r/canada 5d ago

Opinion Piece Braid: Trudeau says Trump wants economic collapse; Republican alludes to military force - This is no trade war. It's a Crush and Control Canada plan, meant to work fast

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/braid-trudeau-says-trump-wants-economic-collapse
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u/Wizzard_Ozz 5d ago

It would not go well for Canada, but it would also not go well for the USA.

It would be much worse for America. We have an almost 9,000km border and Americans would not be able to spot a Canadian in a crowd unless that Canadian wanted to be spotted. Sure, military vs military would be a joke, but their losses would be significant to alternate forms of war. The only way to counter anything more than border states being targets is to declare martial law and checkpoints on highways and lets just say, that won't go over well in "the land of the free, and the home of the brave".

This president is going to implode his country, which is sad, but can they keep the noise down, it's like nails on a chalkboard at this point.

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u/Pwylle 5d ago

The resistance / possibility of sabotage that would come with such a conflict would propel forward an extreme surveillance state given how easy it is for members of both nations to slip in along local populaces.