

The NYT is still intent on portraying these as a sequence of reasoned policy positions, and not the aimless meanderings of dementia writ large on the world stage.


It’s because they’re privileged people who only notice government when it inconveniences them. Liberty for them means “I can do whatever I want and I am under no obligations to my country or anyone else.” Underneath the rhetoric, the motives are the same as for “small government” conservatives. They care only about what directly inconveniences them, not about principles or other people. Small government or freedom from government just means “don’t ask anything of me.”


He’s dangerous because he’s sponsored by the forces of international fascism.


More fascism. That’s a plus for “former” Hitler fan Nigel.


Michael Scott would make a better President than the orange fascist buffoon.


It’s not clear how long Canada can fend off the far right, both internally and from the USA. I hope we can survive but there are too many damn Conservatives around.


Boycott US products and services in general too. Switch your online accounts to non-US companies. If you have investments, pull them out of the USA.


Unfortunately, we’re going to be feeling less keen to let Americans in while Trump is actively threatening our country.


Doesn’t sound fun to me.


Greenland, Mexico, Iran, Colombia, Cuba, Canada, and possibly Panama. Plus of course they already attacked Venezuela, Nigeria and Somalia, and they keep threatening Ukraine. That’s 11 countries. It’s getting hard to keep track of all the nations the fascist USA plans to attack.


They also need to reconsider their dependency on American tech.


It’s just bribery. Give Trump something shiny and expensive with “Trump is great” written on it and he’ll treat you favorably.


And he may put tariffs on you anyway, so that’s a wash and you may as well do what’s right. If your country doesn’t push back, he’ll come for you sooner or later. Mark Carney take note.


They are assuming they will heroically conquer Greenland first. Then there seem to be about 10 other countries on the USA’s “to invade” list. The USA is a sick country.


Calling it a joke is too charitable to this fascist.


The USA also has a deeply ingrained sense that every problem can be fixed through violence, if you just kill the right people the right way. A good chunk of the public may react by demanding escalation.


They happily murdered Iraqi civilians in the streets for years. The guy who shot Renee Good is a former US soldier in Iraq. I don’t think the US military is actually full of courageous individuals who will take a stand against illegal orders based on a rock solid morality.


I can’t see Carney committing troops. He seems firmly committed to appeasement, which never works and will signal to the USA that Canada is wide open for the taking. His whole “elbows up” thing magically melted away the day after he won the election.
“The Canadian Armed Forces are not initiating any new operations at this time,” said government sources, adding that Canada stands “shoulder-to-shoulder” with the people of Denmark and Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory.
Standing shoulder to shoulder kind of requires actually standing shoulder to shoulder though. Otherwise it looks like calling “I’m right behind you” while running the other way. And this doesn’t send a strong message of solidarity to the USA.


Someone needs to show Trump different maps.

OK. Here’s another:
Israeli fire kills 11, including journalists and children, Gaza medics say