Donald Trump threatened Canada’s Mark Carney during his rambling Davos speech on Wednesday (21 January), where he claimed that the nation “only lives because of the United States”. During his address at the World Economic Forum, the US president said that Ottawa should be “grateful” to Washington for all the “freebies” it receives. “Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements,” he said. It comes after Mr Carney warned that the old world order was in the “midst of a rupture” and was “not coming back,” during his own speech in Switzerland on Tuesday (20 January).
  • Emily@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    I’ve hated Carney since he got the leadership position, and I’ve been dissatisfied with Canada for as long as I’ve had class consciousness. But I’ve gotta be honest, despite how much I’ve enjoyed watching the death of NATO and the economic punishment of Canada and the EU, I’d hate to be killed by a US military invasion.

    • rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml
      12·
      1 month ago

      Looks like you Canadians have something in common with us Mexicans now which is fearing a US invasion. 🥲

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPM
      9·
      1 month ago

      I rate that as highly unlikely for the same reason Trump is backing off from Venezuela after the whole Maduro stunt. Canada is just big enough that a proper invasion would be a costly affair that would take years. That’s not Trump’s MO. Any time he feels heat like in Yemen or Iran, he looks for a softer target. Venezuela or Canada are just too big to take over in one fell swoop. Hence, why the real target will be Greenland, and maybe Iceland after. Big stunt that gets lots of attention, but doesn’t requite any actual commitment to accomplish.