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submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” on Truth Social, following recent discussions about tariffs on Canada.

Trump has joked about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, linking the idea to U.S. trade deficits with Canada and Mexico.

Trudeau, responding to tariff threats, pledged to counter any unfair trade measures.

The remarks have sparked lighthearted responses, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford joking about the War of 1812 and Sen. Bernie Sanders referencing Canada’s healthcare system.

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[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 134 points 1 week ago

🤦‍♂️ it’s gonna be a long 4 years

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 67 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe someone like Luigi will help us out. Mario?

[-] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago

Then we just get JD Vance.

And after him, another.

It's going to take all of us.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

Peach? Yoshi? Bowser? There are a lot of ride-or-dies in the crew.

[-] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

BREAKING NEWS:

Waluigi & Wario arrested after shooting President-elect Trump & JD Vance!

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

I’m not sure how many it would take to make me sad. Probably a lot. How much is 1% of the population? That’s probable when I’ll stop laughing and suggest maybe we think about another solution. But I dunno, seeing people who allow people to die for a profit won’t ever get old.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

We had one, he missed allegedly, l.

[-] ramsorge@discuss.online 2 points 1 week ago

Poor Tommy “Iron Sights” Crooks.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

It will only be 4 years if we're lucky.

[-] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

It already feels like it has been a long month and he isn’t even in the office right now

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 74 points 1 week ago

God, I would feel so happy and safe if my neighbor joked about subjugating me under his rule. Especially when they're 8x my population and have 26x the military budget.

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago

Americans would be better off under Canadian rule.

I’m not for imperialism, but at this point, can we just hand the US back to the UK.

Like, they tried this whole independence thing, it clearly did not work.

(obvious /s on the UK part)

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 17 points 1 week ago

obvious /s on the UK part

Obviously. The US belong to France.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

We (NATO countries) would have your back but damn is this a bleak thought, I do not like imagining this situation unfolding at all.

Long-shot 2025-2029 bingo card square: Canada joins the CSTO, USA rolls over the border, Russians rush in, WWIII and nuclear armageddon with a delicious maple flavor. I'd read that book, anyway, but hope it's fiction rather than history in a decade or so.

[-] Kaavi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I put USA joins CSTO on my bingo card square - I see a special bond between Russia and USA, Trump have a crush on Putin.

[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

As opposed to the whining shit pants child running the kindergarten that is America.

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

I beg your pardon, out of the 100 kids old enough to talk, 51 said this is the best kid to rule the kindergarten.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Remember student councils? Doing like elections and shit in grade 6 or whatever.

People campaign on shit like ‘no school on Fridays if you vote for me’ or ‘a Nintendo in every class’. And people vote accordingly.

And that’s the extent of our political education and it continues to work even when spoke by the same demonstrable liars and idiots.

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 week ago

And exactly why, as an adult, can't I vote for "no work on Fridays"? Why can't I decide for myself as adult "I don't want to spend money on universal healthcare, I want to spend it on weed, and if tomorrow I get cancer I'll happily die, I'll take that gamble". Who are you, anon, to take that choice away from me and, who the f are you to dictate me how to responsibly live my life?

And if you think you know what's best for me, or for whoever else voted for the "wrong for them" politician, then you're simply against democracy. State this clearly "I know what's best for people, and they don't cuz they're sheep trusting the wolf".

And suddenly instead of being a resistance fighter you turn into a benevolent superior being whose help is somehow unappreciated. A very different picture in my opinion.

[-] Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You can't vote for those things because nobody is actually offering them. That's the point of the student council analogy.

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Actually about 37 of them didn't say anything at all so only 31 of the kids wanted him in

[-] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the heavily armed free-fire warzone nazi casino kindergarden lol

[-] Clent@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

How many electoral college votes and house of representative seats would they get with their population?

Not sure this would play in his favor.

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

If Canada was granted several states then we would tilt the senate to the democrats.

Most likely he’d want us a slave state like Puerto Rico

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

But he clearly said state, I thought Puerto Rico was famously not an official state.

[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

He clearly says lots of things he hasn’t thought out, understand or is going to go back on. He’s a liar.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, I’m not expecting logical consistency, more like just seeing what the implication is via a thought experiment.

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

And Trump is the mayor of the state of Denial.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Mayor of North-Mexico

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

He hasn't started yet and is already alienating Canada and Mexico, both it's biggest trading partners.

Those two working together could already run the US into the ground financially

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Big words from the button holding up Canada's pants

[-] Geobloke@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Time to make Shoresy the US ambassador. I'd love to see what he'd say about melania

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Given the definition of 'state', isn't that actually correct, even if misleading to the modern ear?

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Would we keep our health care or, even less likely but better, extend the healthcare to the US?

If it’s the second one, the answer is still no but I would love to help our American peeps in theory.

Edit:

Also, since the US cares more about a state’s land than population, how many seats do we get?

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Justin should hold all meetings at like Jubilee heights, Chrysler field, etc, and see how long until his people Get It.

It may be too subtle for them. It may be too subtle for us here.

[-] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

... Can you explain for my friend? I'd explain it to them myself, but I don't want to make them feel bad for not knowing.

[-] Kaput@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's too subtle for me...

this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2024
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