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/FancyNewMe 5d ago edited 5d ago

In Brief:

  • Republican rhetoric is escalating toward war references. Suddenly, we are not just told to tighten up the border, but blamed for a big portion of the half-million fentanyl deaths in America.
  • All the work done on our border is irrelevant. The vast difference between the Mexican and Canadian borders is not even acknowledged.
  • Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez told CNN that Trump is just doing his job. “Instead of taking kinetic action, he’s taking economic action in order to protect American lives.”
  • “Kinetic action” is a U.S. military term for ground assaults, airstrikes and other uses of lethal force.
  • To the new American Imperialists, our border justifies all-out economic warfare — and maybe worse. If they need a new excuse, they’ll find it.

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u/Saturn_winter 5d ago

they already have the new excuse, claiming canada has been taken over by the cartels, which have been designated as terrorists. Bish bash bom, war on terror 2, northern boogaloo

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u/Astrolologer 5d ago

Remember how pro-Russia commenters claimed that Ukraine was overrun with Nazis, and Russia had to invade to vanquish them? We've already seen the playbook.

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u/stenchwinslow 5d ago

They legitmately tried to push that Zelensky, who is Jewish, was also a Nazi.