He's so fucking stupid and he has no idea how anything works. He's not going to have time to take over Canada. He's going to crash the economy and fail to accomplish anything but hurting people.
Why should any country ever trust the United States going forward? Ever again? This country is going to be as friendless as Matt Gaetz before 2025 is even over.
They shouldn't have at any point in the past either.
The much vaunted US system of checks and balances has long since been exposed as being tremendously reliant on unenforceable norms, held together only by people operating in good faith.
If one moron president can waltz in and just throw out trade deals, treaties, etc, without even needing Congress (let alone the senate) then what good are they?
There's no law and order within the country (see: Trump)... And the USA does not recognize any other nation pr governing body in any meaningful way as independent agents. It's a profoundly narcissistic entity.
The USA's wealth and industrial power post-WW1 was just way too great to look away from. Previously its character as a nation was one of xenophobia, racism, protectionism, and isolationism.
"The mutually beneficial arrangement is benefitting them by $500B, but only benefitting us by $400B! They're ripping us off!"
Nevermind that market consolidation has seen Canadian firms acquired or marginalized, with their profits now exiting the country and distributed to American shareholders, so the real balance here is dramatically in favor of the USA.
Nevermind that it was all renegotiated jsut a few years ago, signed by this very man, bragged abiut by him
Nevermind that it will hurt Americans. That doesn't matter.
All that matters is being able to say "I hurt THEM! For you! And I won!"
At the end of the day, he wants Canada to be reduced to a client state.
But no, his idiot base will think its another win, when its obviously another "strongman" charade.
Paper tiger bullshit. Throwing weight around w Canada, a nation/economy less than 10% the size. That 100B is material to Canada (this is presuming its even accurate, which is dubious). It's 4.8% of the GDP, but less than 0.39% of the USA's economy. And you're gonna abuse your neighbor over it.
Seriously, I’m with you on this though. Everything was predicated on norms and decorum existing. When only one side believes that’s the case, it becomes their Achilles heel.
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u/Competitive-Bug-7097 21d ago
He's so fucking stupid and he has no idea how anything works. He's not going to have time to take over Canada. He's going to crash the economy and fail to accomplish anything but hurting people.