In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
As an American: DO NOT TRUST REPUBLICANS.
I’ve known that since the age of 6. lol To me they always seem to hide something, not tell the whole story. And they’re mostly background racists.
Your second sentence is just politicians in general.
As a Canadian, DO NOT TRUST AMERICANS IN GENERAL.
My general stance is that, for the most part, Americans are like everyone else is. They’re mostly perfectly fine individually. It’s when you get them all in a group that they’re an issue.
Their entire culture pervades each one, individually. They are definitely NOT like ‘everyone else’. The indoctrination into the ‘American way’ is so pervasive, it is almost impossible to speak to any American individually for any length of time before some aspect of the ‘American way’ comes through. Basically, the ‘American Way’ is summed up by the phrase ‘The entire world is centered around America, and only America maters’.
“We’ll be better at it if we’re friends than if we’re just tolerating one another…. I’m just here (in Ottawa) to say thank you, and then to encourage Canadians to take another look and give us another chance.”
You can’t talk about making Canada into the 51st state and then cry for another chance. As far as I’m aware, most Canadians have a backbone. A concept utterly alien to conservatives.
I think you are mistaken. The common American politician, upon biopsy, has been found without a backbone. It keeps its form with an exoskeleton, shed once every 20 years.
Seems more like it’s once every 2-4 years they shed the ol’ exoskeleton. 😅
Depends on the species, but yes some in the genus shed more often than others
Not woke and DEI enough to receive our trade and tourism dollars, sorry.
You want us back?
Impeach Trump.
Then, if Vance fucks around, impeach him, too. Then Johnson. Keep going until you find someone who isn’t a fascist asshat.
That would help with America’s “trust” problem.
I think it’s more likely individual states or blocs of them regain our trust by seceding
From that article,
"He [Carney] announced a $6-billion purchase of over-the-horizon radar systems from Australia in March as part of the government’s ongoing NORAD modernization project.’
A NORAD radar.
From Australia.
That just HAS to sent the Americans a message about Carney’s thinking towards the Americans.
There are simply too many reasons to say no. How the US treats people entering and leaving the country. How due process is ignored for people within the country.
In broad terms the US is an unkind society. This is not to say that there are not kind individuals, but they are unable to influence the overall norm that is so clearly on display.
You don’t get to cause so many damages to a partner and then suggest we give you another chance. That ship has sailed and I am ready for us to find other trading partners and address our own internal trade barriers.
The Americans are an adversarial us-vs-them society. There always has to be a loser in the American culture.
That is because they need someone to look down on.
Little do they know how much they’re looked down upon by other, more civilized countries.
Little do they know how much they’re looked down upon by civilized countries.
FTFY
“Bookings of Canadians to come to Virginia Beach are down significantly, and colleagues of mine in other states are saying the same thing about tourism,” Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told Stephenson. “So we’re definitely seeing it.
I will never visit the United States again. You have the gestapo snatching people off the streets now. A large percentage of your population approves of what is happening, while not requiring the propaganda to reach or hold that conclusion.
“We were aware, because we all have great friends in Canada, that there was a lot of anxiety about, well, gosh, what do Americans think of us?” he said in explaining what spurred the senators’ visit. “The five of us wanted to come to say, ‘Look, we love Canada.'”
The anxiety that you’re referencing is a direct result of your country unilaterally choosing to betray us. Not that guy Donald Trump, but you. You enabled all of this, and you have absolutely no idea how to walk any of this back. You’re under the impression that you can fix this in an election cycle.
A large percentage of your population approves of what is happening, while not requiring the propaganda to reach or hold that conclusion.
I agree with everything else here, but propaganda absolutely plays a role in the current fascist movement in the States. The Venn diagram of Trump supporters and people who watch Fox News is probably pretty close to a circle.
To be clear, propaganda matters.
I’m saying that there’s a segment of the fascist populace that is utterly aware of what is real, what is bullshit, and are quite content with the presence of said bullshit, as long as it maintains the current reality.
An unambiguous apology and groveling would help.
It wouldn’t hurt.
I’m fine with some governor expressing concern with harm to their local economy, as that’s literally their job.
But this is geopolitics, and they’re clearly out of their element when trying to grasp the stakes.
Americans do not even TRY to understand Canadians.
Don’t give us another chance until we grow up.
-US citizen
Have you not grown up, or is it the opposite - dementia has set in?
We never grew up. Look at our healthcare situation.
Spoken like any abuser to their victim.
Until we stop electing sociopaths, we don’t deserve a second chance from anybody. Canadians know that, unlike the fools who elected you.
Senators, all you’re doing is further insulting a previously close ally. The best thing you can do is shut up.
The best thing senators can do is vote to convict Trump’s impeachment.
I’m a fan of balkanization. That’d fix a lot of problems quickly, albeit for a limited number of states and at the cost of making things worse for other states.
I read this in the voice of professor farnsworth from futurama.
Republic of California.
Republic of New England.
Independent Hawaii.
Is it really a cost if those states want to make things worse for themselves? They all have the same ability to choose sensible economic policies, they just seem to want morons in charge.
That’s the same dilemma I face as a parent. Do I swoop in to save my toddler from themselves or do I let them learn the consequences of their actions by getting hurt?
As for Mr. Trump’s threats of annexation? “We don’t even want them to be the 51st state,” Mr. Cramer said with a laugh. But unable to resist, he added: “We want Alberta to be the 51st state. And then we have two Republican senators.”
Fuck these guys. They’re the usual entitled American idiots, blundering around in foreign countries without understanding them.
What a completely tactless piece of trash thing to say.
This
Watching them go through the stages of grief is immensely satisfying. Should’ve thought of that before you threatened our sovereignty.
Come to America !
See our beautiful prisons and concentration camps.
Buy American and you can feel like a Nazi too!
