Donald Trump says 'nasty' Canada 'meant to be 51st state'
Donald Trump says 'nasty' Canada 'meant to be 51st state'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40942039
Ladies and gentlemen, the dumbest person on the planet, Donald Trump.
What is this fucking moron's obsession with Canada being the 51st state? What a deranged maniac.
Elon is a Canadian citizen by birth. So if Canada becomes a state, he would qualify to be president (and theres precedent for this)
That's the only explanation that makes sense to me - like yeah, Trump wants to push for territorial expansion, and Canada does have a lot of natural resources, but Canada isn't an easy nut to crack
The other theory I buy into is the northern passage. Climate change is going to open up new shipping lanes in the artic, so Canada and Greenland both would be strategically located to control it - add in Panama, the hooties (sp?) and he's consistently pushing control of key shipping lanes
I never actually thought of it that way, but yeah it makes sense in a way. Still crazy as all get out though. Thank you for the insight!
FYI: Canada has a Prime Minister, not a president. Your points still hold up all the same.
Oh that's horrible. I've been assuming it's "just" to sew instability for Putin, but if that's an Elon thing that's way more horrifying and a way bigger WWIII risk.
I really don't think it's any deeper than "me good king, make kingdom bigger."
Yup, same shit as Putin. The only measure of the Tsar is how much land they can add to the kingdom during their reign, and Trump is OBSESSED with this idea that he's a master negotiator. Negotiating the purchase of an entire sovereign nation would be the masterstroke.
Because you're the Austria to our Germany. Historically independent but allied with a long shared history. And seeing as he wishes he could grow a toothbrush mustache…
Trump does everything based on the last thing he heard from someone who stated it confidently.
Didn't you know Canada is part of North America? And we are the united States of America... Therefore Canada must be a state ..and unite with us
Don't give him any more ideas.
It's distraction from all the other garbage he is doing. There is zero chance of it happening without a war that very few Americans would support.
You all seem apathetic at the moment.. if he tried to start a war now, he'd probably succeed due to lack of internal resistance.
It's a catchy phrase for his legion of ignorant sycophants to chant while it taps out their final remaining lead-damaged brain cell.
America has been subsidizing Canada
2024: Canada imports ~$480 billion total from the USA. Divided by 40 million Canadian population, that's $12,000 for every man, woman, and child spent on American shit.
USA imports ~$586 billion from Canada. Divided by 400 million population, that's only $1,465 per capita, and that's only 1/8th of the amount that Canadians bought from the USA in return.
##BUY CANADIAN, BE FAIR!
You can't compare apples to apples when one side of the equation has 10 times the population. If we're trying to be fair, Trumpistan needs to buy 8 times more Canadian shit!
Tariffs on the Canadian side will be reciprocal and will only serve to make us stop buying Murcan shit, leading to an even bigger Trumped-up deficit and the loss of their biggest, best customer. Likely long-term.
There's no point in overanalyzing Trump's claims, he lies constantly. Regardless of the numbers, buying things is not subsidizing.
His supporters really believe every word he says. I've seen them on this site and others, complaining about how Canada leeches off the USA. If you ask them how, you get silence, because they have no idea. Their thought process seems to be: Trump says it, then I say it.
Does Canada have car manufacturers?
Lol, not sure if you're serious. Canada manufactures Ford, Honda, GMC, etc.
https://www.autotrader.ca/editorial/20250203/made-in-canada-what-cars-are-manufactured-in-canada/
As unlikely as New England becoming Canada's newest province would be, it's STILL more likely than Canada ever becoming the 51st state.
I say this with admiration for Canada: when you back crazy cannucka into corners, they INVENT NEW WAR CRIMES that the international community hasn't thought to write laws against.
Canada burned the white house to the fucking ground before.
They'll do it again.
AND AMERICA WILL HAVE IT COMING.
I just wish New England could go ahead and join Canada already to ruin the US federal government's economy and industry. Cascadia (the states of California, Washington, and Oregon) should become a province too. what's left of the United States can't survive without receiving affirmative action participation trophies and charity from us. The whole world would be a better place.
Are you citing the War of 1812? I thought that was England, not canada? Full disclaimer: I know close to zero history
Yeah, it was essentially England, people just like to say it was Canada. We didn’t even become a country until 1867
British citizens from Canada came down and did the deed.
So cruel to Minnesota and Illinois.
Also Colorado and New Mexico.
Honestly if those 2 went to Mexico the others could go to Canada the red and purple states could rot. The only tricky part would be the capital. Pretty sure Maryland and Virginia would want to sign up as maple leaves.
