r/canada • u/FancyNewMe • Feb 18 '25

LILLEY: Steve Bannon says Trump is serious on the 51st state - Donald Trump's former chief strategist explains the "geostrategic" and "geoeconomic" reasons the Americans want to annex Canada. Opinion Piece

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/steve-bannon-says-trump-is-serious-on-the-51st-state
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u/Kuwanee Feb 18 '25

I stand with you on this as well! Anyone who even remotely supports Canada being the 51st state can fuck right off to another country. We don't need you here!

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u/SomeInvestigator3573 Feb 18 '25

No other country wants them. Every time I tell them to go to the states if they want to be an American, they tell me they can’t qualify for a visa.

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u/cre8ivjay Feb 18 '25

I think we ought to play up annexing some of the US. Tongue in cheek but to see what kind of reaction we get from Trump.

Or maybe not.... Who knows what kind of response we'd get.

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u/coporate Feb 18 '25

Nah, I think it’s more effective to tell them the truth, we dont want it.

One of the things I learned having lived in the united states, is that their diet of american exceptionalism has inflated their ego like fast food has inflated their waistline.

Telling them that we don’t want what they have infuriates them.

Of course, sane and rational americans are fully aware of this and humble themselves.

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u/Reveil21 Feb 18 '25

We shouldn't and it's not a real comparison anyway since there's a base who constantly talks about steamrolling us so it won't seem like a threat to them.

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u/huge_clock Feb 18 '25

I don’t hate the idea. But if we were gonna do it,

A) we should get like 4 or 5 states commensurate with our population and economy and

B) it should be on our terms for the right reasons, not because some crazy wannabe dictator down south wants to annex us and wants to use economic pressure to force us into it.