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Trump administration 2024-2028

JLB50 said:
Let’s assume for a minute that this came to pass…Trump nationalized all of the Great Lakes and took over their control. Yes, unlikely to happen. But would NATO be required, under Article 5, to come to Canada’s aid in defence if such action occurred? Would it matter if one NATO member invaded another one? Mind you, Keir Starmer wouldn’t even defend Canada verbally recently. I’m assuming NATO’s failure to act to help Canada would result in the destruction of NATO. Or perhaps Traitor Trump, if he decided to nationalize the Great Lakes (with Congress behind him) knows that it would destroy NATO…something he may want to see happen. A number of suppositions going on here. Yet I never in my life suspected that the U.S. would be a serious threat to our existence.
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Ignore Trumps verbal diarrhea, just watch the actions.

He says crazy shit all the time. 99% of it is dropped because he’s later reminded in private it was bat shit crazy.
 
McG said:
Swedes pushing to boycott US products because of Trump.

Euronews (@euronews.com)

Group members hope the boycott can effectively pressure the US administration, and use the platform to share alternative buying options. #EuropeNews https://l.euronews.com/QZz
bsky.app bsky.app
Maybe they would like some Canadian alternatives.
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I welcome this. My capacity for Swedish meat balls also happens to be infinite so it would be a very beneficial relationship.
 
I have finally figured it out. Trump is Kyle's Mom from South Park; Conan O'Brien is about to betray us; and it's time to bomb the Baldwin family.

canada blame GIF
 
I liken our response to the Kubler-Ross stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. We've already passed through the first three, and need to rapidly move on to the last one. After this, we need to get on with the job. Get our supply chains reoriented to different markets, get our natural resources to tide-water, and keep people working.
 
Mind you, Keir Starmer wouldn’t even defend Canada verbally recently.
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Why in the hell would any NATO country defend a decades and decades freeloader Canada?

I find the Okanagan stuff pretty expensive compared to the choices from California... but they're both good.
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There are at least 180 licensed Wineries where I live, 15 within a mile or two. The wine is very expensive here also. NDP taxes. Prices set by the government. Not cheaper at the winery store.

Hint, if you go to any of the Winery 's restaurants (expensive), the wine you select for your meal will not have a price listed on the menu i.e. at the table $85, in the Wine shop through the door $40.
 
Rifleman62 said:
Why in the hell would any NATO country defend a decades and decades freeloader Canada?
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When the only time article 5 was invoked which is the cornerstone of the NATO alliance, was Canada a freeloader or did we step up? How was our contribution compared to everyone else in NATO?
Rifleman62 said:
There are at least 180 licensed Wineries where I live, 15 within a mile or two. The wine is very expensive here also. NDP taxes. Prices set by the government. Not cheaper at the winery store.

Hint, if you go to any of the Winery 's restaurants (expensive), the wine you select for your meal will not have a price listed on the menu i.e. at the table $85, in the Wine shop through the door $40.
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Some good 15$ bottles of wine here. In Spain a good bottle of wine is 2 to 3 euros.

I bet if and when inter provincial barriers are removed we’ll see less expensive wine.
 
I read yesterday that Trump wanted the actual Declaration of Independence to be moved to the White House (how incredibly selfish to want to take the founding document of government "Of the People, by the People, for the People" away from where the actual people can go and see it and move it to where only a chosen few can), but he will have to settle for one of the original (and still rare) reproduction.

That's nice, but did he ever read it and try to understand the meaning?

Basically, how does he square the following passage, "government are instituted among Men, deriving their just power from the consent of the governed ...", with his current obsession of annexing Canada, Greenland and parts of Panama where, in all three cases, the "governed" have made it abundantly and unambiguously clear they do not consent to being governed by the USA.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
Won't happen unless both the Feds and provinces remove the incredible amount of sin taxes put on all alcoholic products in Canada and you get rid of the centralized power of the various Liquor Boards.
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I am waiting to see if my Ontario "accreditation" is recognized in Alberta without having to pay a "pay-to-play" fee to an Alberta regulator that is not required by the equivalent Ontario regulator.
 
Oldgateboatdriver said:
Couldn't have said it better. The following by VAdm Norman is, I think, a must read for our politicians:

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The time has come for us to shake ourselves out of the relative comfort of our decades long slumber of complacency, self-absorption and unhealthy dependence. The world owes us nothing. We must step-up and make our own way or we must accept what Donald is offering. There’s no “easy button” solution to this wicked problem.
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Perhaps that characteristic can be put to better use.

