War with Canada?

[Winehole23]

Talking about taking over another country isn't saber-rattling, it's war talk

There's a nonzero chance Trump will talk us into WWIII, Canada has other allies


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[DMX7]

Trump is just going psycho right now. What is it with all these imperial fantasies? Maybe he thinks these explicit/implicit threats help in trade negotiations.

And that Truth Social profile photo looks like something from a 90's horror movie.

[Winehole23]

even if we don't go to war with Canada, Trump has killed Canadian tourism to the US for the foreseeable future

[Leetonidas]

Jesus christ trump is a fucking retard. Surely even our resident magatards can't justify his weird obsession with wanting to annex Canada

Which would be stupid for trump anyway considering how liberal Canada is compared to the US

[Leetonidas]

Lol it is funny seeing this toddler cry about the same shit he's doing

"I'm putting tariffs on everyone!!!"
"Ok we'll do the same to american products"
"Nooooo!! You can't do that! Reeeeeee"

[Winehole23]

Lol it is funny seeing this toddler cry about the same shit he's doing

"I'm putting tariffs on everyone!!!"
"Ok we'll do the same to american products"
"Nooooo!! You can't do that! Reeeeeee""they did it first" seems to be a conditioned response on the right wing

especially if it isn't true

[DMX7]

Jesus christ trump is a fucking retard. Surely even our resident magatards can't justify his weird obsession with wanting to annex Canada

...And Greenland, and Panama and whatever else. I don't remember this level of aggressive expansionist rhetoric in his first presidency.

[Spurs Homer]

Trump is just going psycho right now. What is it with all these imperial fantasies? Maybe he thinks these explicit/implicit threats help in trade negotiations.

And that Truth Social profile photo looks like something from a 90's horror movie.


who would have thought a day one dictator would...you know...have imperialistic plans...
who would have thought that

putins plans would be made easier by the guy working for putin?

we just never saw it coming!

[ChumpDumper]

ST Trumptards all went to Korea together it seems.

So brave.

[Winehole23]

It's cost-free to post anonymously

[ChumpDumper]

It's cost-free to post anonymously

They take their living vicariously through Trump and Elon seriously.

They're hurting right now.

[Thread]

He backed down on the Electricity threat.

Wise decision.

[TSA]

Talking about taking over another country isn't saber-rattling, it's war talk

There's a nonzero chance Trump will talk us into WWIII, Canada has other allies

https://x.com/fordnation/status/1899531171622522925

Canada bends the knee in record time.

[Winehole23]

He backed down on the Electricity threat.

Wise decision.Ford's just a provincial premier, it's a national question

I didn't see Canada object to Ford publicly any of the times he threatened beforehand, did they?

[Thread]

Ford's just a provincial premier, it's a national question

I notice Canada didn't object to Ford in publicly

He foldedPERIOD

[Winehole23]

He foldedPERIODOK, Ford folded

it would have been more surprising if he hadn't

[Thread]

OK, Ford folded

it would have been more surprising if he hadn't

His, then your capitulation is duly noted.

Let us proceed...

[GAustex]

It’s called crawfishing

[Thread]

In the interim Trump must (fix) whatever is wrong, or, takes to get those 3 States off Canada's Electricity tit.

It's humiliating.

Send the Corp of Engineers to the Canadian border at once.

[hater]

The movie Canadian Bacon w John Candy is in my HOF IMO

Time to rewatch it :tu

I would not want Camada if it came free. Them canadians and their indian and muslim immigrants are meh

Its a great place to go on vacation but I would not want to live near those weirdos

[baseline bum]

The movie Canadian Bacon w John Candy is in my HOF IMO

Time to rewatch it :tu

I would not want Camada if it came free. Them canadians and their indian and muslim immigrants are meh

Its a great place to go on vacation but I would not want to live near those weirdos

Yeah those retards with their universal healthcare and functioning democracy don't know what freedom is.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Jesus christ trump is a fucking retard. Surely even our resident magatards can't justify his weird obsession with wanting to annex Canada

Which would be stupid for trump anyway considering how liberal Canada is compared to the US

Wouldn't affect Trump electorally but it would deeply sabotage the GOP if Canada became the 51st state and apportioned electoral college votes/house seats away from many other states. Though it wouldn't quite hurt the GOP as much as it should because the smallest population states like Wyoming and the Dakotas and Alaska can't go under 3 electoral votes/1 house seat, but, there's no denying it would make the GOP path to 270 difficult. Plus the GOP is probably looking at uphill climbs in the House and giving the Dems 2 free senate seats.


