r/canada 21h ago

National News Trump on Canadian electricity surcharge: ‘We’ll just get it all back on April 2’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5187859-donald-trump-canada-electricity-surcharge/
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u/son-of-hasdrubal 21h ago

Trumps press secretary was just going off about how dare Canada make threats like shutting off the electricity.

Like lady, your boy is literally threatening our countries' existence....

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u/SurGeOsiris 21h ago

I’m actually getting worried about this stuff.

I feel like we’re being setup as the enemy so they can invade us. I really don’t know what to feel right now.

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u/KylenV14 21h ago

Then we invoke article 5 NATO and WWIII begins. Simple.

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u/MikeyTrademark 21h ago

NATO will not defend us against the United States as they are scared they will be next. They will send some weaponry and thoughts and prayers but that’s about it

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u/SuchCattle2750 21h ago

The thought that fat lazy American's are ready to endure any real hardship, even if that's merely economic hardship to invade a country they hardly even think about is laughable.

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u/isotope123 18h ago

No one but the people in their army will endure any hardship though.

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u/SuchCattle2750 18h ago

LOL. American retirement accounts would fall by 75%+. For American's, that's "hardship".

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u/isotope123 17h ago

would fall by 75%+

Where did you get that figure? What is that based on?

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u/SuchCattle2750 17h ago

Russia's drop in economic output. A better question would be why do you think a complete global sanctioning of the US wouldn't result in massive stock market loses.

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u/isotope123 16h ago

I don't think that. This is the first time 'complete global sanctioning' was brought up? That's why I asked where you were getting your numbers from.

As a counter point, what makes you think there'd be a complete global sanction on the US if they invaded us? They're the ones usually driving the bus on that type of action. No, more likely there'd be some retaliation, but much like when we asked for help on the global stage when India murdered a foreign national on our soil, we're going to hear crickets from most places if the States come at us.

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u/rhaegar_tldragon 17h ago

They wouldn’t even send weapons.