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In a virtual speech at the World Economic Forum, Trump suggested Canada could become a U.S. state to avoid his proposed tariffs on imports.

The remark elicited gasps from the audience.

Trump claimed the U.S. does not need Canadian lumber, energy, or vehicles, vastly overstating the trade deficit between the two nations.

He reiterated his intention to impose tariffs, potentially as high as 25%, on imports from Canada and Mexico starting February 1.

Economists warn such tariffs would raise prices for U.S. consumers.

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[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 32 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (8 children)

rip you guys are gonna get couped
imperialism is manifesting itself in the imperial core

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 hours ago

rip you guys are gonna get couped

Seems to me we got couped. It was just mostly domestically bloodless. So far.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 25 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

imperialism is manifesting itself in the imperial core

Sounds familiar

[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Insert Césaire quote on fascism

[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago

“People are surprised, they become indignant. They say: "How strange! But never mind-it's Nazism, it will pass!" And they wait, and they hope; and they hide the truth from themselves, that it is barbarism, but the supreme barbarism, the crowning barbarism that sums up all the daily barbarisms; that it is Nazism, yes, but that before they were its victims, they were its accomplices; that they tolerated that Nazism before it was inflicted on them, that they absolved it, shut their eyes to it, legitimized it, because, until then, it had been applied only to non-European peoples; that they have cultivated that Nazism, that they are responsible for it, and that before engulfing the whole of Western, Christian civilization in its reddened waters, it oozes, seeps, and trickles from every crack.”

  • Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism
[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, I've seen this one before!

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 12 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Canada is one of the few countries that has actually defeated the USA. They even burned the white house.

[–] detectivemittens@beehaw.org 5 points 7 hours ago

American here: honestly would not mind if Canada came and did that again at this point. Please help us get the Nazis out of the White House.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

No, that was the British during the war of 1812.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

British based in occupied Canada, with Canadian born soldiers the majority of soldiers.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 13 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

They did that to halve of this world, just not to that many western countries.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 6 points 13 hours ago

yeah they got couped

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Don't act like Canada hasn't been seeing it's own share of right wing extremists making their way into government.

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 5 points 14 hours ago

Yeah no need for a coup really. Without a revolution Canada is gonna be part of this new axis on its own.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Do you really think it's likely this will happen? I think hell just start throwing a tantrum and maybe symbolically apply some tariffs.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes it is likely. Canada can’t afford to resist. Canada is highly dependent on trade with the US.

Just because I think it is likely doesn’t mean that I think it’s right. This is clearly wrong.

[–] benji@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

Your screenshot does not make it likely.