Victor Villas

Canada is a sovereign state, because it has its own constitution and government. It is true that King Charles III is the head of the Monarchy but that is inconsequential and for all intents and purposes, irrelevant.

I don’t know why you think I’m assigning Trump voters any intelligence. I am certain they’re incapable of critical thinking.

I’m not saying people are interpreting what “America First” means. What I’m saying is that the meaning of “America First” is clear to anyone who thinks it through, and it takes a moron to not to consider that eventually Trump’s aggression will turn to allies, and to large swaths of his own voter base as well.

But the fact that the meaning is obfuscated in discourse doesn’t change that people voted for this, because there was ample evidence of the true meaning, evidence that can only be ignored purposefully. They voted for this, they voted him for “America First”. It’s like driving home without thinking, with the brain fully on autopilot. People know what they’re doing, even if they’re not thinking it through.

if Trump was campaigning on a strategy of invading Canada from the start, I see things playing out very differently.

Obviously, but irrelevant. Like I said… Electing someone based on what they say (promises) instead of based on what they did (specially to others) is a form of “not giving a fuck”.

Trump will not campaign on being aggressive towards allies. He’ll do it after securing power. During campaign, that’s what the “America First” rhetoric means: vote me to strong-arm everyone I can. People voted him in for this, now we’re seeing it.

There was ample evidence that he would be belligerent against allies.

The threats to Canadian sovereignty feel very new and the reaction from Canada feels very different this time.

That much is fair to say. The disrespect amped up a thousand percent compared to just threatening tariffs like last time, which explains why the reaction feels so different.

But once again, even though the scale is increased and it might feel new to you and to many Canadians, nothing here should be a surprise. Trump praised Putin on invading Ukraine, he in no uncertain terms threatened the invasion of Venezuela, and floated the idea of bombing Mexico.

Threatening to annex Canada is surprising insofar as being a surprising choice of target. That he’s deranged and bellicose towards other countries, it’s nothing new. So every time he points his enshitification gaze at some other group, Americans voting far-right (or not voting at all) will still be defensive as we tell them: yes, you voted for this shit, exactly this shit, you just didn’t realize you were doing because you didn’t give a fuck.

Now the target is kind of a friend, so a few fucks are given. That’s the only, and very minor, difference. Can I predict which country he’ll threaten next? No. But he will keep at it. Over and over.

Edit to add one last thing: “They elected him based on his campaign” is a cop-out. Electing someone based on what they say (promises) instead of based on what they did (specially to others) is a form of “not giving a fuck”.

So, in your fury, what would you suggest?

Get organized and ramp up your activism, whatever kind fits your life and priorities.

inb4: Alaska allows Russian military base and Russian military exercises near Yukon and BC

There’s no relevance to “did”. There’s “doing” and “not doing”.

He literally started this tariffs thing last time too. No one can claim to be blindsided by this.

Everyone who voted Trump - including those mad because they did not elect him to do this - has brainworms.

It’s just that Americans don’t care, so they wouldn’t remember how Trump tried to strong-arm Mexico and Canada using tariffs in his first term. Americans will burn the rest of the world in the hopes of cheaper gas. Now, increasingly burning themselves in hopes of cheaper gas.

It happens.

Get organized.

I think the Liberals learned their lesson on immigration, hence the aggressive cuts recently

I’m enjoying Kim’s Convenience and North of North. Also looking forward to the next season of Short Film Face-off and The Great Canadian Potery Throw-down

People don’t understand what’s up with abandoning healthcare. Ford keeps getting re-elected…

Living in Vancouver, I honestly think it’s more advantageous to learn Chinese than French. The only reason I didn’t fully switch my language studies is because Chinese is waaaay harder to learn (as an English and Portuguese speaker), so even though it’s more useful here, it’s still not that worth the effort.

is Canada is very left leaning

Idk, this election is very close for a Poilievre win. Pretty sure the Fox News propaganda machine would do its magic in no time.

That’s what it takes to call the whole thing “super lazy reporting”? Seems a bit extreme

I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada.

This shit is ominous. This demon is ready to invade and take control of the Québec-Windsor corridor.