It’s blatant extortion now.

  • @pika@lemmy.ca
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    251 month ago

    This news article has been posted on r/worldnews and upvoted to be one of the top posts of the day at least twice already, and the mods remove it every single time. Feels like they are trying to cover up Trump’s plans for Canada, at least for now. Probably until more Americans can be brainwashed against Canada.

  • Lumbardo
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    Garbage news source. Trump never posed that ultimatum.

  • @cool@lemmings.world
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    01 month ago

    Lol. I actually support this.

    It’ll be worse for Canadians, but better for the US and therefore the world as a whole.

    I mean, imagine how all those Canadian voters can affect Congress.

  • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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    STFU about this fucking petulant imperialist nonsense. 40 million insurgents is what this orange fuckface will get. US is not getting one fucking square CENTIMETRE of Canadian land. I used metric on purpose too. fuck the USA.

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      It’ll be more than that. There’ll be millions of Americans who won’t stand for it either. To think of it though, that might be the point. Something so heinous, yet legal (barely), that it legitimately compromises our security and forces martial law and a state of emergency he can exploit.

      • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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        161 month ago

        If he enforced martial law that’s within the US borders. I’ve never heard of a country being under martial law then invading another country but someone please enlighten me. He clearly wants to incite violence, I’m reading Stephen Marche’s The Next Civil War and Marche argues quite effectively that while he doesn’t know what the inciting event will be, the violence willl come from the right.

          • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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            101 month ago

            Of course I’ve heard about it, I’m not a historian so I don’t know all the details about how Germany went about it’s expansionist war other then the basic stuff . Did Hitler declare martial law and then invade Poland and Austria Hungary etc??

              • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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                91 month ago

                JFC I guess that’s what Turnip is gearing up to do. He already declared a bullshit national emergency at the border with Canada. Which was complete verifiable bullshit.

            • @Triasha@lemmy.world
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              Hitler put the military on the border of chekoslovakia, made noises about protecting the German minority in the Sudetenland. British Prime minister negotiated the transfer of the Sudetendland from Chekoslovakia to Germany. All the fortifications the Checks military had built were in the Sudetenland. A few months later the Germans rolled in and took the rest of the country nearly unopposed. Germany signed a deal with Austria taking political control there, then they made a deal splitting Poland with the USSR. The Poles saw what happened to the Checks and resolved to fight it out reminding Britain and France that they have a defence pact but they didn’t know about the deal the Germans had with the Soviets, so Poland got invaded on both sides.

              Britain and France declared war but they needed time to get their militaries rolling. Germany brought the army over to the French border, then the Germans invaded the Netherlands and Belgium. Went around the French defences and took Paris. Britain got their people out of France at Dunkirk. Germany bombed Britain but didn’t have the navy to invade so they turned around again and attacked the USSR, and that’s where it started going to shit for them.

              • @Gammelfisch@lemmy.world
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                You missed 3 events. The fucking POS Hitler threw the entire German army into Poland leaving a token force to protect the western border and the French could have easily marched into Berlin. In addition, the French and British completely failed to help Poland. If you read the Polish campaign after action reports, from the German field commanders, they revealed severe deficiencies and recommended halting all offensive operations until 1943 to make the improvements. All of it was ignored, the best Wehrmacht generals were sent to desk duty and only the yes officers were given command. Sounds familiar? The perfect recipe for losing.

  • In case people don’t realize. Canada shares an Arctic border with Russia and Russia is trying to take Canadian land and regularly crosses into our waters to steal resources. It is of benefit to Putin for Canada to be weak and distracted by Trump, since Trump works for Putin, it’s very clear why he’s doing this

  • @BeMoreCareful@lemdro.id
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    121 month ago

    I just don’t understand how he got caught on this thought? I’m no foreign policy wonk, but I just don’t get it. Why would you want to start random beef with the neighbor. It’s like a weird parody that I don’t know enough about to understand.

    Is he just Putining?

  • kaerypheur
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    161 month ago

    Why does Trump want the US to be great again? 🤔 It seems like the US can’t be great and humble anymore under the Trump administration. 🤷‍♂️

  • @rational_lib@lemmy.world
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    To be honest, Canada partly has itself to blame. They let Russia interfere in US elections for a decade at this point but didn’t lift a finger to interfere for the other side that respects them. That attitude needs to end.

    Edit: People seem to be misreading this? I’m saying Canada should interfere in US elections. Everyone who hates democracy is already doing it and Canada/Europe is letting them win.

  • @Lucky_777@lemmy.world
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    I think if this stupid bastard makes any kind of military moves, there will be an uprising. Invading a long-standing ally is ridiculous.

    • @FlexibleToast@lemmy.world
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      I got it in 2020, but I can’t imagine being in the military right now. We might attack an ally or we might commit a genocide. Neither of which I can support or accept as a lawful order.

    • @CircaV@lemmy.ca
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      Mango Mussolini is commander in chief of the us army. The army does what it is told. The US army won’t save Canada from the US army.

  • @Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
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    I wonder how many people know you can download for free or purchase the files for 3D printed guns. The additional parts can be bought, legally, in discreet kits from easy to find online sellers - but many of those parts can be bought or modified from commercially available hardware. I wonder if people know that.

      • Hildegarde
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        The receiver is the part of the gun with a serial number that has to be reported to the government when sold or transferred. Every other part and ammunition are normal goods with few restrictions.

        Only one part needs to be self crafted to make and fire a ghost gun. They are not impossible to detect through investigation or forensics, they’re just unregistered.

    • @xzot746@sh.itjust.works
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      FYI, the Trudeau government wants that to be illegal, not the actual download build and use, but just the knowledge to be able to do it.

      If I find the information again I will upload a link.

      • @Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world
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        I have a hard time believing that because it would be nearly impossible to implement, monitor and prosecute. Not to mention Trudeau is no longer the party leader. Not to mention you can’t really ban having the knowledge to do something.

        Do you mean Bill C-21? Because that only covered the possession and distribution of files and parts for ghost guns.

        • @xzot746@sh.itjust.works
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          I can’t recall if it was a video I watched it something on Reddit a while ago. I don’t believe it is current but it’s the direction they want to go.

          Not sure if Carney will have the same push as Trudeau.

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            Someone on the internet is telling me thought crimes are going to illegal based on something they maybe read or saw somewhere. Better believe 'em.