Several White House officials revealed to NBC News that President Donald Trump is growing increasingly “worried” over Canada regarding its ability to defend its borders, with one official saying that Trump’s concern stems from his “vision of ‘solidifying’ the Western Hemisphere,” the outlet reported Sunday.
Putins giving him which countries target, in order to expedite US out of nato.
He’s worried that Canada won’t roll over for him. And he’s right.
This fucking dumbass thinks he’s Hitler… But he’s clearly both too stupid, and too hasty to get anything done.
He’s literally just threatening our allies at this point. I can’t imagine a more pathetic and dumb person in this entire world right now.
hitler was also on meth, so was trump. hes not that far behind.
He’s insane to think he can justify an invasion or take Canada anytime soon, but I’m sure we will see even more disinformation campaigns and political interference in an effort to speed up that process.
This is coming from the man that told us to increase our border security.
I fucking hate my president, but the whole government is complicit.
Supreme Court? Nah, team fascist.
Congress? Nah, team fascist.
Where the fuck are the SEPARATION OF POWERS and CHECKS AND BALANCES we learned about in civics class?
Turns out checks and balances don’t mean shit if no one actually defends them.
If your country survives this, you are due a serious overhaul of your supposed checks and balances and, more generally, of your political system. Too much assumes common decency, which the rest of your political and economix systems have been working hard to eliminate.
Electoral college? Hyper powerful president? That stuff needs to go.
If congress, supreme court, and executive are majority same party — there’s no power left to check or balance.
If we had ranked choice voting, we might not be in this mess. Everything devolving into a two-party system has led us to this.
Also helps when civics isn’t taught in 70% of the school system
Despite all the (phony) reverence for the document in the U.S., the Constitutional Convention fucked up, badly. The Founding Fathers disliked political parties, considering them divisive, so they drew up a system that assumes that all office-holders are independent. That system is supposed to leverage the mutually-opposing interests of the representatives to check and balance each other. It simply can’t work if a group of people with aligned interests control multiple branches of government.
They signed their new constitution in 1788, and by 1792, Alexander Hamilton formed the first political party. Whoops.
These nazis obviously did not grow up with schoolhouse rock
You traded them for cheap chinese tat.
You forgot the Democrats, are also on team fascist. Other than a few they are on board being the complicit corporate owned opposition.
I didn’t mention Republicans either. I mentioned Congress as a whole.
Congress is currently led by… Republicans Supreme Court is currently majority… Republicans President is… Republican
The Democrats that should be loudly opposing in every stage of government for the most part aren’t.
I am agreeing with your point but there should be another side but they are paid by the fascist donors to be complicit.
You can always tell that someone wants to engage in a good faith debate when they can’t even be bothered to actually read what you wrote.
Rainbow corporate fascism VS Nazi corporate fascism
No kidding? It’s almost like the system was built to function this way from top to bottom. I’m surprised it’s taken this long for people to notice.
Alexis de Tocqueville pretty much predicted this 200 years ago when he did his study on democracy in the US. He pointed out that there was nothing in place to actually enforce the separation of powers and it would take only one despot to throw the whole thing in the trash. The only thing that would surprise him today is how long it took for America to reach this point.
Before Trump, politicians at least played the “game”
I don’t really see it. The U.S. has never been a particularly good example of a functioning democratic system. Hell, gerrymandering is a prime example of that, and it dates back to the 1800s.
It’s cute that anyone thinks that anything short of a coup is going to actually make a difference at this point.
A coup on a national scale, too. Way too many hands in this fascist cookie jar.
The entire system needs changing. I live in a country where anyone’s free to start a political party, and a part needs around ~4% to make it into parliament. We have eight parties in our parliament and I still don’t feel adequately represented. I don’t condone it, but I definitely get why people don’t feel like voting over there. That is entirely by design.
I also really don’t get how gerrymandering is a thing that’s legal. Absolutely bonkers. Everyone’s vote should count. Sure we have districts but they don’t have any bearing on the national vote, in that regard it’s purely for division of labour.
