He should fly to Brussels to discuss Europe’s offer. They won’t tell him repeatedly that he should be more thankful.

The ONLY way Canada would ever even entertain considering joining the US is if they give up their guns and implement a training and licensing regime based on gun ownership being a privilege, not a right. They would have to implement universal health care and get rid of the parasite class of unnecessary profit sucking health insurance companies. They would have to agree that every citizen has the absolute right to vote, electoral boundaries must be set by a non-partisan commission, that every citizen has free and equal access to the ballot box, and elections are carried out by marking an X on a piece of paper using a stubby pencil, putting that piece of paper in a cardboard box, opening that cardboard box at the end of the night, counting the ballots, calling in the count, and declaring a winner by midnight on election day. That religious freedom means that you can practice your religion however you want right up until it has any effect on anyone other than you and then it stops and that religious freedom is NOT the right to discriminate. That everyone is equal, has the right to love and marry whoever they want. That workers have rights, get vacation, sick leave, parental leave, bereavement leave, and that those things are entitlements. That free speech doesn’t include hate speech, racism, discrimination, harassment, or doxing. It’s none of anyone’s fucking business what anyone does with their body and women have the absolute and exclusive right to make decisions about their healthcare with their healthcare provider.

That’s just a start. If you can’t agree to those conditions then it’s a non-starter.

It is concerning but the US is only the most powerful country in the world because of its influence. The rest of the world sees Trump as a dangerous joke. The US loses influence under Trump. The US’ closest, most trusted allies now see the US as untrustworthy because Trump is up to his old tricks of bullying others into renegotiating treaties that he signed because he doesn’t like the terms. Why would anyone make a deal with the US if it’s just going to throw out the deal and force a new deal whenever it wants?

Trump is going to be good for the rest of the world because he will greatly diminish the standing of and trust of the US. Trade relationships will realign to exclude the US. China will continue to increase its lead in EVs and cheap, renewable energy. The US has already lost and doesn’t even know it.

Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, serial fraudster and sexual harasser, serial adulterer, serial business bankrupter, pathological liar, and life long conman says more stupid shit.

Who the fuck cares?

He’s too busy banning paper straws and taking away his enemies security clearances to annex Canada.

I wonder if this recent Redditfugee realizes that blocking on Lemmy doesn’t work the same way it does on Reddit? By blocking everyone he thinks is a “moron” he is taking himself out of the conversation, not them. Now we can talk about him all we want and he’ll never know. Of course he may just be trying to wrap himself in a comfort blanket of blocks to protect his fee fees.

When you’re dealing with these people, just remember this.

Ok Trumper

Ok Trumper.

I have no interest in playing chess with a pigeon.

Ok Trumper

Ok Trumper.

Thank God he setup a prison camp to hold all the Trumpists and billionaires while they are waiting to be guillotined. That’s going to come in handy.

We didn’t misunderstand. The convicted felon, serial sexual abuser, adjudicated rapist, serial business failure, pathological liar, lifelong con man isn’t king of Canada. He can roll his executive order into a tight little roll and solve it way up his saggy orange ass. Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who was dumb enough, racist enough, or hateful enough to vote for him against their own self interest and the future interests of their children.

Oh so this is just layperson’s math on the back of a napkin. Thanks for clarifying.

Yes, I dumbed it down for the MAGA crowd and pedants on Lemmy.

Google is your friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada–United_States_trade_relations

Here are some numbers to consider.

The US sold $441 billion worth of goods and services to Canada in 2024.

Canada sold $482 billion worth of goods and services to the US in 2024.

The US has a populating of 334.9 million people.

Canada has a population of 40.1 million people.

Per capita, every American man, woman, and child spent $1,316.81 on Canadian goods and services.

Candians spent $12,019. 95 on American good and services.

Who isn’t pulling their weight in this trading relationship?

This isn’t about illegal immigration and it isn’t about the 20 lbs of fentanyl that tried to cross the border from Canada.

This is about the billionaire class raising taxes on the poor and raising prices for Americans.

Here are some numbers to consider.

The US sold $441 billion worth of goods and services to Canada in 2024.

Canada sold $482 billion worth of goods and services to the US in 2024.

The US has a populating of 334.9 million people.

Canada has a population of 40.1 million people.

Per capita, every American man, woman, and child spent $1,316.81 on Canadian goods and services.

Candians spent $12,019. 95 on American good and services.

Who isn’t pulling their weight in this trading relationship?

This isn’t about illegal immigration and it isn’t about the 20 lbs of fentanyl that tried to cross the border from Canada.

This is about the billionaire class raising taxes on the poor and raising prices for Americans.

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don’t want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.

If you are a non-Trump voter in a red state, especially if you work for the flagship company or industry in that state, I would like to apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what our government is about to do. We don’t want to do it but it is the only way to deal with a bully.