In the interim Trump must (fix) whatever is wrong, or, takes to get those 3 States off Canada's Electricity tit.

It's humiliating.

Send the Corp of Engineers to the Canadian border at once.

No reason for MI/MN/NY to be buying electricity from fucking shit-ass Canada in the first place, but, those 3 states are currently governed by three of the five most wacky and neo-Marxist dictator Democrat governors in the country.


...And Greenland, and Panama and whatever else. I don't remember this level of aggressive expansionist rhetoric in his first presidency.
Greenland as a colony and US control of the Panama Canal make absolutely fucking sense. Dumbass Carter shouldn't have given the Panama Canal to Panama for fucking free to begin with. Greenland is extremely energy rich and belongs with North America and not fucking Europe, at least.

Canada is the only one that makes zero fucking sense.


Canada isn't going to join the US

If they lose they'll still fight us

They'll hate us forever
But, like the Russian speakers in Ukraine, the [Canadians] are English-speaking, so they must want to join the USA!!!!!!1111!!!!

[Winehole23]

Canada isn't going to join the US

If they lose they'll still fight us

They'll hate us forever

[Thread]

Canada isn't going to join the US

If they lose they'll still fight us

They'll hate us forever

Trump is just funnin' about.

[Thread]

Yeah those retards with their universal healthcare and functioning democracy don't know what freedom is.

It's easy to have universal healthcare when America provides your country with your MIC thru our MIC.

We can't have universal healthcare, but millions of Nazi's in Ukraine have it thru our tax dollars.

And Trump ain't stopped that, by God.

[Winehole23]

Trump is just funnin' about.I disagree

We'll see

[baseline bum]

It's easy to have universal healthcare when America provides your country with your MIC thru our MIC.

We can't have universal healthcare, but millions of Nazi's in Ukraine have it thru our tax dollars.

And Trump ain't stopped that, by God.

Your Trump is fine with subsidizing Israel's universal healthcare.

[Thread]

Your Trump is fine with subsidizing Israel's universal healthcare.

I can't deny it, whatsoever. Fuckin' shame it is.

And Bibi did him dirt when Biden beat him 4 years back. Treated him like an Indian at the door.

[hater]

Yeah those retards with their universal healthcare and functioning democracy don't know what freedom is.

:lmao

Functioning democracy?

The government just installed the former head on Bank of England as their Prime Minister. Noone voted for him

"Democracy" :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[ChumpDumper]

:lmao

Functioning democracy?

The government just instalked the former head on Bank of England as their Prime Minister. Noone voted for him

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

131,674 people voted for him.:)

[hater]

131,674 people voted for him.:)

Canada population = 40 million

NOONE voted for him

[ChumpDumper]

Canada population = 40 million

NOONE voted for himExcept 131,674 people voted for him in a party election, tater.

Why lie?

There'll be a general election called soon enough. To where will you move the goalpost then?

[SnakeBoy]

OK, Ford folded

it would have been more surprising if he hadn't

https://media.tenor.com/TS6cFTVkSAwAAAAM/donald-trump-smile.gif

[hater]

Except 131,674 people voted for him in a party election, tater.

Why lie?

There'll be a general election called soon enough. To where will you move the goalpost then?

So noone

Thanks for confirming :tu

[TSA]

https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/1899840367849079140

Canada bends the knee.

[koriwhat]

Fuck Canada!

[Thread]

Fuck Canada!

...cept for their side of the Falls.

