This is the dumbest diplomatic pratfall I ever saw. i.e. Trump jokes (?) to Trudeau that Canada should be 51st US state, in response to Tariff threat.
Trump is proposing economic warfare on Canada, and the joke (?) is one that Canada should be effectively annexed to the United States. To put it mildly this is the DUMBEST talk fest of a diplomatic pratfall in world history. Guaranteed to turn Canadians into an enemy of the United States
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Trump has a thing for far northern lands. Back in 2019, he tried to buy Greenland from Denmark (No Joke: Trump Really Does Want To Buy Greenland), and during the campaign there were hints he might try it again (Newsweek March 13, 2024: Donald Trump Could Try to Buy Greenland Once More). Now it seems he’s telling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada should join the US — as one state. Trump Suggested Canada Could Become 51st State to Justin Trudeau: Report
Fox News' White House correspondent Peter Doocy told Special Report host Bret Baier on Monday evening: "We are told that when Trudeau told President-elect Trump that new tariffs would kill the Canadian economy, Trump joked to him that if Canada can't survive without ripping off the U.S. the tune of one hundred billion dollars a year, then maybe Canada should become the 51st state and Trudeau could become its governor."
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Let us unpack how asinine this is.
A. First of all Canadians do NOT think of themselves as Americans. i.e. the ethos of Canada is extremely different as to what is seen as GOP goals. and I speak from experience as having talked to Canadians for over 39 years.
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B. Trump is essentially stating that if Canada was destroyed by 25% trading Tariffs, that as an alternative Canada could turn over its own country to the GOP. make no bones about it, this is what it amounts to
C. What Trump is gloating over, is the possibility of using economic imperialism to justify his tariffs.
I do not think anyone in MAGA is able to comprehend that Trump is proposing warfare in all but name upon a country, Canada , which is not only unproductive, but a MASSIVE mating call to making Canada an enemy of future US administrations, way after Trump is gone in 2028
Andrew Beckwith, PhD
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2wNot to mention Canada is part of the British world system.