• Panamalt@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    The Cunt’s really trying to take over the world by merely whining about it like a spoiled brat discovering happy meal toys

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        What’s the feeling over there… if Trump tomorrow announced a military invasion to free Canada from fascists or whatever, would the military comply and start gunning down Canadians? I know there are a few more steps to it before such action can be taken (or at least I hope there are), so I suppose what I’m wondering is if there are enough Americans who think Canada is evil to happily rise to the challenge?

        An absurd thought, but these are absurd times.

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          Average Americans don’t want to fight Canada and if they were forced to they would resist every way they could. However, MAGA’s are extremely susceptible to propaganda and if Trumps administration is serious about invading Canada they would turn up the propaganda machine. This interview is propaganda, so the start of that. I don’t think a majority of Americans would ever want to fight Canada, especially since it’s so clear America is the aggressor. It’s also possible Trump and Musk will implode their administration before they can change public opinion enough for it to be feasible.

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          I have little doubt Pete Hegseth would gargle Trump’s balls if requested and would absolutely command the military to do unspeakable shit. I don’t have any idea what the average service member would do, but I would hope there’d be some internal resistance.

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    He really does have a stunted vocabulary. There’s nothing in his head but vanity, greed and pig-ignorance, and a compulsion to be subby to Putin.

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    I haven’t seen anyone talk about this and I think it needs to be considered. When considering this clip, consider how trumps supporters will see it.

    What we know about Trump supporters:

    • trumps supporters have turned off their critical thinking skills
    • Many of them have below an 8th grade reading level
    • They always have Fox News or another right wing news source turned on - they are addicted to it
    • They already like and trust Trump, and believe him to be some kind of mastermind
    • They are not a majority, but there is a concerning amount of them

    That means what they will get from this clip is:

    • Canada should have already belonged to the US
    • The US has a right to Canada
    • Because trump called Canadians “nasty”, there is a reason to invade Canada, and Canadians deserve it
    • Canada has a lot of resources that the US can use.

    To most people, Trump sounds like an imbecile, but to his supporters, he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about, I personally think he feeds them reasons to be upset without actually making any logical arguments. We all can see that but his supporters can’t. What I’m trying to get at is MAGA’s public opinions about Canada will change because of this interview. This isn’t just bumbling Trump giving a bizarre interview, it’s intentional propaganda to change his viewers’ allegiances.

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    Hey UK and Australia and New Zealand and other commonwealth nations: you should sign a mutual defense pact, if that’s not already a thing, and it specifically should not include the US. Invite some other euros too, if you can get them.

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        I really don’t think Canada should take the first shot. Surely there must be some capable people on the US side.

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        Yeah, and what kind of response would that get? I’m sure Trump’s handlers would love to make him a martyr and have justification for going to war.

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    America has been subsidizing Canada

    2024: Canada imports ~$480 billion total from the USA. Divided by 40 million Canadian population, that’s $12,000 for every man, woman, and child spent on American shit.

    USA imports ~$586 billion from Canada. Divided by 400 million population, that’s only $1,465 per capita, and that’s only 1/8th of the amount that Canadians bought from the USA in return.

    ##BUY CANADIAN, BE FAIR!

    You can’t compare apples to apples when one side of the equation has 10 times the population. If we’re trying to be fair, Trumpistan needs to buy 8 times more Canadian shit!

    Tariffs on the Canadian side will be reciprocal and will only serve to make us stop buying Murcan shit, leading to an even bigger Trumped-up deficit and the loss of their biggest, best customer. Likely long-term.

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      Better yet. Let’s make the border between the two countries fluid. Any US state that borders Canada, or any Canadian province that borders the US, can vote to switch countries at any time. Require a large 2/3 majority threshold. Which nation does a better job providing for its citizens? I say we let states/provinces decide for themselves and vote with their feet.

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      He’s awful confident it’s a good plan, so they fully intend to make that a non-issue in elections. We are going to have to fight for our right to vote in the next election.

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    Wonder why he doesn’t want Mexico as the 51st state?

    Or puerto Rico?

    Or anything else South or across an ocean?

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      It is in the mind of a narcissist like Trump. He has always assumed the world revolves around him.

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    I mean if it happened it’ll destroy the GOP and conservatives electorally so silver linings.

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      As a Canadian that is the one thing I would love about it. Millions of new citizens, almost all voting straight blue for at least a generation.