Nothing is going to change… this isn’t a learning moment for the US, it’s a turning point. This is just the start.
This bone spur dodge drafting trust fund snuff film making rapist dementia riddled Russian agent is going to initiate WWIII and send thousands of innocent Americans into the meat grinder.
All done while giving the order to invade safely from his Florida golf course with people dressed up as dogs dancing around him while he’s eating caviar.
Fuck sakes Americans. Enough is enough. Find a fucking back bone and overthrow this government.
Your sons and daughters lives may just depend on it.
innocent Americans
Half of them want this, half of them are not innocent (N = 1000).
The ones getting invaded are the wholly innocent (in this context).
The worst part is he’s accelerating towards it so hard that half, or more, of the frogs are going to jump out of the boiling pot. And they will have a civil war at the same time as starting WW3… so they will also lose WW3.
Seems like it’s all going to Putin’s plan. I just hope I live to see the part when Putin turns on them all and stabs them in the back.
Just like his idol handler/idol.
This is the shit everyone was accusing Putin of doing. Does he need to start pushing people out of high-rise windows for Americans to see who he is?
Fafo. I know if they try to take Canada I along with alot of other Canadians will go full insurgent. Honestly we need to shut the border like we did with COVID. Y’all wanna play then none of you can visit.
Totally.
You wanna laugh?
travel.gc.ca still classifies the USA as “take normal security precautions”
https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/united-states
Actually, that’s not funny. What the fuck is the government of Canada waiting for? We’re basically Austria in 1937.
Same. I’m not even patriotic but I will get rid of all the shit I’ve built up to do this.
1940s France is our best bet.
That hardly recommends itself as a defensive strategy.
Actually, France had a very strong army at the time. Two points here:
- when Hitler moved troops in the demilitarized zone, French president hesitated, but he didn’t move. Apparently, Hitler took a big gambit as he thought that the French army could have defeated him then and there (no certainty but very possible)
- Germany conquered France very fast but lost half of its tanks and one third of its planes in the process. It was quick, but it was mostly brutal on both sides.
So, unfortunately, a serie of terrible decisions allowed Hitler’s Germany victory: an inadapted defense, and a reluctance to attack.
Main issue for Canada as for most of European countries willing to “defend Greenland”: US made equipment and systems: either you have a strong stock of spare parts, or we won’t stand long. And that’s without counting the basic volume advantage of the US military, and that’s without counting the prevalence of US cloud based services everywhere in industry and government agencies.
It is time that every Canadian went out and got their firearms licenses, a rifle, a shotgun, and a range membership to learn how to use both.
We are at serious risk right now, and all hands need to be on deck for this one.
Scoped bolt action hunting rifles because they make great impromptu Sniper rifles. Also, as a resistance fighter in asymmetrical warfare you’re not going to beat an army with firepower and continuous engagements. You have to rely on hit and run tactics and rack up a body count over time that will make the occupation too pricey to keep up.
A compact, takedown/folding stock version is also preferable because it will make it easier to carry it in a non conspicuous bag in the city and blend in with the population. Trying to hide in the woods against an enemy with thermal vision and surveillance drone capabilities is a bad idea. The only way to hide human activity nowadays is among other human activity.
Although lately shotguns did find a new use in the battlefield against drones. But once again, they’re long, hard to conceal and you’re better off hiding among population.
Also, speaking of new tech, I think it is worth learning how to operate drones. It might have become the safer way to do things like that. They’re easy to conceal and easy to deploy and operate out of sight. As a bare minimum it will force the invader to use high power radio jammers that are absolutely not healthy to stand around over a long period of time, further increasing the cost of the occupation.
In Canada resistance fighters won’t need the kind of Urban mobility you are referencing.
Against a US invasion they are going to take our major cities very quickly, and there is nothing we can do about it. This is because all of our major cities are on the borders. The rest of the country is wilderness, that our hunters know like the back of their hands and makes incredibly hard to move large military forces around.
