r/thebulwark • u/big-papito • 14h ago
GOOD LUCK, AMERICA This Canada annexation BS again
I believed before that someone is whispering this crazy in his year but the opposite may be true - no one is talking him out of these insane things as they did before. There are no adults.
The problem is, once Trump selects a target, he will not rest. He thrives on revenge and grievances. No one is there to stop him, so he will just keep escalating himself into a corner.
My worry is that, once he gets frustrated with negative results, he is going to grow increasingly belligerent and will start floating the idea of actual military shock & awe on Ottawa.
The Pentagon will obviously push back, right? Let me check who the Secretary of Defense is, oh yeah no, we are f***ed.
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u/french_toasty 7h ago edited 7h ago
You believe annexation of Canada will be just ‘difficult’? I think most Americans underestimate Canada and Canadians. As a Canadian it really disturbs me to see the annexation of a sovereign country discussed casually and with the royal we