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#never51

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“The tariff policy and the fentanyl fantasy both come from another place: the desire to annex Canada.

The fentanyl propaganda is most likely designed to prepare Americans to see Canada as an enemy. The only way for the United States to achieve such a territorial aggrandizement would be threats intending to make Canadians surrender, or an actual invasion of #Canada. In such a pursuit, associating Canada with our addiction crisis is useful propaganda.”

open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p

Thinking about... · Blame CanadaBy Timothy Snyder

“The Trump regime is using the dictator’s playbook against what was once its closest ally.

This increasingly looks like a destabilization campaign aimed at annexing Canada. It would be foolish to believe this will be limited to the economic realm. If America is intent on annexing Canada, the CIA will be kicking into overdrive.”

open.substack.com/pub/palecek/

open.substack.comIt’s not a trade war; it is a destabilization campaign.The erratic swings in trade policy are not a bug, they’re a feature.

It's obviously more important than ever that Canada diversify from the US. What better place to start than with the EU? We must forge tighter trading ties with the European Union and its individual member countries, and despite the UK government's apparent indifference to our plight with the UK as well.

I expect more from France and the UK, given their historical ties to colonial Canada and Canada's unwavering support for them in their times of need.

portal.europeanmovement.eu/eur

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@tod the US may try to steamroll Canada but as the US has found in every war it has lost since the end off WWII (all of them) 1) you need boots on the ground & 2) a country that wants the US

Canada doesn’t want to be the 51st state. It is stupid to think we would

So it would start an ugly war of hit and run! Where the foes look just like the US. Where the foes can wander across the longest undefended border in the world and bring the fight to US soil.
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