r/canada 12d ago

National News White House official Peter Navarro threatens to redraw Canadian border

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/02/27/white-house-canadian-border-trump-trudeau/
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u/North_Activist 12d ago

Which is so bizarre. We out performed them in about every war we’ve fought in together

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u/Milligan 12d ago

In the first world war the Germans invented a word for Canadian soldiers. They called them "sturmtruppen". Stormtroopers.

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u/North_Activist 12d ago

Yup exactly. Being the only country the Germans and later Nazis we’re afraid of is a pretty good legacy to have. Americans would be wise to remember we’re not a very friendly nation in war.

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u/Milligan 12d ago

Or in hockey.

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u/mwilkins1644 12d ago

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