The White House is setting conditions in the information space to justify a land invasion of Canada.
Someone needs to say it. The messaging is undeniable.
Unless the adults reenter the room, it will happen.
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A) Questioning NATO loyalty and if the Alliance would support the US. Wrapped in a tasty sandwich of what if China attacked! That's not the real reason he is questioning the loyalty. Trump wants a coalition of the willing to help isolate Canada.
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B) Calling the US-Canada international border and the treaty that created it "illegitimate." This is straight out of Putin's playbook, and not just in Ukraine.
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C) Attempting to isolate Canada pre-invasion to weaken its economy. Again, this is a tactic Putin used in Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova. For now, Moldova is off the table.
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D) Referring to Canada as the 51st state, accusing Canada of refusing to hold elections, implying Treadau is a dictator, and calling the Canadian PM a governor.
These aren't jokes. This is the classic "repeat the lie long enough, it becomes the truth" propaganda.
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E) Increasing US intelligence overflights of Canada in the name of "border security." These are intelligence-gathering missions, not a hunt for undocumented migrants.
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F) The ongoing purge at the Pentagon to replace career officers loyal to the Constitution with sycophants loyal to a man. Every authoritarian regime on the planet has made this a first step in establishing control. Pete Hegseth is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in US history.
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Why does Trump want to annex Canada? It's the same reason Russia wants to conquer Ukraine. Lebensraum and pillage its wealth and resources.
That's silly. Why would the US need the second-largest country on the planet? We have everything we need here!
Why does a country that covers 11 time zones need Ukraine? A country with vast untapped potential and wealth that is wasted due to authoritarianism and corruption.
The US wants bauxite (aluminum), cobalt, oil, natural gas, diamonds, gold, timber, and uranium...
That and 34 million people to work under conditions set by oligarch tech bros as they pillage Canada's sovereign wealth.
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The real danger is most Americans who are reading this will think this is insanity. Why would the US invade Canada? We're practically brothers! A joint identity for almost 200 years.
The United States is now what the conspiracy theorists on both fringes said the US was and blathered that Trump would fix. The US is an unreliable power destroying itself at breakneck speed with imperialistic goals.
There is no political opposition. The only people who can stop this are the American people. I don't have much faith that will happen.
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