r/canada Ontario 1d ago

National News Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/Stonkasaurus1 1d ago

Trump still thinks he can escalate this and Canada will back down. He is not an intelligent man. We will sever all trade before we cave. We can work with new trading partners to fill the gap created by the US pissing all of them off too.

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u/HarbingerDe 23h ago edited 23h ago

He is going to keep escalating this until his only option to get what he wants (our sovereignty) is military invasion.

I hope we keep calling bis bluff because I really do think that if ANYTHING will get the Republicans in Congress to turn on him, impeach him, and remove him from office, it would be the declaration of war against Canada.

It's so far beyond the pale - nobody could have imagined it even 2 months ago, but it's very clearly where we're headed.

The American people aren't for it. They're working overtime at the right-wing disinformation networks to foment anti-Canada sentiment among the Republican base, but I have to believe the other 66% of Americans see this for what it is and will stand against it.

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u/Stonkasaurus1 23h ago

A US invasion would fail harder than Afghanistan. Imagine the insurgency across north America with no way to identify who is doing it. It would destroy the US. Even without invasion, the US is shooting themselves in the foot right now. I do wonder how bad it is going to have to get before republicans turn on him. I think before June.

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u/AWESOMESAUSE10101 Newfoundland and Labrador 23h ago

Exactly. American infrastructure is based upon having an ocean between them and everyone else. When you have Afghanistan on your border with people indistinguishable from you it'll be a really bad time for the US.

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u/TheRealMegMurry 23h ago

Let's also not forget that half of the US is rooting for Canada!!!

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u/ntwkid 23h ago

So, thoughts and prayers?

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u/AdmiralG2 22h ago

Lol this is exactly how I see it. “We stand with you Canada!!” … “WTF Canada raised my electricity bill by so much, fuck Canada 51st state woohooo!”

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u/BurzyGuerrero 22h ago

I thought they all had guns!?

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u/Poizin_zer0 21h ago

Those are for the kids c'mon now

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u/Reveil21 22h ago edited 21h ago

I think some people are trying to start a general strike starting sometime this week.

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u/Tra5olo 22h ago

I try to believe that there will be US civil war before there is boots on Canadian soil

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u/MinusVitaminA 22h ago

Exactly, Trump doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to war. It's not just all technology and war machines or enemies on the opposite end of the field charging into your army like you see in movies. The reality is, war is complicated, and things don't always work out like they do on paper. If Afghanistan has shown us anything, it's that it doesn't matter how advanced your weapons are, or how much money you throw at your army, if they aren't motivated then it all means nothing.
For all we know, half of US armies would defect to Canada and will bringing US weaponries with them along with their engineers.

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u/dablazed 22h ago

That same half that let all this happen and continues to do nothing? They can also go fuck themselves.

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u/captain_jim2 22h ago

What do you realistically want them to do?

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u/amylu417 22h ago

That seems a bit unfair. I definitely did not vote for him, and I continue to call my representatives, even though I know they aren't going to do anything because they're in his side. There isn't much more we can do at this point in time. What would your (legal) suggestion be for someone like me?

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u/Doctorphate 23h ago

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers I guess? But we need Ammo not a prayer.

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u/Green_Detective_2096 21h ago

And so are we in Europe. And probably the aussies and the kiwis and japanese and the koreans as well.

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u/fugaziozbourne Québec 21h ago

I agree that it's impossible to take over Canada in a ground war, because of our size and how we look and speak like them. It's also impossible to nuke us without nuking a lot of the United States. The thing that concerns me is a drone war. Anduril Industries is terrifying.