I think American media, despite starting to sell it, is mostly kinda underselling the level and widespread nature of the fury. via @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/403... - ThreadSky

swin24.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I think American media, despite starting to sell it, is mostly kinda underselling the level and widespread nature of the fury.

via @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

https://www.vox.com/politics/403927/canada-tariffs-alcohol-steel-trump-51st-state-boycott

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richwanket.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nods in solidarity with Canada.

marnanightingale.bsky.social•1 day ago

It would have been literally unthinkable six months ago for Canadians to wish social collapse on the USA. To watch you destroy your government and military and say "oh good, so we just keep hitting the economy". To have real conversations about turning the electricity off *IN WINTER*.

marnanightingale.bsky.social•1 day ago

To cancel your IP unilaterally if you aren't going to keep up your end of the trade deal. To poach your doctors and nurses and skilled trades and others wholesale. To replace you as an import/export market and never go back to supplying or buying from you.

marnanightingale.bsky.social•1 day ago

And here is the worst part: much of that is not the fury. Boycotting your products, selling American properties, cancelling trips, that's fury. The rest is being discussed purely on whether or not they're practical and workable strategies to weaken your grip on the world.

annslater22.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've never experienced this level of Canadian unity. It's remarkable. We might squabble amongst ourselves, but we put all of that aside when Trump threatens our sovereignty. And, Trump's casual throwing around of our name is further unifying.

whoarewekidding.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just wait till the federal election campaign starts. I'm fully expecting nuclear weapons to be an issue.

pmofcanadaa.bsky.social•1 day ago

In my conversation today with Secretary Rubio, he recognized our newest province - South Saskatchewan (formerly North Dakota). Rubio noted "Nine out of ten Americans could not point to North Dakota on a map even with those imaginary lines".

sashat.bsky.social•21 hours ago

this data is a month old but you can extrapolate with confidence

sakacat23.bsky.social•1 day ago

When is the press going to realize that Trump is actively psychotic??????

beccase.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think he’s doing this on purpose, I don’t think he’s actively psychotic (as in not in touch with reality) I think he’s just a monster. Vance too.

ginalolajupiter.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have a madman in the WH. But some think he’s a genius. About 20% of Americans . They are as mad as he is.

The rest of us (those that care to vote) are not sleeping well at night. We are appalled.

caseymac.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yankee tourists are in for a rude awaking everywhere they go this summer.

angryblackbiguy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hey, looking at news from other countries (thank you YouTube) I can guarantee we're being undersold on this news.

nopenottodaydude.bsky.social•1 day ago

This text was sent to me a few days ago by a friend. His real estate agent is losing value on her rental because Canadians are selling their vacation homes in Palm Springs. They are rightly pissed and making it known.

driver9.bsky.social•1 day ago

Like all other Americans outside of the degenerate MAGA cult, I completely understand the fury that Canadians feel and I fully share it. We are united in our seething hatred of criminal rapist thug Donald Trump and the MAGA Nazi Republicans who enable him.

philstr.bsky.social•1 day ago

A point that doesn't get touched on much: Americans appear to fundamentally not understand why someone (or in this case, a whole people) would not want to be American.

The notion of US exceptionalism is so rampant in their culture, they just assumed "of course Canadians wouldn't see an issue".

philstr.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's why even when that got brought up in Jan/Feb, Americans on Bluesky were like "hey that means more left-wing Congress, and more electoral college votes for Dem nominee!"

Without first thinking "Hey do Canadians actually want this?"!

alexisg.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a Canadian, can confirm that we are beyond furious at this point. And I believe Trump is lying about the US citizenship carrot too - just as he lies about so many other things. I think he wants a vassal territory where he can exploit our natural resources

jasonhindle.bsky.social•1 day ago

💯

rinewithoutacat.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yes. There are Canadian flags up in Québec.

wolfelake2002.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s well past furious.

ninjamonkky.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mean, Trump's foreign policy is basically like:

Exxon 🤝 Putin🤝 Would like this Nation's resources

But what do I know

williamthecat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Americans are oblivious to the feelings of others as a general rule.

richwanket.bsky.social•1 day ago

It sure seems that way.

melliemal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Accurate. We're getting a lot of Americans asking us for sympathy about the regime they (collectively) enabled, or asking to join us like we would solve their problem for them.