[velik_m]

Trump whines about who signed deal to allow Canada to supply energy to the US

...
Amidst the trade tariffs back-and-forth with Canada and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who suspended the province’s 25 percent electricity surcharge on three U.S. states Tuesday, Trump fumed on Truth Social: “Why would our Country allow another Country to supply us with electricity, even for a small area?”

“Who made these decisions, and why?” the president demanded.

The decision to maintain the free flow of energy across the borders was part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and negotiated by Trump in November 2018 during his first term. It was signed into law in January 2020.
...



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-tariffs-trade-deal-b2713806.html

Dementia Don

[benefactor]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-tariffs-trade-deal-b2713806.html

Dementia Don
:lol

[Thread]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-tariffs-trade-deal-b2713806.html

Dementia Don

So, stipulate to it today in public and send the Corp of Engineers tomorrow to fix it.

Stipulate to Israel getting free healthcare today, end their free health care tomorrow.
Stipulate to Ukraine getting free healthcare today, end their free health care tomorrow.
Stipulate to millions of Nazi's in Ukraine today, pull out of Ukraine tomorrow.

Christ, it ain't rocket science.

[Thread]

:lol

Ain't seen you in a coon's age, fart-face.

How's that pretty little wife of your's doin'? You treating her right?

[Winehole23]

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[Thread]

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Just don't shut off the Canadian side of the Falls to Americans.

We're going back this fall for the final time in our lives.

[Winehole23]

Just don't shut off the Canadian side of the Falls to Americans.

We're going back this fall for the final time in our lives.buen viaje

[Winehole23]

y gracias para abordar con Greyhound-Trailways

[velik_m]

Carney orders review of F-35 fighter jet purchase from U.S.’s Lockheed Martin

Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked for a review of Canada’s plan to purchase a fleet of F-35 fighter jets.

The deal with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. government is for 88 planes at a cost of about US$85 million each.

A spokesperson for Defence Minister Bill Blair says Carney has asked Blair to look into whether the F-35 contract is the best investment for Canada, or if there are better options.

Blair’s press secretary Laurent de Casanove says the government needs to do its homework given the “changing environment.”

...


https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/03/15/carney-orders-review-of-f-35-fighter-jet-purchase-from-u-s-s-lockheed-martin/

[Winehole23]

no community note on X, seems too dumb to be true


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[FrostKing]

I lived in Canada in the mid 90s

There should be a case study done on how quickly a nation declines. 5 year plan to Hell.

[Winehole23]

I lived in Canada in the mid 90s

There should be a case study done on how quickly a nation declines. 5 year plan to Hell.what happened?

[Millennial_Messiah]

I've said it since the Obama admin times


Russia, China, Canada are all part of the new Axis powers / second world


However I'd like to think Russia is the one country the US should ally with. We should have put troops in to save Assad in Syria. China is the real threat with their AI and tech stuff, spy satellite technology and certain EU countries like Germany aren't far behind. Canada is absolutely a threat.

[Winehole23]

how is Canada a threat to the US?

[Thread]

how is Canada a threat to the US?

Won't trade fair & square because they're used to stealing from us and getting away with it for decades.

So, what do we need to do? Simple: hold their feet to the fire until they trade fair & square.

[CosmicCowboy]

how is Canada a threat to the US?

Well, they did burn the White House once.

[Winehole23]

Well, they did burn the White House once.We were somewhat more evenly matched in 1812

[Winehole23]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/war-plan-red-us-canada-britain

[ChumpDumper]

Well, they did burn the White House once.That was the UK tbh.

[Blake]

Well, they did burn the White House once.

Still defending Trump

[Winehole23]

Having friendly countries to our immediate north and south has been a big part of the geopolitical security of the US

Ruining that on purpose seems kind of dumb


Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities.

The budding defense cooperation between Canada and the European Union, which is racing to shore up its industry to lower reliance on the United States, would boost Canada’s military manufacturers and offer the country a new market at a time when its relationship with the United States has become frayed.

