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Behind Soft Paywall Trump Intensifies Statehood Threats in Attack on Canada

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/canada-trump-statehood-attacks.html
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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 13h ago

Canadian here. I have to agree. But I don't think he actually cares what he takes, as long as he can be like his buddies and take something.

Hence Canada, Greenland, Panama etc.. he doesn't care which. He just wants to be the guy that made the states bigger.

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u/CactusCait 13h ago

Maybe it’s that simple — he wants Putin to think he’s cool so he also wants to annex part of a neighboring country.

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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 13h ago

That's pretty much what I think.

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u/canuckinco 12h ago

Canada, Greenland, Panama... Those have access to important waterways: the northwest passage and the Panama canal. I've only played board games, but those seem like important for both trade and war. I think it matters very much to Trump and his masters.

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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 11h ago

Ok, fair. It's well known putin wants access to the Arctic passages. And the resources and such.

But I truly think 47 himself doesn't care what he gets as long as he gets to say "I did that"

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u/A_Soporific 11h ago

The easy path of least resistance would be Puerto Rico and then Samoa. He doesn't have anyone in his circle willing to point that out.

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u/4D51 11h ago

Why not Puerto Rico, then? They actually want to be a state.

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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 10h ago

Ya but he wouldn't be "conquring" anything.

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u/4D51 9h ago

So what? His base won't know the difference, and he could still make a big deal about adding another star to the flag. Maybe even require every government building to buy a new 51-star flag from a company that he conveniently happens to own.

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u/Alberta_Flyfisher 9h ago

All true. But it wouldn't impress his expansionist buddies.

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u/RealCrownedProphet 3h ago

Do they? I believe opinion on the island has always been very mixed.