For the US, Canada is the geopolitical equivalent of Ned Flanders. Sanguine, neighbourly, generous, basically impossible to annoy. And yet here we are. Not even a fortnight in. www.bbc.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

lewisgoodall.com • 20 days ago

For the US, Canada is the geopolitical equivalent of Ned Flanders. Sanguine, neighbourly, generous, basically impossible to annoy.

And yet here we are. Not even a fortnight in.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3348gk8my0o

Comments

jegath.bsky.social•19 days ago

😡

kppaterson.bsky.social•20 days ago

Would have more trust in Homer Simpson than Donald Trump to run US.

ollie-randall.bsky.social•20 days ago

An intriguing "what-if" scenario now emerges -what if Trudeau had managed to cling on until now...

robin.bobin.uk•20 days ago

This would have been what the Ukraine war was for Boris Johnson.

robin.bobin.uk•20 days ago

Yeah everyone seems to love him now!

millwrong.bsky.social•20 days ago

Ned Flanders fyi

tonypringle.bsky.social•20 days ago

While John Bolton's Ned's secret evil twin.

snitkicker.bsky.social•20 days ago

@lewisgoodall.com

You like a good fact ...

https://bsky.app/profile/thetruthfaerie.bsky.social/post/3lha672adok2b

snitkicker.bsky.social•20 days ago

https://youtu.be/WMxGVfk09lU?si=x7Da7aABZHTMGMA5

snitkicker.bsky.social•20 days ago

Yes we're very nice, until we're not. 🇨🇦

johnmann10n.bsky.social•20 days ago

Trump is inadvertently going to kill the Right everywhere else in the western world isn’t he.

ajq1968.bsky.social•20 days ago

I think that could be the only upside

mr-blogberry.bsky.social•20 days ago

Here's hoping🤔

benroynon.bsky.social•20 days ago

This analogy works only if Flanders wrestles his lawnmower back from Homer Simpson, to Homer’s surprise

bletch.social•20 days ago

That is just not okily dokily, neighbour.

talk2joepublic.bsky.social•20 days ago

Absolutely love this meme👇👇👇👇👇

james-gaughan23.bsky.social•20 days ago

The one thing that unites Canadians, THE ONE THING, is that we are not and never want to be, Americans. #BOYCOTTUSA

mrmirth.bsky.social•20 days ago

A bit hard on Canada, as the religious nutters are MAGA's

whoknewyou.bsky.social•20 days ago

🖕🏼Orange Blob President. 🤡. 🤷‍♀️ f..Ked with the wrong neighbours no love from 🇨🇦🍁

yamrock71.bsky.social•20 days ago

Turn the taps off, limit/stop the oil supply…. FAFO..

boredlocutus.bsky.social•19 days ago

As I see it, Trump is "Dennis the Menace" and it sees Canada as "Walter the Softy". And now Trump wants Canada to hand over its lunch money.

theaccidentalotaku.bsky.social•19 days ago

My Canadian wife resents the Ned Flanders company.

hamnetto.bsky.social•20 days ago

Will this just push the rest of the world to trade with each other (+ more from China) and exclude them? I get the siege mentality in football but with a country...?

Can anyone explain how this benefits the US at all please? I'm far from an expert and just... confused

lindakr.bsky.social•20 days ago

Trump is so narcissistic, he probably thought he could apply tariffs unilaterally, not thinking affected countries would reciprocate.

kingstondan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Excellent comparison! And when Flanders did finally snap at Homer's boorish behaviour, it was always messy.

vintaget.bsky.social•20 days ago

Never mind economic fallout. Tariffs will isolate America - it may well become more and more disempowered. Disliked and increasingly shunned.

badjimz.bsky.social•20 days ago

You haven't watched enough "Simpsons" episodes..

andyinafield.bsky.social•20 days ago

It's probably worth pointing out to every far right extremist you interview that Canada's head of state is Charles III.

cacophonic.bsky.social•20 days ago

It’s going to be a long and hellish 4 years

cmalmskou.bsky.social•20 days ago

nuclearnathan.bsky.social•20 days ago

Somehow trump has managed to unite liberals and conservatives together and the cons hate Trudeau but know that it needs a united front! ….well apart from Alberta which is the most MAGA province!