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America doesn't really need to do that. I mean sure, if they had to they would. But it's so much easier just to buy it like from any other country. It's just a commodity and we are a western capitalist nation.

Exactly. Americans just don't seem to get it. They have become immune.

Keith, you have no idea the level of anger that is present in Canada right now. My feelings are mild compared to those I have heard. Your orange hero has done the impossible. United Canada.

Yes Keith, but he is the POTUS so it matters.

Small things add up. Details matter.

We sure as hell won't put up with the bullshit that California does having the same two Senators as Rhode Island, or the God forsaken Alabama.

Easily explained with two words.....Stephen Miller.

He says he wants Canada for our resources. We have no real problem with selling resources to the US. Exporting resources starting with beaver pelts has always been a huge part of our economy. The original free trade agreement was all about ensuring access to our oil reserves from the American point of view. The US is naturally the best and easiest place for us to market our abundant supplies of certain natural resources and we are happy to do business with our neighbours. What we don't want is medical bankruptcies and regular school shootings. Or a dominant Christian right wing limiting our freedoms. So no thanks to any sort of union. And also, this talk about a 51st state? Ten provinces and 3 territories would never consent to having their power limited to that of one state. It would take a determined military invasion to accomplish that. The US might win if it had to. But it would have to face a conflict that would make the Russia versus Ukraine battle look mild. And you would have to know that we would be sure to take the fight deep into their territory. Something they have not had to face for a very long time.

I was wondering if you had lost interest or merely lost your way,

The US does not need to take over Greenland. Anymore than Russia needs to take over Ukraine. What it needs to do is establish a strong mutually favourable relationship based on treaties and agreements. Like it has for decades. Having the US federal government taken over by madness does not change that.

I do think it is his serious desire. It would make him a very important POTUS and secure him a place in history. I do not believe that he will actually do much to achieve it. However, he needs to clearly understand that there are lines even he needs to respect.

The orange dotard is once again making things worse. In the Super Bowl interview he repeated his desire to force Canada into joining the United States. This insulting insanity has gone too far. Like most Canadians I can say quite clearly "over my dead body".

United States: Wages have risen faster than prices since the pandemic began. Lower-paid workers have seen the largest gains. Wage growth outpaced inflation in nearly every state since 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americans-wages-are-higher-than-they-have-ever-been-and-employment-is-near-its-all-time-high/

In Winnipeg at last night's NHL game against the Islanders when the US anthem started there were only a few people booing. Then they were drowned out by more people who began to cheer to overcome them. That's the way it should be.

I read once that when a take over happens the first thing the new management does is issue a statement saying no personnel changes are planned. The second thing is that they get on with the firings.

There are just so many outrageous things going on at once that the whole system is overwhelmed and unable to respond to all the fires at once. There is an element of genius in the chaos. A combination of the project 2025 authors acting as quickly as they can and Musk having unprecedented power and influence. This whole thing is incredible.

After reflection I think that the new plan hatched by Trump and Netanyahu to remove the two million Palestinians can become a reality. All it really needs is a Great Name. I think it could be branded as "The Final Solution".

The conflict between those two parties is so intractable that leaving it alone is probably the only thing to do.

Well....I'd like to think it is unnecessary. But seriously I can not understand your thinking. I know you aren't stupid, but the things you are saying about this issue make it appear as though you are. I'm having a hard time reconciling these two things. One way to do so is to think that you are.....bullshitting. You may as well ask Israel to follow the UN rulings and the original territorial agreements from 1948.

The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind.

They would just bring in poor east asia people like the Saudi's do. Far less troublesome and more controllable.

Either you are just totally naive or you are totally blind, or you think the rest of us are fools. There is no chance that Palestinians would be allowed to return to their homeland. Which isn't really their original homeland anyway, it is the refugee camp they were pushed into and allowed to live in because Israel couldn't force them out completely. Gaza would become a part of Israel under this plan. It is hard for me to tell if you don't get it or are just pretending not to get it. You show too many signs of intelligence for me to accept that you are that ignorant of the history and implications of this plan. So cut out the bullshit.

Here is a more clear story on what was said versus what was posted on Truth, which was a slight walk back. None of it really matters except to outrage people as The Dotard loves to do. None of it can or will happen. It is just more blathering shoot from the hip bullshit. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9xgj2429o

He also said Palestinians could be resettled away from Gaza, "in areas where the leaders currently say no". A couple relevant stories. The gist of it is that he favours a plan for the US to take over Gaza, rebuild it, and turn it into "the Riviera" of the middle east. The two million current Gazans? They would be relocated to other Arab nations. This is the very definition of ethnic cleansing and is what the Israelis have been attempting but cannot accomplish. Not even with US help. Short of a modern day genocide that is.

Unfortunately your POTUS is calling for Gaza to be "cleansed" of Palestinians so someone more "peaceful" can take the land. I'm sure it would be rebuilt to be "Great Again".