It’s not you. He wants to stir up nationalism and making a border dispute works. He’s also threatening Mexico.
Cause for hope: There is a history of the U.S. backing down, as we did in 1846, when, despite the slogan
54-40 or fight bring current, the U.S. settled for the 49th parallel as the border.
And some rock trivia. We have a band “54-40”, named after that slogan. https://youtu.be/GG3zXWEts-I?si=qddZIFz9GdlTKsxi
Yep, wait times are definitely a problem, but if you show up with a broken arm, you’ll be seen pretty quickly, and you won’t end up bankrupt afterwards.
First Nations is only 5%. We have significant East Asian, South Asian, and Caribbean origin populations.
From my Canadian relatives I’ve heard constant bleating about how the country is being overrun by East and South Asians.
Ironically my relatives are all non-white immigrants themselves. But they came here 30-50 years ago when the country needed them.
In 1846 the US didn’t have much of a standing army and wars moved slower. Invading Canada was a declaration of war on the United Kingdom and could have been a disaster. People were still around who could remember the War of 1812, which was an unpopular war that dragged out for years.
In 2025 the US would topple the Canadian government in a week.