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That “may” can include a vast range of uncertainties, likely no, may yes. How likely is it? IDK. But 100% for sure the chance of that is not zero anymore, when the president of USA has expressed he might do it.
The remaining two thirds are naive.Article poll says…
The poll, which was conducted online and can’t be assigned a margin of error, surveyed 1,540 Canadians between Jan. 9 and Jan. 11.
So somewhere between 0 and 100% of Canadians think a thing.
Thirty Helens agree that Trump is a tinpot dictator intent on invading sovereign allied nations.
The “strongest military in the world” couldn’t even handle a single war in the middle east. How are we supposed to win multiple wars with multiple fronts in multiple countries against much stronger militaries with many more allies? It’s pure hubris.
Trump doesn’t care. He was rejected by neoliberal democratic world order and he wants to tear it down because of it.
It’s very much like how he was rejected by New York high society and then wanted to destroy NY high society for being rejected.
He is a fucking simpleton and doesn’t care how many die in justifying his petty grievances.
doesn’t care how many die
He’d have to understand in order to care. I don’t think he’s capable of fully understanding the harm he does. Anything that doesn’t harm him is incomprehensible to him.
Frankly, if he could channel that anger into a power system that doesn’t require purging immigrants, there’d be room in the discussion to consider him second-to-worst, or better, on the president rankings.
I’m not saying the US should or would invade Canada, but your comparison to a conflict in the middle east versus an invasion of Canada are incomparable. They are objectively different. Canada borders the US and relies heavily on them heavily for a lot of their economy, trade, and protection. 90% of Canada’s population is within 50 miles of the US border. You said there would be multiple countries and stronger militaries, but I don’t think so. I see what’s happening in Ukraine, where Russia is doing the exact same thing and no one is stepping in to help Ukraine actively fight them. NATO doesn’t seem to be doing more than finger wagging at Trump at this point.
Would there be resistance from the population? Absolutely, but the Canadian government would be taken over quickly.
If the US truly wanted to, they could take Canada by force rather quickly. The repercussions globally would be damaging for the foreseeable future. I know that this is a scary thought, but it’s more realistic than the US having a Vietnam with a country next to them.
I think that’s a fair take, but I believe the person you’re replying to was more looking at how the US under Trump is currently saber rattling with:
- Greenland
- Venezuela
- Mexico
- Canada
- Iran
While it would be one thing if the US was only saber rattling with Canada, but they’re actively courting wars with up to five different nations, including one in the Eastern hemisphere, all at once. I believe the point they were making is that it would be impossible for the US to handle all those wars, even if it’s conceivable that they could invade and take over Canada alone. Greenland is being actively threatened to the point that NATO soldiers are being sent there, Canada is not being actively threatened in the same way. Mexico is also being threatened with military action to “stop the cartels” (which probably means just taking over the cartels).
You forgot Cuba.
Edit:
Sorry Trump didn’t threaten invasion, it was a threat about making “a deal before it’s too late” because they got a lot of their oil from Venezuela.I agree with everything you said.
At this point, even invading Iran sounds like something positive, because he’d be busy and won’t invade Western countries… What has happened to the world?