Shaken by a crisis in the two nations’ longstanding alliance since President Trump’s election, Canada has started moving closer to Europe. The military industry collaboration with the European Union highlights how traditional U.S. allies are deepening their ties without U.S. participation to insulate themselves from Mr. Trump’s unpredictable moves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/canada/canada-eu-military-industry-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.0adw.UT10M1 qXxKIN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[Thread]

Having friendly countries to our immediate north and south has been a big part of the geopolitical security of the US

Ruining that on purpose seems kind of dumb

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/canada/canada-eu-military-industry-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E4.0adw.UT10M1 qXxKIN&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Please. All talk...they ain't about to give up the ship yet. Nobody wants to have to spend money on something they've been getting for free for over 80 years. No way, Jose'.

And this morning Canada is stipulating to being in a "crisis" over the Tariffs.

[SnakeBoy]

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1Bjh4z.img?w=768&h=552&m=6

[Blake]

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1Bjh4z.img?w=768&h=552&m=6

Looks like we're starting to slide right along with them there

[Winehole23]

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1Bjh4z.img?w=768&h=552&m=6when the president of the US threatens war, as Trump has to Canada, people get jittery

[Thread]

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1Bjh4z.img?w=768&h=552&m=6

It's not like they didn't know they was stealin'. They just didn't want to be stopped.

[Winehole23]

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[Thread]

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Just leave the door ajar come Fall, cuz Cubby & Girl are making our final pilgrimage to the Falls/crossing over to the Canadian side at dawn.

[Winehole23]

I don't believe that for a second

But bon chance

[Thread]

I don't believe that for a second

But bon chance

I'll post the pictures upon arrival back in Arizona.

[Winehole23]

alienating our geographical neighbors is dumb


Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."

[Thread]

alienating our geographical neighbors is dumb




Take a ganders at these tariffs coming out of Canada...

Chicken: 263%
Turkey: 179%
Butter: 175%
Dairy Spreads: 165%
Milk: 155%
Cheese: 147%
Beef: 77%
Pork: 77%
Eggs: 66%
Flour: 40%
Wheat: 38%
Orange Juice: 25%
Peanut Butter: 25%

Let us proceed...

The party is over. over-over.

[SnakeBoy]

Carney went on to say: "Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades, is over. These are tragedies, but it's also our new reality."

Mission accomplished :tu

[ChumpDumper]

What mission?

[Thread]

Carney went on to say: "Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades, is over. These are tragedies, but it's also our new reality."

Mission accomplished :tu

Since "the Second World War" Canada and every other country on earth have taken merciless advantage of the United States and the United States has been fully complicit in this action. Shame-on-us.

Rectify immediately!

[DarrinS]

Yawn

[Winehole23]

how is the US trade deficit with Canada, a country of 41.5 million people, a threat to US national security?

has Canada denied the US vigorous fentanyl interdiction?

all that sounds exactly like bullshit


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[FrostKing]

I know Canadians in my Polak chat. They have smaller mouths than American but they are less likely to leave. Life in Canada is still quality enough to slowly stay. Im the 2nd American bro to return and 3rd is coming.

[Blake]

Yawn

WAKE UP! SOMEONE IN A DRESS IS TRYING TO READ A LIBRARY BOOK TO KIDS AT A PUBLIC LIBRARY!

"BEVERLY — A small group of protesters took to the Beverly Chicago Public Library branch Tuesday morning to criticize the library for hosting a drag queen story time — only to be drowned out by supporters of the event."

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/03/drag-story-time-at-beverly-library-sees-protesters-but-even-more-supporters/

[velik_m]

Number of Americans travelling to Canada continues to decline

While Canadians continue to skip travel to the United States, Americans are also visiting their northern neighbours less as trade tensions between the countries persist.
Article content

For the third month in a row, trips to Canada by U.S. residents declined in April to 1.3 million trips, down 8.9 per cent year-over-year from 2024, monthly travel data from Statistics Canada show.

