that he *keeps* talking about this and just does not give up on it is really uh not good - ThreadSky

unavaleable.bsky.social • 5 days ago

that he *keeps* talking about this and just does not give up on it is really uh not good

Trump: "Without us, Canada can't make it. Canada relies on us 95%. We rely on them 4%. Big difference. And I say Canada should be our 51st state ... if they had to pay their way, they couldn't exist."

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inmydefense.bsky.social•5 days ago

lazyllama.bsky.social•5 days ago

Trump does this thing where he meshes the line between sincerity and trolling so well that insane people take him seriously and serious people say he is joking. But then over time, the GOP news cycle starts to make “maybe it’s not that insane of an idea” opeds and the idea is willed into existence.

jesterchronicles.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/rev-avocado.bsky.social/post/3lj3jbxft4s2j

bananapantz.bsky.social•5 days ago

I just profoundly don’t get it.

ploeg.bsky.social•5 days ago

Grandpa needs his sedative.

ploeg.bsky.social•5 days ago

From The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson:

problemfellow.bsky.social•5 days ago

Tariff 👏 otaku 👏

nwayne66.bsky.social•5 days ago

Jfc

ceejaedevine.bsky.social•3 hours ago

He thinks he's smart. He thinks his ideas are genius.

And he intends to show us.

palerider318.bsky.social•5 days ago

Really feel like if he tries to order military force against Canada it'd be a step too far for DOD, but who the hell knows at this point?

birblib.bsky.social•5 days ago

Even otherwise sympathetic US military leaders would have a *lot* of questions and concerns about an order to do that, and the guy who would have to take the lead in reassuring those leaders, answering their questions and getting them to fall in line is Pete Hegseth.

davidjorgonson.bsky.social•5 days ago

Without Congressional authorization, an unlawful order?

birblib.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm sure Hegseth is just the guy to convince a bunch of career military professionals that Congress is secretly OK with it and they just need to trust him on that part.

hereforsports.bsky.social•5 days ago

Was he directly questioned about it? Informs the context of the response, which is the same inaccurate horseshit he's been spewing for months.

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•5 days ago

things get stuck in his head, but yeah. come on man, it's been months. you've had your fun or whatever-the-fuck it is. let's move on.

evilfred.bsky.social•5 days ago

we Canadians have been trying to tell Americans it isn't a joke for weeks

ladylinds.bsky.social•5 days ago

I feel like candadians are the nicest people in the world. But they're not people you want to fuck with. Hockey is their favorite sport and I think that says a lot about them as a people. They're kind and they're favorite pastime is men on big razors beating the crap out of each other.

whoopsexcuseme.bsky.social•5 days ago

On the other hand, he also keeps talking about tariffs but somehow those keep getting postponed (except the 10% on China)

tomscud.bsky.social•5 days ago

it's been like 40 days

whoopsexcuseme.bsky.social•5 days ago

That's 40x delayed from them being implemented "day 1" like he said they would be.

whoopsexcuseme.bsky.social•5 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/isaacdovere.bsky.social/post/3lj3yehqoe225

whoopsexcuseme.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Coming back to this now that tariffs are officially on to say I am now onboard with this being much more concerning since he's now shown an ability to push through on his fixations.

Apologies for doubting.

tomscud.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Yeah. I was agnostic on this question. My biggest error so far was thinking that doge was a meaningless busywork assignment for Elon.

richarddwyer.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's uh, not great that the hope is that the president is mentally incapacitated to think talking about this is a good idea, but not mentally incapacitated enough to actually try doing it.

brownhall.bsky.social•5 days ago

Gun license applications are going to go through the roof in Canada.

jhwkco.bsky.social•4 days ago

The British historian John Wheeler-Bennett said of Hitler: “Except in cases where he had pledged his word, Hitler always meant what he said.” I think that is also a correct way to think about the current situation.

marechalberthier.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is how we end up with tanks on 17th Street

rc2squared.bsky.social•5 days ago

Who is whispering in his ear on this issue? Peter Navarro might explain the “interesting” take on trade deficits. But where’s the threat of annexation coming from? Is this like the wall where someone said it and he anchored on the idea?

rurirkid.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm honestly still thinking an invasion won't happen but maybe I'm more naive than I thought. If one does happen though, I'm sure he'll find a way to positively spin American soldiers coming home in pine boxes.

itseasybeinggreen.bsky.social•5 days ago

I think it's going to be purely economic punishment. And hopefully it hurts the US noticeably as well.

incredibledijon.bsky.social•5 days ago

where are they going to get the lumber?

paroxysmalcontent.bsky.social•4 days ago

I wish Trump took better lessons from his time as a pro-wrestling character. Why do we want to take over the totally worthless territory we don't need?

kagiboran.bsky.social•5 days ago

on the one hand, very bad

on the other hand, keep talking shit motherfucker, see what happens

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