by cutting off energy supplies to the U.S. in response to Trump’s tariffs:
“We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, going down to New York State, and over to Wisconsin.”
@JBeaudry5@MaximeBernier@PierrePoilievre Then, with all due respect, kindly piss off to Yankland. @MaximeBernier could make a difference, but the sheep in this country have accepted the lies that have been told about him. We will never be a state, even if we must eradicate another dictator ...
@waltwhoalberta @MaximeBernier "That guy", has no power over us. Out of respect for his mother Elizabeth II Regina, we've maintained a symbolic connection. That pillock is not my "King", any more than I will ever have a President ...
One thing I’ve always despised about the USA is the militaristic and imperialist attitude of their neoconservative establishment, present in both the Democratic or Republican parties. For decades they’ve invaded, engineered coups, bombed, and killed thousands of innocents in countries that posed no threat to them, under the pretext of “protecting the free world.” They still have 750 military bases in 80 countries to control their empire.
One of the key reasons I supported the election of Donald Trump was that he has been opposed to these pointless and costly foreign wars, and has promised to quickly end the US proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. While the Democrats under Obama and Biden have clearly become the war party, the Republicans under Trump, to their credit, have behaved like the peace party.
It’s clearly in the US’ interest to do so, since they have ultimately been humiliated in most of their foreign interventions, from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Things are going badly in Ukraine. Sanctions against Russia have backfired. The BRICS now comprises half the world’s population and a huge chunk of its resources and economy, and a new multipolar set of international relations is gradually replacing the one based on American hegemony.
It’s also in the Americans’ interest to adapt to this new geopolitical situation and help it evolve peacefully, rather than deluding themselves they will always be the top dog. Their government is close to bankruptcy, with a national debt that is spinning out of control. The status of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, which allowed them to print trillions of dollars, export their inflation, and make the rest of the world pay for their empire, is now threatened, as emerging countries are rapidly dedollarizing.
All this to say that it is extremely disappointing and concerning to now see Mr. Trump acting like a typical arrogant American imperialist, with his increasingly aggressive and outrageous statements about annexing Canada (and Groenland and the Panama Canal), again under the pretext of protecting the free world.
For two centuries, we’ve been the closest friends, neighbours, trading partners and allies. Does he really want to throw all of this overboard in a grandiose quest to make America’s dick bigger?
He says he wants to only use “economic force”, rather than bombing our cities and killing us like his predecessors. What a nice touch! Concretely, that means he’s willing to wage economic war on us, destroy our economy and our standard of living — and inevitably also hurt that of Americans, but to a much smaller extent — in order to achieve his goal.
Obviously, Canada is in no position to win any war with the US, military or economic. We can retaliate and hurt the Americans, but we won’t be able to sustain an economic war for long, given our economy’s complete dependence on theirs. Plus Ottawa is almost as bankrupt as Washington.
I still hope, as I said weeks ago, that these are just another example of his habit of making outrageous declarations as a bargaining position to force his counterparts to do something or make concessions under threat. And not the ravings of an unstable megalomaniac.
He wants a better trade agreement, a more secure border, and he wants us to help pay our share of North America’s defence. These are all fair demands that can and should be negotiated in both our countries’ interests.
If he is really serious about annexing Canada though, we’re entering a whole different game in trying to deal with a dangerous bully. And there won’t be any easy solution.
@Martyupnorth_2 Trump needs reminding from where much of the USA's fresh water, electricity, military assistance in every conflict, Lumber, fossil fuels Etc ... , have been coming from. How dare he treat us like freeloaders?! Yes we need to look after ourselves and let them look after themselves
@MacSco15@ivonne_meeuwsen @Martyupnorth_2 @liberal_party When hell freezes over! I initially thought Trump was more or less harmless, however; he seems to be somewhat serious about this annexing business and most Canadians I know will fight to keep that from happening, to the death if necessary. Any that wouldn't, need to leave Canada.