Remember #AllLivesMatter and #NotAllMen? Same energy. 😬

They are ones who need to fix it. We can only play defence.

welarson.bsky.social•1 day ago

It is so embarrassing.

solitarycamel.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't know if they understand how a nation can unite under a common cause these days because the default mentality America currently sells itself is division and conflict.

good-joe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah. You yanks will have to tape and pillage us Fallout-style before we give up our freedoms for American depravity.

Americans seem to have this idea that they're all better than us because they're American. But the reality is in Canada we've been very happy NOT being American.

tysongb.bsky.social•1 day ago

I promise you the 80 percent that don’t want this to happen will stand with you

good-joe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Never doubted for a second. You're our brothers and sisters to the south.

gosensgo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I doubt it. Their complacency has sleepwalked them into facism.

I don't buy them moving the goalposts again and saying "but if they cross THIS line we will finally actually do something"

tysongb.bsky.social•1 day ago

appreciate the support lol

gosensgo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh sorry, am I supposed to thank you for your thoughts and prayers while your government muses about ending my country and the democrats write think piece after think piece about how great it would be for future elections if we were the 51st state?

good-joe.bsky.social•1 day ago

And our country just slept walk Doug Ford into a third term.

Our system of government may function better than the US's, but people are people.

gosensgo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doug Ford is in no way comparable to Trump

burrowcrat.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Canadians who want to be American have already moved to the U.S. And the U.S. can keep them.

good-joe.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I can think of a few mother fuckers I'd like to throw on a train

burrowcrat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I have a family member who posted a photo of herself wearing a Maple MAGA hat. I nearly barfed. Not sure how I can speak to her again.

good-joe.bsky.social•23 hours ago

We're Canadians. Call her a f****ing goof and have a drink with her.

burrowcrat.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Ha, that’s the most likely outcome. “Christ Jesus, are you really into that maga shit?” over some rye and ginger.

sandraanne.bsky.social•7 hours ago

So many posts from Americans apologizing to Canadians. We don't want your apologies. We want you to fight!

usuallyannoyed.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need to start talking impeachment

lenday.bsky.social•1 day ago

How embarrassing for Americans.

richwanket.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes.

usuallyannoyed.bsky.social•1 day ago

Quite

defoliz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agree, and it wouldn’t work.
https://macleans.ca/society/canada-51st-state-america/

jimsdouglas.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump says so many psychotic things that the public has tuned out the crazy. But it's not just words, the tariffs are economic warfare, and his administration has settled on a consistent message that the tariffs are explicitly intended as economic coercion to force annexation.

thomasmasondvm.bsky.social•1 day ago

They should be absolutely furious. I am absolutely furious as an American.

floodtide.bsky.social•1 day ago

American media seriously underestimates that we've been living in a state of uncertain war for six weeks and are starting to hit the “It's not going to get better so let's just break shit" stage of negotiations. And not a fringe movement - the whole country, united, for once. No left/right split.

dzuunmod.bsky.social•1 day ago

No left right split and also no Quebec/Rest-of-Canada split! Jean-Francois Lisee musing about the strategic location of Fort Drum...

floodtide.bsky.social•1 day ago

Even Alberta aren't being as "rah rah we are basically just Montana" as usual this month, it's truly wild.

ozmaofoz2016.bsky.social•3 hours ago

He's insane.

adlemm.bsky.social•1 day ago

Never seen Canadians so united and angery before, I didn’t even think it was possible to get everyone on the same page, but Trump did it. Can wants to end its relationship with US and completely reorient our economy away from dependence, even if it hurts us short-term, seismic shift in Can politics

melzie3.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Trump is a very sick person. He is so poisoned with hate, bigotry,misogyny, and greed. I don’t blame Canadians for hating the US. But I hope that Canadians are aware of how many Americans love Canada and hate this 🍊🤡 . The American public is mad at trump and Elon too. Many protests over the country

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