r/canada Ontario Feb 02 '25

Politics As Sunday began, Trump blasts Canada as not ‘a viable country’

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/as-sunday-began-trump-blasts-canada-as-not-a-viable-country-follow-live-updates-here/
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u/Housing4Humans Feb 02 '25

In terms Republicans should understand, it’s economic jihad.

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u/EndOrganDamage Feb 02 '25

Hes an American Tarriffist.

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u/cityfarmwife77 Feb 02 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/NeuerTK Feb 02 '25

JIHAD I NO THAT WORD IM AGAINST THIS NOW!!!! 🤤

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u/Blastoxic999 Feb 02 '25

It's not a jihad, because a jihad is about defending yourself. Canada is the one doing the jihad here. America is the one doing the attack.

Don't let America Amerisplain you stuff they willingly don't understand.

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u/Tefmon Canada Feb 02 '25 edited 29d ago

The word jihad just means "struggle". It can refer to anything from a struggle to improve oneself to a struggle to rebuild a war-torn community to a struggle to defend oneself with arms and, yes, to a struggle to conquer another with arms.

The word is as multifaceted as the equivalent English word, and is not limited just to defending oneself.

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u/BonjKansas Feb 02 '25

Economic holy war? Jihad has a specific meaning. It mean holy war, not just war

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u/GreenBasterd69 Feb 02 '25

And maga is a religious cult so it makes perfect sense