Smeagle hates nasty Orcses.
What a shit stained liar that fat fuck is. He's lost his marbles, just because someone doesn't bend over and take what he is given doesn't mean they are nasty or the deal is one sided. America needs to wake the fuck up and fix their shit.
Canada needs to find new countries to trade with, improve whatever deals we already have and look to bring resource development/finishing into this country.
We need to stop thinking just about the US as our business partner that we feed. Germany has a high education level and cost of living and they are an engineering powerhouse. Same with South Korea Japan etc.
Now due to corporations want to save 10¢ on a pair of pants and they talked the government of the day into free trade, so they moved manufacturing offshore and guess what, yeah those shitty (according to some) manufacturing jobs just kept leaving, rust out the manufacturing ability of the US. Now it is coming back to haunt them.
So the orange Cheeto is now pissed as he would rather exploit the workers in the US which is fine but look into your own navel as it is America tha is sucking hind tit at being a capitalist country, all they want to do is continue to rob from the American people as much as possible.
America get your house in order. Stop treating allies like shit. We can repair this relationship but not unless real change is made in the US.
He still wants us. Crank up the nastiness a little more.
exactly! this just shows that how we are responding is just perfect. he only talks like this about people he doesn’t like, or when he isn’t getting things precisely the way HE wants it to be done. this guy never learned to manage his emotions beyond six years of age.
He bragged about it.
"When I look at myself in the first grade and I look at myself now, I’m basically the same. The temperament is not that different."
He's a narcissist. He is incapable of realizing that he is in the wrong. He thinks he is the main character of the universe and that he is entitled to anything he wants. If he doesn't get what he wants it is absolutely unfair and therefore anything is justifiable to change that.
What gives him the idea that a landmass larger than the Untied States should be a state?
Dementia.
Arrogance, megalomania, greed...
The land area of Canada is 3, 855, 103 square miles compared to America's 3, 794, 083. The maps skewer the perspective by quite a bit, and you also have to take into account that a lot of Canada's land mass is tundra and not easily usable.
Not that it has any bearing though. Trump is absolutely acting like a lunatic.
The land area of Canada is 3, 855, 103 square miles compared to America's 3, 794, 083. The maps skewer the perspective by quite a bit, and you also have to take into account that a lot of Canada's land mass is tundra and not easily usable.
Barely bigger is still bigger, and it's not what you do with it, it's the size that counts
Why the fuck is he so horny for Canada? Who put him on to this?
Russia has long threatened Canada from the north, but Canada's alliance with the USA deterred it from attacking. Now the USA is considering stealing Canada's resources and gaining access to strategic Arctic waters, Russia will also know that Canada is vulnerable because the USA will no longer defend it. So now these two predators are circling Canada and may even be coordinating plans with one another.
I extremely doubt that Trump would give any of Canada to Russia. Just because he wants Canada doesn't mean he wouldn't interfere with a Russian invasion, to the contrary. He would probably use it as a pretext to anex Canada, but either way that's never gonna happen. Russia doesn't have the strength to invade Canada and it would be immensely stupid to do so.
While it sounds feasible, I wouldn't think Russia has the leeway to flush more men into another losing invasion.
Many theories:
I think he's just obsessed with controlling the arctic, since it's going to be ice-free soon (and thus incredibly important for global shipping)
It's why his 3 main "targets" are Canada, Greenland, and Panama (for the canal)
Distraction
Someone accidentally left the TV on Canadian Bacon and he caught a few minutes of it before he went to speak with reporters.
Look down at the North Pole. Alaska, Russia, Greenland, Canada. Shipping lanes and oil. Lots of oil.
Putin wants it all. Trump is either a Russian asset or playing the same game, looking ahead 20 years.
You can't neg us into statehood!
I just want to know who the fuck let Trump watch Canadian Bacon.
Nasty Don is meant to be in a skilled nursing facility.
The real question is will we still have legalized recreational cannabis in Colorado when tmurp loses and we become a province?
Everyone! Mexico has oil, silver, gold and scantly clad women in very nice beach front resorts.
"meant" by whom i wonder.
So that explains why Canadian Geese have been getting nicer...
Resource based economies sound really nice right now as all these dictators position themselves for the resource wars.
Yo Canada, I’m sorry he’s such a prolapsed, syphilitic asshole. Most of us would laugh if he died in a fire.
I'd throw a party.
I'd open that single malt I reserve for truly special obituaries.
I'd say the fire should get the Congressional Medal of Honor.
A nice little BBQ?
The phrase "starve to death in a fire" popped into my head the other day, and boy that just sounds particularly terrible.