What we need is our military taking care of Urban combat, and leave the rest to Canadian civilian Militias. Urban Combat is hell and civilian militias will just lose to well trained soldiers every day of the week.
There are numerous ways to take out drones, hide heat signatures, and move in the dark against night vision. We will also have those tools, and frankly, drones don’t do well in the winter so their effectiveness is season dependent.
As far as weaponry, any Long gun and Shotgun a person is comfortable using is good enough. Any Long gun with scope for range, Shotgun for up close (Buck shot) and Drones (Bird shot) is light enough for most people to carry comfortably, easy to use, and still effective in modern warfare.
I’m not talking about winning battles in urban environment, fighting from building to building to prevent occupation. As I said, civilians don’t have the firepower, and as you said, training and organization to pull something like that off. I’m talking about the occupation forces in the city being hit by ghosts on a daily basis during the occupation.
I understand what you are saying and what I am saying is Militia members should not even be entering the cities and risking their lives when keeping a line in the wilderness is more effective use of Human assets.
I believe one may be watching a few too many films if one thinks a lightly armed and trained militia member can be a “Ghost” in an enemy occupied urban environment.
I didn’t watch movies. I’ve played an enemy force a few times in military exercises doing exactly that. It is shocking how easy it is to just pass as a civilian in a busy city environment, observing and picking your place and moment so you can have an easy out. You “shoot” a guy when they’re not looking your way and then most of the time if you picked your spot right they don’t even know where it came from before you’re already walking away looking like any other bystanders. Of course, using those tactics means you’re not covered by the Geneva convention if ever captured because you’re not wearing a uniform. But I don’t think an American military invading Canada would give a shit about international law to begin with.
Ultimately, one tactic does not exclude the other either.
I am sure you have done all of that, and must have more knowledge than myself referencing simulations, and war games, on the exact situation of an enemy force invading Canadian soil. Apologies for my ignorance! I am sure Joe Shmoe will be Jason Bourne when the time comes!
Yep. The Feds should be providing free licensing and training nationwide at this point.
I cannot agree with this enough. It will likely come to that if things heat up more than they already are. But we know how slow the Feds can be, and it is best to take a reimbursement later over waiting for the program to kick off. haha
By all means, get firearms licenses and training, but be ready for something much more insidious than troops coming across the border if the US takes things this direction. We are already infiltrated by political and militia movements that are aligned with the US, and our own security and intelligence forces are deeply integrated. Worse than that even, we are on a giant island with them, any allies that might come to our aid are an ocean away, and the US has the capacity to easily blockade our major ports and cut us off from trade with the world. The US is positioned to break our society down economically and socially, utterly empoverishing and dividing our populace before making any move at actually seizing control of government and calling us a state. This is what they do to destroy countries. They do it with sanctions elsewhere, but they have even more powerful tools than those to use against us because of our shared geography and integration. So, yes, get firearms training and arm yourself, but be ready for internal chaos and to push back against domestic movements to align and capitulate, not just little green men coming across a border. Also, think about how to support & collaborate with Americans who are trying to fight fascism domestically. They are the front line, and our best hope may be their civil war if the US goes this direction.
I hear you, I disagree with you, and I am thankful PM Carney has been jet setting around the world shoring up other alliances and trading partnerships since day one knowing Plan A with the US was never going to work.
Which part do you disagree with?
The tone, the lack of realism based on facts considering how the US has been taking action (RE: Venezuela, Greenland, Iran), and the wall of text not easily read by anyone.
I especially disagree with working with anyone from the US to clean up their own backyard when we have our own problems, especially considering the US has never actually been our ally. This President is just openly talking about what has always been US intention. If you don’t believe me look what Biden did with the Tariffs imposed in the first Trump Presidency.
