Trump and Canada
Trump and Canada
Does Trump really want Canada to become part of the USA or is that one of his strange jokes?
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anawim
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Re: Trump and Canada
Neither one.
He's doing this to get them into a position where he has the upper hand to get what he really wants.
Not the method that I would use, but then I don't play poker.
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aussie_aussie_oi_oi
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Re: Trump and Canada
Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats.
And they told CBC News that the most potent weapon wielded by the Trump administration to advance the cause of annexation would likely not be the intelligence agencies directed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
"I would regard Mr. Musk as a problem," said Ward Elcock, who headed CSIS for a decade including during the 9/11 attacks and also served as national security adviser. "I think that's on a number of fronts."
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has worked to destabilize many governments and nations in the past, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as assassination, but the former spy chiefs say a campaign aimed at Canada would likely rely less on cloak-and-dagger tactics and more on social media — such as the Elon Musk-owned X platform.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... -1.7479890
And they told CBC News that the most potent weapon wielded by the Trump administration to advance the cause of annexation would likely not be the intelligence agencies directed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
"I would regard Mr. Musk as a problem," said Ward Elcock, who headed CSIS for a decade including during the 9/11 attacks and also served as national security adviser. "I think that's on a number of fronts."
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has worked to destabilize many governments and nations in the past, using methods as mundane as corruption and as drastic as assassination, but the former spy chiefs say a campaign aimed at Canada would likely rely less on cloak-and-dagger tactics and more on social media — such as the Elon Musk-owned X platform.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump- ... -1.7479890
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BobCatholic
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Re: Trump and Canada
I don't think Trump is serious about getting Canada in as new states.
Most of Canada are left wing dominated provinces (this is why the Liberal party is ruling the roost there)
If Canada became part of the United States, we would never see another Republican president or Republican majority in House or Senate again.
The politics won't work for him or his party.
MAYBE - if he ONLY let Alberta join in as a 51st State - they are the Texas of Canada and would be likely to be another state. There's also a group there advocating for Alberta to secede and join the USA as a state. Canada won't let that happen.
Either which way, this is a political impossibility.
Most of Canada are left wing dominated provinces (this is why the Liberal party is ruling the roost there)
If Canada became part of the United States, we would never see another Republican president or Republican majority in House or Senate again.
The politics won't work for him or his party.
MAYBE - if he ONLY let Alberta join in as a 51st State - they are the Texas of Canada and would be likely to be another state. There's also a group there advocating for Alberta to secede and join the USA as a state. Canada won't let that happen.
Either which way, this is a political impossibility.
--BobCatholic