Arrivals to Canada by automobile by U.S. residents were down 8.4 per cent year-over-year in April, to 937,400, more than half of which were same-day trips. Air arrivals, on the other hand, were down four per cent from a year ago.

...


https://financialpost.com/news/economy/americans-travelling-canada-declines

[Winehole23]

Trump's jawboning has negative economic consequences for the USA


The U.S. hospitality and tourism sector is reeling as Canadian visitors — who historically account for a quarter of all foreign arrivals — have dramatically reduced their visits. In June, Canadians made 33% fewer car trips and 22% fewer flights to the U.S. than a year earlier, marking the sixth consecutive month of double-digit declines, according to Statistics Canada’s June 2025 border-crossing data.


In 2024, Canadian tourists spent $20.5 billion in the U.S., nearly double what Americans spent at McDonald’s that year. Now, with travel collapsing, the U.S. Travel Association warned in February that even a 10% drop in Canadian visitors could erase $2.1 billion in spending and jeopardize 140,000 jobs — and the current downturn far exceeds that threshold.
https://theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/us-tourism-suffers-as-canadian-visits

[Winehole23]

US Coast Guard kidnapped a fisherman in Canadian waters, capsized his boat and threw him into detention with wet clothes


https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreianukumcvo5s6pjiyg56r4duq54yn4ai6clx5i2ulcnx oxvr5tdbm@jpeghttps://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/quebec-man-warning-canadian-boaters-after-he-was-detained-by-us-coast-guard-put-in-jail-cell/

[SnakeBoy]

Poor fella

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/XrQJtcyV/Screenshot-20250724-215802-Samsung-Internet.jpg

> "Refugees resettled under this program get 12 months of income and settlement support through the Resettlement Assistance Program."


Remember Canadians furious over Tariffs? :lol

[ChumpDumper]

:lol triggered

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/MytQG17Z/Screenshot-20250724-221320-Samsung-Internet.jpg

Nose diving GDP and this is where their remaining funds are going. Major reason why there are only a handful of liberal nations left on this Planet and the list is shrinking.

Begging foreign men to come have babies for you gay weirdos

[ChumpDumper]

https://i.ibb.co/MytQG17Z/Screenshot-20250724-221320-Samsung-Internet.jpg

Nose diving GDP and this is where their remaining funds are going. Major reason why there are only a handful of liberal nations left on this Planet and the list is shrinking.

Begging foreign men to come have babies for you gay weirdos
You haven't fathered any children.

Are you gay?

And that number is for 8 years. You strive to be low information and childless.

[Winehole23]

FK's obsession with racial purity in countries in which he does not live boggles

[FrostKing]

FK's obsession with racial purity in countries in which he does not live boggles
West has to fight wars for each other.

You trapped in bubble not realizing my ancestors died so you could preach for minorities.

[Winehole23]

what is "west"?

[Winehole23]

the country referred to is the USA

car visits from Canada were down 37% YoY in July


If the downward trajectory continues through the end of the year, the country stands to lose at least $21 billion in travel-related exports.hhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/08/11/canadian-car-visits-us-plunge-37-percent/

[Winehole23]

"making Americans look silly" is treachery



https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:5jgvsxybi3ivfmaxqczyj2cw/bafkreic4svpyrhj3mqf4x44atktrnrr5a7h47gwkgs4c35gss mcgrhuhte@jpeghttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/60-minutes-cecot/685403/

[Winehole23]

lol "moderate liberals" protecting Trump from CECOT backlash

[Winehole23]

btw, aren't y'all still proud of CECOT?

step up to the mike, SpursTalkers

:lol

[ChumpDumper]

"making Americans look silly" is treachery


https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/60-minutes-cecot/685403/

:lol "leaked"

CBS sent it to Global and Global aired it because that be the way contracts do.

Weis is just failing. It's all very simple.

