RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTrump calls Trudeau 'governor' of 'the Great State of Canada' in overnight postswww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down114cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareNomecks@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·9 days agoCanada is America’s Ukraine. Giant land full of natural resources and no nuclear weapons.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·9 days agoThey can fertilise our maple stands.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 days agoI… I’m not sure if that’s a euphemism or not
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down14·9 days agoAnd a people largely indistinguishable from their own. Edit: Note to self: Subtly pointing out that Trump wouldn’t want to invade Mexico because he’s a racist is not the way to go in the Fediverse because people will think you’re the racist.
minus-squareniucllos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 days agoI think you probably got down voted by Canadians who don’t want to be associated with the US fwiw
minus-squarexavier_berthiaume@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 days agoYeah the dude completely forgot that 1/5 of Canadians don’t even speak the same language as Americans…
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoAnd they other 4/5 of you make fun/dislike them for that.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 days agoI guess 80% doesn’t qualify for the adjective “largely”.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoMore Ukrainians don’t speak Russian proportionally than Canadians not speaking English.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoAnd Ukrainians probably don’t want to be equated with Russians either.
Canada is America’s Ukraine. Giant land full of natural resources and no nuclear weapons.
They can fertilise our maple stands.
I… I’m not sure if that’s a euphemism or not
Sorry
And a people largely indistinguishable from their own.
Edit: Note to self: Subtly pointing out that Trump wouldn’t want to invade Mexico because he’s a racist is not the way to go in the Fediverse because people will think you’re the racist.
I think you probably got down voted by Canadians who don’t want to be associated with the US fwiw
Yeah the dude completely forgot that 1/5 of Canadians don’t even speak the same language as Americans…
And they other 4/5 of you make fun/dislike them for that.
I guess 80% doesn’t qualify for the adjective “largely”.
More Ukrainians don’t speak Russian proportionally than Canadians not speaking English.
And Ukrainians probably don’t want to be equated with Russians either.