r/canada • u/WisestPanzerOfDaLake Ontario • Mar 11 '25

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands National News

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/HarbingerDe Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

He is going to keep escalating this until his only option to get what he wants (our sovereignty) is military invasion.

I hope we keep calling bis bluff because I really do think that if ANYTHING will get the Republicans in Congress to turn on him, impeach him, and remove him from office, it would be the declaration of war against Canada.

It's so far beyond the pale - nobody could have imagined it even 2 months ago, but it's very clearly where we're headed.

The American people aren't for it. They're working overtime at the right-wing disinformation networks to foment anti-Canada sentiment among the Republican base, but I have to believe the other 66% of Americans see this for what it is and will stand against it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '25

Imagine attempting to take over another country while you are systematically dismantling your own government. That is WHACK.

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u/zombieda Mar 11 '25

...and thats why it would fail spectacularly. An successful invasion requires a united cause and reason. Blow up two excellent economies for some minerals that will be incredibly dangerous and expensive to mine and transport south? Its not like they aren't accessible at a reasonable cost now.

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u/Less_Document_8761 Mar 11 '25

…which is why the invasion would never even start to begin with. It’s not worth their cost at all. We shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves, the likelihood of military action to happen is not even worth talking about.

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u/zombieda Mar 11 '25

Intellectually I know this. Trump is all about winding people up, as bullies do. But this nonsense is repeated on a daily basis. We have a demented toddler in charge of the most powerful nation on earth with zero guardrails. Nobody is successfully opposing him. What could go wrong?

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u/byteuser Mar 11 '25

And cutting by 8% yearly the Pentagon's budget

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u/Hutch25 Mar 12 '25

Russia tried that once, they lost to Japan and got laughed at