[velik_m]

U.S. State That Abandoned Canadian Tourists Tries Again As Canada’s Travel Boycott Hits The Holidays

Canadian travelers avoiding the United States is near the one-year mark, which is alarming because Canada is the country's largest source of international tourists, accounting for 26% of all overseas visits. 22 million Canadians visited in 2024, injecting $20.5 billion to the U.S. economy and supporting 140,000 U.S. jobs, according to the U.S. Travel Association.

Many parts of the U.S. have reacted to the Canadian tourism decline in their own ways; one state begged for Canadian tourists' return, another urged President Trump to apologize to Canada, and Las Vegas even rolled out special tourism discounts in a week-long sale. However, one state pretty much gave up on Canadians altogether, albeit temporarily.

Montana abandoned tourism campaigns in Canada in the summer after receiving negative reactions from Canadians at the time. Although its tourism ads failed, Montana is proving it's not giving up on Canada forever; it's trying to win Canadians over once again, now that their travel boycott is hitting the holidays hard—especially in ski towns that would otherwise be flooded with visitors from Canada at this time of the year.
...


https://www.thetravel.com/canadian-tourism-abandoned-montana-tries-to-attract-tourists-again-canada-usa-travel-boycott/

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Canada occupies NORAD too, right?

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/bafkreif4zaeihlsfjt6gtthop7z4nzxa2s4lzmci5qdrkveah yt4rim6oa@jpeg

[DMX7]

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Talk about delusional. :lol

[FrostKing]

Canada occupies NORAD too, right?

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:z6rujpf4u56jfie7aqic2nfg/bafkreif4zaeihlsfjt6gtthop7z4nzxa2s4lzmci5qdrkveah yt4rim6oa@jpeg
Today's Canada seems gullible enough to believe China would go out of their way to spare them in such an attack

[Winehole23]

Talk about delusional. :lolI don't think it's delusional for Canada to have plans to defend their country against the USA

[Winehole23]

Today's Canada seems gullible enough to believe China would go out of their way to spare them in such an attackwhy do you think so?

[Winehole23]

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/01/07/canadas-armed-forces-are-planning-for-threats-from-america

[Yonivore]

https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2026/01/07/canadas-armed-forces-are-planning-for-threats-from-america
Another paywall. Do you actually subscribe to these sites or are you simply posting based on the headline. Because, the New York Times, in particular, is known for burying the lede some where down about the last third of the column - and, many times, it contradicts or clarifies the tone set in the headline and establishing paragraph.

[ChumpDumper]

Show us several examples.

[Winehole23]

Another paywall. Do you actually subscribe to these sites or are you simply posting based on the headline. Because, the New York Times, in particular, is known for burying the lede some where down about the last third of the column - and, many times, it contradicts or clarifies the tone set in the headline and establishing paragraph.Sorry, couldn't find a non-paywalled version -- the headline is itself notable and newsworthy imho.

Do you have some reason to doubt that Canada feels threatened by the Trump regime?

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

mind-blowing hostility


U.S. President Donald Trump's ambassador to Canada is warning of consequences to the continental defence pact if Canada does not move forward with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets.


"NORAD would have to be altered," U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra told CBC News in an exclusive interview at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.


He says the United States would likely need to purchase more of the advanced fighter aircraft for its own air force, and would fly them more often into Canadian airspace to address threats approaching the U.S.


"If Canada is no longer going to provide that [capability], then we have to fill those gaps," said Hoekstra.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/norad-canada-us-f35-9.7059800

[velik_m]

Florida Tourism Collapse: How Trade War with Canada Erased 280,000 Jobs and $52 Billion

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In the 12 months following the escalation of the trade war between the United States and Canada, Florida experienced one of the sharpest demand withdrawals ever recorded in a developed tourism economy. Open source tourism data, airline capacity reports, and state-level labor estimates all point to the same conclusion: the Canadian exit was sudden, synchronized, and devastating.

In several snowbird-dependent counties, peak winter occupancy fell by over 40% compared to historical averages. Some coastal municipalities reported vacancy rates not seen since the financial crisis, despite aggressive price cuts and tax incentives. The employment shock followed immediately. By conservative estimates, 280,000 tourism-related jobs disappeared across Florida, including hotel staff, restaurant workers, healthcare support services, maintenance crews, real estate agents, and seasonal contractors. Internal labor models suggest the true figure may exceed 310,000 once indirect losses are included.

