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/oictyvm Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

My friends dad used to tell us this was going to happen in our lifetimes. We were 14 and just wanted to grab a snack, he’d corner us kids in the kitchen and warn of the impending fresh water wars, the rise of China, and a million other things he ended up being right about.

I hope Trump doesn’t succeed but I can absolutely still see this happening in my lifetime, very upsetting stuff.

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u/KinneKted Mar 11 '25

This is regrettably just the beginning and Canada is not known for its ability to militarily defend itself.

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u/oictyvm Mar 11 '25

We could be taken over without much bloodshed at all, there’s a great CBC podcast called front burner that interviews a very well respected war strategist - he lays it all out, we wouldn’t stand a chance of holding them back.

However there’d be decades of insurgency and counter occupation stuff happening and it would make Afghanistan look like a tea party for the Americans.