Infuriating it's taken this long for observers in the US to start taking *explicit territorial threats from the president to a close ally* seriously. Americans really have no idea how to deal with their own president. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w... - ThreadSky

stewartprest.ca • 5 days ago

Infuriating it's taken this long for observers in the US to start taking *explicit territorial threats from the president to a close ally* seriously.

Americans really have no idea how to deal with their own president. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/canada/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html

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bornat3b.bsky.social•5 days ago

And yet still a sort of cutesy headline.

smsaideman.bsky.social•5 days ago

I have been telling Swedes this week that Canada is as serious about this as Denmark is about Greenland... but without the warm embrace of allies.

yacowaco.bsky.social•5 days ago

The Republicans should be reining in their demented leader or at least giving him decent advice but they seem too damn wimpy and cowardly to speak the truth to power.

Republicans will take decades to recover from Trump's chaos. It shows their agenda is not just selfish but self destructive too.

jokb.bsky.social•5 days ago

@tryangregory.bsky.social

https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3ljt6363uyc2b

tryangregory.bsky.social•5 days ago

Out of date. No one is downplaying it here now.

jokb.bsky.social•5 days ago

Stay strong. I am glad the Canadians are supporting the Oekraïne and EU
Scary times

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•5 days ago

I never thought it was a joke & never felt anyone should treat it as one. There are certain things you don’t joke about. An American president should never joke about annexing another country. It’s considered a threat.

blake.bsky.social•5 days ago

Why would the entire, vast country only be one state? It’s already divided into ten states/provinces. Why wouldn’t that be maintained? 🤷‍♂️

fagankara.bsky.social•5 days ago

Fuck you. We will never be one state or twenty states.

blake.bsky.social•5 days ago

That much is clear…

clnz.bsky.social•5 days ago

Canada is united and pissed off. #Never51

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

To be clear, we're not interested in becoming any number of states. We are our own country, and we want to stay that way.

blake.bsky.social•5 days ago

My point is that the people who aren’t taking it seriously are perhaps focusing on the fact that it’s so ill-thought out that it’s ludicrous. The entire country being one state is only one part of that.

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

Understood. Thanks for clarifying! As you probably gather, folks are on edge here.

blake.bsky.social•5 days ago

Totally understandable!

maximummeh.bsky.social•5 days ago

Adding a gift article link. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world/canada/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2E4.iy7Q.8S2onMAVTJNl&smid=url-share

shotze3.bsky.social•5 days ago

Every Canadian needs to read this. Please share it widely.

quiteecontrary.bsky.social•5 days ago

Do you consider The New York Times to be a credible source of information about how Americans feel? Once respected papers like NYT, LA Times, and The Washington Post are more often than not publishing the agendas of their billionaire owners at this point. Not representing the American people.

rosamoonie.bsky.social•5 days ago

The article isn't about how Americans feel. It's about how everyone else in the world feels—particularly Canadians—how it got this way, and why Americans should start caring. The fact that it's coming from a paper exactly as skewed as the NYT is notable, because it shows it can't be ignored.

efhurley.bsky.social•5 days ago

Nice you bothered to notice Canada’s concerns, @nytimes.com

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

His language was clearly an existential threat to Canada from the moment he said it. Some of us were clear about this at the time. https://theconversation.com/canadas-fight-with-trump-isnt-just-economic-its-existential-246619

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

Americans who consider yourself allies of Canada: now is your time to make it clear that you will not tolerate your president making EXPLICIT TERRITORIAL THREATS ON YOUR BEHALF against your northern neighbour (or anyone else, for that matter).

This is not a joke, and never was.

fagankara.bsky.social•5 days ago

Explicit threats. Repeated explicit threats.

deathweasel.io•5 days ago

What do you want to see? More people in the streets? It’s warming up; that’s already happening. Guerilla action?

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

I'm happy to hear that, though personally have not seen much evidence of it.

deathweasel.io•5 days ago

Don’t depend on American media to bring that news to you until it gets so bad that it can’t be ignored. They’re in dirtbag’s pockets.

stewartprest.ca•5 days ago

I hate all caps. This is what I've been reduced to.

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