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How would any number of nukes protect Canada from a country with over 5,000 of them.
The idea of CAF spending for actual defense of Canada is delusional and naive. CAF spending is about bribery to US industry.
It doesn't matter how many nukes the US has. If we have the capability to turn NYC into the surface of the moon, the US wouldn't risk it.
Just the threat of a few nukes taking out DC or some other major city is usually enough of a deterrent to not start shit. Yeah, they could litter Canada with ground zero zones, but that's not the point.
Trump is a different animal though. Most humans care about other people so the threat of a country nuking New York or DC is a pretty good reason to make political arrangements this doesn't happen. Trump hates humanity and only cares about himself. I honestly think he would be in heaven if a nuke took out LA or Portland.