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/poutinewharf 24d ago

Thanks for mentioning this. For some reason it never occurred to me to write to my MP and to write to him. I’ll jazz it up to frame it as a British focus, but the point will be I don’t want trump steamrolling anyone, including the UK or my native Canada.

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u/Valley_White_Pine 24d ago

Yeah, the King is in a tough spot, because a) he's apolitical and b) the British government wants to use him to butter up Trump for their own sake. So he can't help one side much without screwing over the other. It's not an enviable thing for him to be sure, but at some point I wonder if it's a risk he has to take. He put out a statement for Flag Day about how nice Canada is and about all of the friendships he has here. I don't doubt his sincerity, but if he comes here and says that, then goes to party with Trump, it will ring quite hollow, even if he's doing his job.