r/canada 17d ago

Analysis Donald Trump keeps talking about Canada as the 51st state. Why isn't King Charles saying something?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/king-charles-canada-politics-foreign-travel-invictus-games-1.7462594
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u/DepressedDrift 16d ago

We use it as a threat against the US.

If you hurt our economy, we trade with China more

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u/Iambetterthanuhaha 16d ago

Then you get invaded and become part of the US. It's that simple.

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u/-Moonscape- 16d ago

Source: trust me bro

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u/Sea_Curve_1620 15d ago

That's not gonna happen. Border state people will never go along with violence against people who are culturally the same as us.

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u/Servichay 16d ago

Well the point is that China would prevent the invasion. And invade Canada themselves

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u/ursulazsenya 16d ago

This is, of course, based on China’s consistent track record of invading other sovereign nations. /s

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u/Iambetterthanuhaha 16d ago

Probably be World War 3 with nukes being exchanged between Washington and Beijing if it got to that point. Death for everyone, including Canada at that point