• Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    Does he not understand that it will require a full-scale war for that to happen?

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      Not just a full war but constant costs for occupation with a populace with easy and common access to drones, guns, and explosives.

      I think it’s unlikely that Canada would formally resist and hold the border for long… but Canadians are really fucking pissed about this bullshit.

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      That’s the biggest problem. You need either Canada’s consent (which he can’t get) or to win a war with Canada plus the rest of NATO.

      The second problem: it would make way more sense to become 10 or 13 US states. With respect to both area and population. That would be a big disadvantage to his party in congress.

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        This is why it’s very evident that it’s a distraction from the grift.

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            The US government coup in broad daylight. Plus whatever the fuck else he’s doing that’s not making it into the news cycle because of other shit taking up the time.

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        You’re dreaming if you think NATO minus the US would fight the US if the US invaded Canada. There would be some excuse made, or some technicality found.

        As for becoming states, what’s much more likely is that the US would make Canada a territory like American Samoa: no electoral college votes, no senators, no congressional representatives, not even US citizenship.

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        That would be a big disadvantage to his party in congress.

        Would it though?

        Most of the western provinces are very conservative. They’ll just gerrymander everything to give the more liberal sections one or two states and then another 12 states worth of senators and reps that are purely Nazi.

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      I think he imagines that starting needless conflicts makes him look tough, not like the clueless moron he is.