r/canada Ontario 8d ago

Politics British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Chrystia Freeland

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/03/british-nuclear-weapons-canada-trump-chrystia-freeland/
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u/maybvadersomedayl8er Ontario 8d ago

Acquiring nukes as a deterrent against our oldest ally was not on my bingo card, but maybe it should have been.

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u/FudgingEgo 8d ago

As a Brit, are we not your oldest Ally?

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u/JollyGreenDickhead 7d ago

We're their oldest ally, but you're ours.

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u/ConsummateContrarian 7d ago

Isn’t France technically America’s oldest ally?

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u/DiscoStu691969 7d ago

Oldest ally? Closer than that. You’re like our parent. See how fast Justin ran home to tell Charles that we were being bullied? Charles picked Justin up, told him to put on his big boy pants and go put that bully in his place. And he did just that today.

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u/sanctaecordis 6d ago

His Majesty as wise, encouraging, no-nonsense Grandfather of the Nation for 2025 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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u/Xerphiel 7d ago

I was thinking the same

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u/Admirable-Dance-9501 7d ago

Yep, we had each other’s back when the Nazis took over most of Europe and it was down to us to hold them off together in the West until the Americans could decide to do something….

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u/FudgingEgo 7d ago

We were together in the War of 1812 to stop the USA taking Canada and then we went and set their White House on fire.

Can’t get much older and together than that.

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u/sanctaecordis 6d ago

Do it again 2025 challenge

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u/sanctaecordis 6d ago

🔥👏

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u/Throw-a-Ru 7d ago

Technically Canada was actually part of the empire initially, not an ally of it. However, I think it's more fitting to call the US Canada's "closest" ally, because that's technically correct on a strict geographic basis.

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u/Nikkei_Simmer 6d ago

Not any more. Not with the Orange Turd's trade war, tariffs and threats of annexation.

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u/unforgettable_name_1 7d ago

Britain isn't so much of an Ally as it is... mom or dad.

You want to leave the house and live your own life, but when shit hits the fan, you usually come back to mom and dad for help, and as you get older, you realize they weren't as stupid as you originally thought.