Dumbest fucking president for the dumbest fucking country. JFC I hate this timeline.
Canadians, it's not a joke. This fucker is god damn stupid, insane, and has a ton of money and power, beware.
We have no choice but to treat it as a joke, it's not like we can do anything if he's serious
You're vastly underestimating how much the rest of the world likes us far more than them.
America would be immediately gang raped economically by literally every nation on earth if they tried to Ukraine us.
Plus a number of them would be happy to deploy troops as well.
I don't care if its a joke. Jokes about countries not being real, being artificial, questioning sovereignty. all of that became completely unfunny after Feb 24 2022
the dichotimy of the US and Canada, is eerily similar to that of Russia and Ukraine.
Neighbors, Cultural ties, History of imperialism attempted or otherwise, Tinpot expansionist ambitions for no better reason than Russkiy Mir / Manifest Destiny / DURR LINES ON MAPS BIGGER.
I remember when Trump joked about running for president. He also joked about sexually assaulting women. Then he joked about supporting white supremacists, undermining democracy, etc. Every Trump joke is a probe to see if his supporters will back him.
I say Donald Trump repeating William Henry Harrison's arc in its entirety is "a great idea."
I can't wait for a future where Trump doesn't exist. How much longer do we have to tolerate this shit?
I can't wait for a future where the US has fixed its problems. Trump is just a symptom of a deeper issue within the US and when Trump is gone someone else will take his place and it'll probably get worse.
Ignore what he says. This is all distraction and engagement/attention capital. Only what he does matters. Come on people, this isn't our first Trump presidency. We know how he operates.
I would argue that the world has been a very different place in 2024/2025 than it was the last time around, if for no other reason than we are effectivley 2 or 3 years into an already started Third World War.
(people just dont want to admit it yet because there aren't nukes flying or major advesaries directley engaged with each other yet... and thats what they associate WW3 with. but make no mistake, we're there. It's started, for a while now. We're basically in the Spanish Civil War / Japanese Invasion of China stages. )
My point here is not to fearmonger but just to say, the world is multitudes more dangerous and inflamed than it ever was at any point between the first trump administration. its a dangerous, **dangerous **fucking time to have a senile geriatric manchild-troll in the whitehouse.
Right. He dominates every news cycle saying like five unhinged things every day and people tune out after a while, and then they ignore what’s happening when he actually does something unhinged.
I would like illinois to become the 11th province.
Ew no
oh come on. we are open to it. so open.
I consent to you absorbing us.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rico
Shhhhhh, It's alright... He's got more for you!
Ya but they are... "Brown"
No they don't think they are! That's why they voted for Trump!
Been awhile since the Canadians burnt down the white house. USA might need another spanking to remind them about how this went last time.
I don't think he realises how opposed Canadians are to this idea. Trudeau has been keeping quiet about this because they don't want to feed the troll. Meanwhile this orange moron thinks this means we're on board with this idea.
Canada might not be as wealthy as the US and might be in a housing crisis, but we still see the US as a dystopia for anyone who isn't the richest 5%.
How about just Oregon and Washington? I promise, we're cool. Can we just join Canada? I'm willing to learn to like hockey if that will make a difference.
He does not give one shit what Canadians or anyone else thinks of this "idea." It's not even a fully formed thought, it's just something he said while he was confused, and he covered by acting like he was making a suggestion. The guy has dementia, and he's surrounded by sycophants.
Until he's dead, in jail or in a retirement home for senile people I will not dismiss the threat that he represents. He keeps talking about it and started to refer to Canada as "the State of Canada" without realizing how hostile and insulting this comes across as. He's really thinking he can pull it off and this is scary. This motherfucker is going to use the crippling tariffs as leverage against Canada.
In a perfect world, the president of the United States and the dumbest person on the planet would be different people.
We do not live in a perfect world.
Just imagine Don running the US through WW3
Personally, I'd prefer the US become Canada's 11th province or 4th territory.
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