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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody is invading Canada.

Trump is an idiot, and he likes to apply his Queens real estate tactics to everything.  That means saying outrageous things, to get his negotiating adversary to blink in order to stave off an imaginary catastrophe.

The smart thing to do is ignore him, and not give an inch.

Tariffs are another deal - I’m sure he’s serious about those.  A Canadian boycott makes sense to wield economic pressure, but honestly it has to be pretty targeted to have an impact on the massive US economy.[/quote]

If there’s someone like the AMA person who can give reasons why we shouldn’t take Trump seriously about this, I welcome reasons not to be so scared.

But, maybe to his credit, in a unpleasant way, Trump usually seems to try to act on his proposals. He may have terrible proposals, but he’s pretty open about what he’s doing. I think it’s a mistake to assume that he won’t try to move ahead with this. [/quote]
Taking over Canada as the 51st state?   How would he do that?   He simply isn't going to invade a massive country to our north, causing tens or hundreds of thousands of US casualties, and completely wrecking the US economy.   And unless he has internal support within Canada he can't do it via negotiation or plebiscite.

Trump is simply saying ridiculous crap to get Canada to cave on other issues - tighter border restrictions, fewer trade deals with China, access to Arctic ocean ports and transit routes, etc.   It's a terrible negotiating tactic because its so absurd as to be ineffective.  All Trudeau has to do is laugh it off as the ravings of a three year old, and the problem goes away.[/quote]

I’m loving this, because the entire was seeing a rightward shift.
And that is now about to end.
Love that. [/quote]

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