People are talking as if Trump could just invade another member of NATO without any repercussions.
The opening gambit of a US-NATO war would be the arrest of all US bases in NATO territories.
~ 60.000 US soldiers arrested on their way to work at Rammstein alone. No shots fired.
Next step. Wait until the US military comes to its senses and depose the orange idiot.
I cannot stress enough how utterly insane all of this is.
That’s what the First Ministers meeting last week was about.
Popular support for the First Ministers, even by something as simple as hats and toques, is important politically.
No, the opening gambit would be meetings of the NATO governments, to try to resolve the issue by negotiations.
Western and Central Europe depend on US military support against the Bear. Breaking the alliance by going to war with the US is not on the table, when Putin has already demonstrated his willingness to invade other countries.
Does Project 2025 touch on expansionism/ adventurism?
Yes, that was the point. People want t-shirts now.
Does Canada’s government have the ability to divert water now going to the Robert Moses Power Station to instead go over the falls, making Niagara Falls Ontario a more spectacular tourist destination?
Looking at Wikipedia, the answer may be yes:
The U.S. would have to violate some treaty with Canada first, but we probably will.
Like I said, openly daydreaming about conquering (parts of) other NATO members is insanity.
I cannot believe it is anything else than a distraction for his terrible cabinet.
Why negotiate, what’s to negotiate, when Trump has made clear that he kisses the Bear’s, umm, pinky ring?
The NATO governments must know by now that Trump is 100% more likely to go to war with his own citizens than launch a single missle or fire a single bullet or shell at Putin’s forces in defense of another NATO member! Depending on US military support against the Bear will abruptly end this afternoon.
My Smithy, Trumpy colleagues have been silent on the matter.
Trump speaks to David conference. Repeats threats of annexing Canada.
There is not a doubt in my mind Trump would use this as a pretext for war.
Evidence that Trump does not know what he is talking about:
“They’d have much better health coverage. I think the people of Canada would like it,” said the president.
Though I acknowledge that our waiting times can be problematic sometimes, there’s no way in hell that I (and I suspect most Canadians) would accept US health care.
Outside of whatever infinite range of “Trump has serious issues” responses, for real, objectively, logically etc, what in God’s name is his problem with us (Canada, that is)?
Could be as simple as wanting to boost the US of A’s percentage of white citizens, help dilute the percentage of brown and black people.
He looks at Mercator maps and thinks Canada is yuuuuuge and full of prime real estate.
Wouldn’t get that from Canada. Looks like we are 70% White compared to 75% for the US.
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I actually saw him use the phrase “manifest destiny” recently (maybe the last week at most), and that’s not something that makes anyone with any knowledge of US history unwarm and unfuzzy.
But does Trump realize that? Or does he get his “knowledge” of Canada from stereotypes like the RCMP, lumberjacks, and so forth?
Fair enough. I keep going on the assumption that when his mouth moves his brain is functioning. I keep forgetting that this is not the case.
It’s understandable to forget sometimes that reality and the sewage he spews have only a tenuous connection.
I do have to confess that I wasn’t aware of that nonwhite percentage in Canada, although it should have occurred to me given the First Nations and other indigenous populations.
And to continue discussing any spectacular misunderstanding of health care in Canada, by some Americans, if my wife and I were American citizens, we would be bankrupt by now, due to health care costs that we have incurred. Instead, we’re reasonably healthy, and living very comfortably in a spiffy apartment and able to travel to Europe a couple of times each year.
So no, Trump is colossally full of shite. In the name of fuck he and his ilk are colossally ignorant, stupid ass-holes. I can’t believe that this crap is actually happening now.
I am truly worried about our fuckedness in my final 20-some years.