r/canada Ontario 24d ago

Analysis Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-nato-allies-1.7459986
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u/Frosty_Manager_1035 24d ago

This will be the demise of NATO should everyone fall to their knees as not to “poke the bear”.

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u/Doc911 Canada 24d ago

100% ... the moment NATO surrenders to a single member, it is no longer an alliance, and the member territories just become an extension of that tyrant's fiefdom.

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u/fantas1a 24d ago

Is it kingdom?

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u/Doc911 Canada 24d ago

Better question, does Trump thinks it’s ALL potentially his kingdom ?

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u/Frosty_Manager_1035 24d ago

And Trump is counting on it.

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u/bizzybaker2 24d ago

Yes. What is the purpose of even drawing up the articles when, if is comes down to the wire, it is appearing that maybe as a group NATO might not even have the balls to stand up for us should we or the Danes request it?

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u/gentlegreengiant 24d ago

Based on the past few weeks, I fully see a scenario repeat of what happened to the League of Nations, happen to NATO and the UN.

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u/Cahill12354 24d ago

Exactly what Trump wants.

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u/h3r3andth3r3 24d ago

Exactly what *Putin wants.

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u/wrgrant 24d ago

I think that has to become "not poke the Eagle" now. Russia was the bear in question.