Canada

I don't either. I think we should be totally closing the borders, and kicking off the start of their decline. If you look at the history books, it tells you not to basically turn them economically inside out, but the history books also tell you not to appease them, so honestly I'd go with the former not the latter.

You are 100% right to be through with our bullshit, I am 100% done with my dumbass country’s bullshit

It doesn’t even have to be high velocity. I’d be ok if someone just pushed it manually into him, maybe with a slide hammer or something.

Actually Trump renegotiated it, called it USMCA, said it was the best trade deal in history, signed it on camera in a huge White House press event, lost the Presidency, won the Presidency, and then called it the worst deal ever and that it was signed by a stupid “past President”. Then tariffs in violation of it.

Even for Trump, that story arc is pretty wild.

Now we call what we have in our house NAFTA: not a fucking thing American

And it was his idea!

I 100% get that, but I personally don't think Trump or Hegseth are smart enough to pull off a military operation as complex as infiltrating Canada. To make matters worse (for them), many branches of the military seem to hate their guts.

That said, I'm just some pacifist dope with almost no knowledge of this stuff. If an expert out there wants to scare the shit out of me, I'm ready to learn.

Agreed, having forces concentrated so close to Vancouver and Toronto (via Portland and Chicago) is unsettling.

At minimum, we need to secure the border and beef up defences in strategic points. I also think a screening for Americans should be in place and a "no-fly-list" started for American against democracy (IE: almost every republican in office).

First on the list is that fucker who is the US Ambassador to Canada. Pete Hoekstra. We need to ban his fucking ass from entering. He's an anti-Canada gaslighting old fuck stain

No, no… just hear me out… at this point as an American. Perhaps we merge America with Canada instead of Canada with America.

Free healthcare, poutine, learning French in school, the Metric system. I can sign on to that.

He's high on seeing how far he's been able to subvert systems of government with social network tech bros at his heel, so he's going to keep on trying to push the point social networks are trying to impress onto the young and vulnerable. He's doing it with the cooperation of other authoritarian world leaders who also have a lot to gain from toppling a world order based on rules.

To clarify, they are talking about foreign direct investment, like Canadian billionaires buying stocks in US companies, which the fed does not directly control, but can incentivize through trade agreements. The US can change their taxes on foreign investment on their side. From the other side, FDI is a reflection of how many shares of US companies are being bought up by non-US investors. The Canadian government does not own foreign stock afaik.

Part of the mind boggling numbers is due to massive inflation of certain US stock valuations in the last few years and related reinvestment of capital gains. For example, if I had $1000 invested in Intel last year after it crashed, it would be worth $2000 now. If I sold that and bought $2000 worth of Nvidia stock, that would count as $1000 net increase in my foreign direct investment, even though I haven't moved any "new" money into the US. Did Intel suddenly double in its assets or revenue? Hell no, it's a lot of speculation. People are gambling in the US market or seeking to influence US companies for economic advantage.