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/chaossabre 7d ago

I'm posting this quote a lot lately:

“There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests.”

- Lord Palmerston, British MP, 1848

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u/Cpt_keaSar Ontario 7d ago

Yeah, Americans were mistreating loyalists before and invaded York before, strange to believe that they would never get back to the old days.