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There were literal statements of annexation. Brushed off by some "that was a joke" but they were made. Lets not downplay that fact.
by AnotherGoodName 11mo ago
There were literal statements of annexation. Brushed off by some "that was a joke" but they were made.
Lets not downplay that fact.
- wyldberry 11mo agoI personally can downplay them as a joke because it is a joke. The mostly likely path forward for anything like that would instead a certain oil rich province voting themselves independent and then asking the US for aid or to join. And, if it wasn't a joke, then that's even more of a reason to consider meeting your 2% NATO agreement instead of just phoning it in.
- cmrdporcupine 11mo agoThe only country to have ever invaded us is the USA. Their national anthem is about a battle in that war.
- watwut 11mo agoThey were not joke and no one laughed at them either. They were posturing and trying to be threatening. They were coupled with start of actual trade war and intentional attempts to weaken Canada. Calling them jokes is just a lie, retroactively trying to make it better.
- wyldberry 11mo agoYou really can't weaken Canada much more than it is.
- watwut 11mo agoIt is irrelevant. It was not a joke and it was coupled with hostile actions. Calling it a joke is massively dishonest and no one laughed or considered it funny at the time
- mensetmanusman 11mo agoMillions laughed, ergo joke.
- mensetmanusman 11mo agoThey were an objective joke/troll, but multiple psychological studies on certain mindset patterns under stress show that some are intellectually unable to get certain types of jokes.
- raydev 11mo agoIt's downplayable because Trump isn't actually serious about it. He's serious about something until he learns what's possible. Some things are possible (absurd tariffs), other things are not (declaring war on a bordering country).
- mensetmanusman 11mo agoLet’s not downplay jokes. Lol