Hint: They weren’t dropped, and most were increased. (An example is softwood lumber which if memory serves went up 10% under the “Good guys”)
The US just likes to use us for resources, and troops to support their imperialism. The only reason we aren’t a smattering of states is because every time they Fuck around they find out, and it looks like we are fast approaching the find out phase once again.
They broke Venezuela with sanctions for 20 years before what they did to them this month. They’ve broken Iran’s economy with sanctions similarly, including the snapback sanctions recently reimposed by allies. The currency crisis that initiated the recent Iranian turmoil was precipitated by outside manipulation. Their main strategy is to break and divide targets from the outside before taking any action that risks their own assets. The trade war against Canada is part of the same kind of technique, as is support for Alberta secessionist movements, and for Maple MAGA more broadly. These are applications of the technique, but they have the capacity to escalate much more dramatically in extending that approach.
Also, you’re misinterpreting what I’m saying about Americans opposing fascism. I’m not saying Canadians should align with the Democrats. They are useless. The people who Canadians should support are the Americans actually going to the streets, organizing, and hopefully building towards real domestic resistance at scale, whether that be armed or peaceful. If they are squashed domestically, the US will be able to direct more resources outwardly. Also, should it come to direct conflict with the US, we should treat those people resisting fascism domestically down south as assets to support. The US already is doing this to us by treating Canadians sympathetic to MAGA and fascism as assets in undermining Canada.
I appreciate the “we’ve done it before, we’ll do it again, so FAFO” spirit, and I’m not disagreeing about being ready for physical invasion, but it’s not 1812 anymore. We don’t have the British Empire at our back, and war has evolved dramatically since then. Preparing in 2026 means preparing for something much more comprehensive and much more challenging than 1812.
Again, they can clean their own backyard. We have our own problems which you have cited regarding sympathetic Canadian assets.
If you want to say it is not 1812 and we don’t have British Empire support, you cannot ignore the fact that we have far more in way of support from other countries than we did back then.
In regards to sanctions, those have been in place long before Trump and he isn’t waiting around and taking it slow. He is openly threatening Sovereign nations, and Territories, with military force including NATO allies. He is not going to wait to break economies for 20 years. The real threat is force, and ignoring it to talk Economics is a waste of time.
A good idea.
Keep in mind that you, the people outside of the U.S., and even a solid majority of people within the U.S. are on the same side.
He only has about a 30% approval rating on any given thing. In the U.S. there are a lot of people who have been looking around waiting for someone to do something in order to feel comfortable acting, and if he attacks Canada the people in the U.S. will see that as there instantly being 30 million people who are willing to do something, and it might trigger an active resistance within the U.S…
30% is enough when 70% won’t stop him
If they want to be on our side they need to get their house in order before mistakes are made and we become real enemies. I don’t care if 70% are against him, they don’t do shit to stop him. Complacency is support.
Keep in mind that everyone who stays on their own side of the border will be just fine, and everyone else is taking two to the chest.
If you look at Ukraine, yes guns are involved, but they’re arguably succeeding in their defense principally with the use of kamikaze FPV drones strapped with big bombs. They’re able to chase down individual soldiers hiding in buildings, trenches, and even drainage pipes. They can also take out vehicles.
You’d want to mass produce these drones. Additionally, since the radio signals can be jammed, develop the fiber optic drones too.
I would prefer development of anti drone technologies using small current electric fields instead of clogging up Air space on the battlefield. Also bird shot is great for taking down drones.
Instead our government is focusing on taking guns away from legal owners. The whole gun buyback program at the very least should have been paused once threats to our sovereignty started.
We still have plenty of legal firearms to choose from and maybe we can donate the ones designed for warfare to the people actually trained in warfare. ;)
Elbows up Canada!
send in the candian geese armada.
Perhaps today is a good day to get a slashing penalty.
Better get some gun training and some cardio in you. I think we might be about to go to war.
Stay the fuck out of Canada 😡 You’re not welcome Orange man.
Maybe it’s you and me - we are supposed to check then balance
This is the exact same reasoning he used to threaten Greenland.