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Internal planning models used by regional development agencies indicate that even under the most optimistic assumptions, no more than 30% of former Canadian winter spending is projected to return over the next decade. That implies a structural loss of roughly $35 to $40 billion in annual economic activity. This is not a recessionary dip—it is a reset. The scale is comparable to the long-term decline of a major industrial sector, except this collapse did not originate from global competition or automation. It originated from political miscalculation.

Buried deep inside regional planning forecasts is a number that explains why this rupture may already be permanent. Population and capital flow models used by multiple Florida metropolitan planning organizations now assume a long-term annual population shortfall exceeding 160,000 seasonal residents, driven almost entirely by the disappearance of Canadian snowbirds. This is not a temporary variance—it is baked into projections extending more than 15 years forward.
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https://bh.whatjobs.com/news/florida-tourism-collapse-how-trade-war-with-canada-erased-280000-jobs-and-52-billion/

[velik_m]

B.C. premier says Alberta separatists seeking assistance from U.S. is 'treason'

British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration for financial backing is an act of "treason" and it's an issue he'll raise as the premiers gather with the prime minister in Ottawa on Thursday.

"To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that, and that word is treason," said Eby ahead of the closed-door meeting.

He was reacting to reports that members of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration have held meetings with members of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a separatist group that is pushing for the western province to become independent.

The group is openly seeking a $500-billion US line of credit credit from the U.S. Treasury to help bankroll the new country if they come out victorious in a referendum.

An official with the U.S. State Department confirmed the meetings, saying the department "regularly meets with civil society types," but added that "no commitments were made."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eby-alberta-separatism-9.7066320

[Yonivore]

mind-blowing hostility
I don't see anything hostile about it. Canada is threatening to stop supporting defense across their country for threats headed to the U.S. We have to plan an alternative. More like welcome directness. The United States, under this President, is tired of our taxpayers being taken advantage of by it's neighbors and allies in Europe. Fuck'em.

I think and Alberta/Minnesota trade would be a great consideration.

[SnakeBoy]

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[ChumpDumper]

I don't see anything hostile about it. Canada is threatening to stop supporting defense across their country for threats headed to the U.S. We have to plan an alternative. More like welcome directness. The United States, under this President, is tired of our taxpayers being taken advantage of by it's neighbors and allies in Europe. Fuck'em.

I think and Alberta/Minnesota trade would be a great consideration.lol you're an idiot

[velik_m]

Trump threatens Canada with 50% tariff on aircraft sold in US, expanding trade war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney expands.

Trump’s threat posted on social media came after he threatened over the weekend to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it went forward with a planned trade deal with China. But Trump’s threat did not come with any details about when he would impose the import taxes, as Canada had already struck a deal.

In Trump’s latest threat, the Republican president said he was retaliating against Canada for refusing to certify jets from Savannah, Georgia-based Gulfstream Aerospace.

Trump said the U.S., in return, would decertify all Canadian aircraft, including planes from its largest aircraft maker, Bombardier. “If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America,” Trump said in his post.

Trump said he is “hereby decertifying” the Bombardier Global Express business jets. There are 150 Global Express aircraft in service registered in the U.S., operated by 115 operators, according to Cirium, the aviation analytics company.

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-canada-aircraft-carney-d8692117bfcf11cf948f834534e7eb88

[Winehole23]

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“Canada’s stance is clear. Canada supports the necessity to prevent Iran’s nuclear program and the export of terrorism,” Carney said in French.

“Canada is not participating in the United States and Israeli offensive and will never participate in it.”

