Jedidajah Otte Wed 5 Mar 2025 10.10 EST
"Since Donald Trump began his tariff threats against Canada and his ‘jokes’ about making Canada the 51st US state, I have not bought a single product originating in the US,” said Lynne Allardice, 78, a retired business owner from New Brunswick, Canada.
“Not a single lettuce leaf or piece of fruit. I have become an avid reader of labels and have adopted an ‘anywhere but the US’ policy when shopping. I will not visit the States while Trump remains in office, and most of the people I know have adopted the same policy.”"
I haven’t seen this take spreading much yet, so posting it here too:
Canada needs to start stealing IP from the US and violating their copyright. Create and sell jailbreaks for American hardware.
That was part of the free-trade agreement, so there’s no reason to continue honoring it at this point.
Canada needs to take a break from America and see other nations. Let’s open the relationship, see where it goes.
America, it’s not you, it’s….no fuck it. It’s absolutely you.
Bunch of racist white dudes moved in, killed all the people already living here, and instituted slavery almost immediately.
Why the FUCK did Canada EVER look at America and say “Well these guys seem like people I can trust!”?
Look, Canada, you’re great. You know who else has some great people? Australia. I know. I know. Given how it was founded, by all logical conclusions Australia SHOULD be full of a culture of shady criminals. But it’s NOT. I’ve literally never met an Australian person without later thinking “Man that person was cool.”
Maybe Canada should become BFFs with Australia! And hey, I’m the one who came up with the idea. Maybe you could let ME be Canadian. PLEASE let me not have to be in this shitty country anymore! I want to come hang out with Canadians, and Australians, and maybe we meet some Japanese people. That might be fun, right? Oh, and Polish people seem pretty cool.
I guess I just like people who are friendly, and make good allies, but if you fuck with them, they will fuck you up.
Oh, let’s get Ukraine in on this friendship!
You do realize that Canada’s colonial history is not much better, right?
Australians mistreat indigenous people just like Canadians. So a good match I guess.
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As an American I fully support this. Our government is supposed to work as a bit of a push-n-pull, not a winner rape all, which is how Trump and the RepubliKKKans run things. I am anxious to see them and their policies fail asap, so please do as much damage as possible. I wish that I could renounce my citizenship and become a Canadian. I identify so much more with your country and values. Unfortunately I looked into immigrating about 15 yrs ago and I’m too old, lacking a tech degree, and not rich enough for Canada’s point system of immigration. (You get points based on age, skill sets, and the wealth you bring into the country and have to meet a minimum score.)
Our government is supposed to work as a bit of a push-n-pull, not a winner rape all
That’s exactly what the Trump administration is trying to fix. We have been getting the short end of the stick for years, and now that we actually have an administration in sync and getting things done… the world shudders. How dare we stand up for ourselves. Heaven forbid we try to balance our trade deficits, or try to negotiate an end to a war nobody wants, or try to secure our borders against cartels and drugs our “allies” let slip into our country.
Don’t get me wrong, the administration isn’t perfect. But it’s getting things done, and fast. A little short-term pain for long-term gain is worth exploring in my opinion. We have 4 years to find out.
You are an absolute clown and it seems like there aren’t balloon animals in the world for you to see that
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That matches what I’m seeing on the ground. My work has a slack chat for discussing Canadian business alternatives and Canadian products are flying off the shelves.
Just what Putin ordered.
Sorry.