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Meanwhile -

I noted in the Bloomberg video with the PM of Norway that I posted in the Europe thread the number of times that the PM referenced the UK, the Nordic Alliance and the Baltics, essentially the Joint Expeditionary Force. I have also noted the lack of support by Keir Starmer for Canada.
Britain may not be a reliable ally but, perhaps, we can make something out of the Nordics. They did reach out to us a couple of years ago and were turned down by our isolationist government. The same government that turned down Japan and Germany leaving us without friends.

But our window may be closing, if it hasn't closed already.

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US to stop planning for joint military exercises: Swedish media report​

The US military no longer wants to take part in the planning of military exercises in Europe, according to Sweden’s Expressen newspaper.

The US has informed allies of its decision, which will apply for military exercises from 2026 onwards, the newspaper reports.

Expressen speculates that the decision will mean that US troops either will stop participating in joint exercises with European troops, or they will only do so in small numbers.
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www.telegraph.co.uk

Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky will not attend talks with Americans at Saudi peace summit

Volodymyr Zelensky will not attend high-level talks between Ukrainian and US negotiators next week but insisted his country is “fully committed” to peace talks.
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

The US has been supportive of the Joint Expeditionary Force even when Sweden and Finland were neutral. The USMC and the USN has exercised with JEF since 2014.

Trump seems to be quite happy to have the Europeans look after Europe but not thrilled if Europe extends into Greenland. How thrilled would he be if Europe extended into Canada?

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Meanwhile

In the US, Indian, Ukrainian and Turkish press

www.indiatoday.in

Trump doubles down on 'Canada 51st state', asks Trudeau to revise border: Report

Amid the simmering US-Canada tensions, a New York Times report has revealed that during two phone calls with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on February 3, Donald Trump said he wanted to “revise the boundary" between the two neighbouring nations.
www.indiatoday.in www.indiatoday.in
newsukraine.rbc.ua

Trump wants to renegotiate US-Canada border agreement – NYT

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newsukraine.rbc.ua newsukraine.rbc.ua
www.aa.com.tr

Trump tells Canada he wants to renegotiate border treaty: Report

During Feb. 3 call with Trudeau, Trump questioned validity of 1908 border treaty, suggested revising the boundary, New York Times reports - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr www.aa.com.tr
www.forexlive.com

Trump told Trudeau he wants to renegotiate the border | Forexlive

It's unclear what parts of the border Trump was talking about
www.forexlive.com www.forexlive.com
www.seattletimes.com

How Trump’s ‘51st state’ Canada talk came to be seen as deadly serious

Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
www.seattletimes.com www.seattletimes.com

The British, Swedish and Danish press all seem very quiet about Canada's woes.

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www.whitehouse.gov

Declaring a National Energy Emergency

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50
www.whitehouse.gov

our Nation’s inadequate energy supply and infrastructure causes and makes worse the high energy prices that devastate Americans, particularly those living on low- and fixed-incomes.

This active threat to the American people from high energy prices is exacerbated by our Nation’s diminished capacity to insulate itself from hostile foreign actors. Energy security is an increasingly crucial theater of global competition. In an effort to harm the American people, hostile state and non-state foreign actors have targeted our domestic energy infrastructure, weaponized our reliance on foreign energy, and abused their ability to cause dramatic swings within international commodity markets. An affordable and reliable domestic supply of energy is a fundamental requirement for the national and economic security of any nation.
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Gaza: Israel’s Energy Cuts Violate Laws of War

www.hrw.org www.hrw.org
www.cbsnews.com

What are the laws of war, and how do they apply to the Israel-Gaza conflict?

Whether something is a war crime is a complex determination — and violations of International Humanitarian Law are notoriously difficult to prosecute
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

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www.theglobeandmail.com

Trump told Canadian officials he wanted changes to the Columbia River Treaty

The agreement, currently under renegotiation, co-ordinates hydroelectric power production and flood control along the Columbia River flowing from B.C. through the U.S. Pacific Northwest
www.theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com

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Is it noteworthy how much of Ontario's power is generated on the shores of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway?
 
40+ minutes long but, mainly because they're British, it's informative.

I particularly enjoy how frustrated the host gets with the callers ;)


 
2:06 "in the new world it is the people with their hands on the energy"

That is to say packaged energy. Fungible energy. Tradeable energy.

Coals. Oils. Gases. Uranium. Thorium. Rare Earths.

We are rich.

We are also a fookin' target.
 
MilEME09 said:

This is a big issue, shame the US won't agree to deal with it
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Non-paywalled alternate:

www.theguardian.com

America vetoes G7 proposal to combat Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers

US pushes to remove references to sanctions and Russia’s war in Ukraine from a Canadian draft statement
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Basically the U.S. administration continues to jerk Russia off.
 
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