[Winehole23]

March 23rd, 2026

Bruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle-Herald



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[Winehole23]

how radical and extreme Trump 2.0 is, is underrated


Support For Making Canada A Part Of America:

Oppose: 69%
Support: 9%

YouGov / March 25, 2026

[Winehole23]

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[velik_m]

Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first

The European Parliament has formally consented to Canada's participation in the EU's Security Action for Europe programme, completing the last institutional step required under EU treaty law and making the bilateral defence agreement fully binding on both sides.

The consent vote closes a ratification sequence that moved faster than most observers expected. The Canada-EU Security and Defence Partnership was signed at the Brussels summit in June 2025. Negotiations on SAFE participation concluded in December. EU member states endorsed the agreement on 19 December. Defence Minister David McGuinty signed the formal text at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February 2026. Under the treaty process, the deal could be provisionally applied from the moment of signature (meaning Canadian companies have been engaging with European procurement cycles since February), but formal legal conclusion required parliamentary consent. It now has it.

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The most direct benefit is jobs. The February 2026 Defence Industrial Strategy commits 70% of federal defence contracts to Canadian firms within a decade. SAFE adds a second market for the companies that win those contracts. A manufacturer building artillery shells or communications satellites for the Canadian Armed Forces can now bid for European contracts using the same facilities and workforce. That means more sustained production runs, more hiring, and less exposure to a single buyer. The previous situation, where Canadian firms were heavily dependent on US defence contracts now subject to tariff disruption and procurement nationalism under the Trump administration, made the European diversification strategically urgent.

The downstream effects are real but diffuse. A Telesat or Kepler Communications winning European satellite contracts employs engineers in Ottawa, Waterloo, and Calgary. A Magellan Aerospace supplying engine components to a Eurofighter upgrade program keeps machining lines running in Mississauga and Winnipeg. CAE, which already operates simulation and training centres across Europe, gains preferential access to SAFE-funded contracts for pilot and operator training. None of these are overnight transformation. The analyst consensus is a one-to-two year lag before contract flow begins

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The European Parliament consent vote is arriving in the middle of the densest week of Canada-EU engagement since the partnership began. On 11 May, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was in Brussels to co-chair, alongside EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, the high-level meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children. Canada announced CAD 3.4 million in new support for the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, bringing Canada's total contribution to that mission to CAD 4.8 million. Anand also signed the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, making Canada the first country outside Europe to join. Canada, Ukraine, and Norway will host a follow-on ministerial conference in Toronto on 28-29 September 2026, focused on the return of deported children, detained civilians, and prisoners of war.

Anand told Euronews what the accumulation of activity represents. "Over the last year, we've signed over 20 security, defence and economic agreements around the world, and we're just getting started," she said. "The reason is that it's not just a policy response. The policy response is based on like-mindedness, on shared values, and on the belief that territorial integrity, state sovereignty, and multilateral trade are important values that we will continue to collectively work for."

Kallas has made the same point with less elaboration. She described Canada as "the most European of all the non-European countries in the world" and said Canada and the EU "can be a stabilising force for foreign policy and trade."

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https://www.yacnews.com/europe-to-the-world-canada-is-with-us-as-it-joins-defence-alliance-in-historic-first/

[velik_m]

Canada to order military plane fleet from Sweden in shift from US suppliers

Canada has announced plans to buy a fleet of early warning planes from Sweden’s Saab rather than a competing option from Boeing, as the country seeks to reduce reliance on US defense firms.

Mark Carney, the prime minister, said on Wednesday that Canada would opt for Saab’s GlobalEye, which is based on Bombardier’s Global 6500 jet. Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail plane – which has suffered from delays and cost overruns – had also been in contention.

“With a suite of advanced sensors and mission systems, Saab’s GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian armed forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic,” Carney told a defense conference in Ottawa.

The prime minister pledged in March that Canada would take full responsibility for protecting its vast Arctic territory, after relying on decades on a partnership with the US to monitor its more than 4.4m sq km (1.7m sq miles) of land and sea, a territory larger than India.

In a statement, Saab said it planned to invest in research and development work in Canada as part of any deal.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/canada-sweden-saab-globaleye-aircraft?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[Winehole23]

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