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I love how "Canada" called him. Not one particular person, just Canada as a concept.
And that he didn’t tell this to graduating diplomats, whom would see through this peaceful transition
He told this to soldiers… hmmm….
And that he didn’t tell this to graduating diplomats, whom would see through this peaceful transition
In this sentence, “who/whom” is acting as the subject of the clause “who/whom would see through this peaceful transition” and thus should be in the nominative case “who.”
Easiest way to know when to use “whom” is to replace the word with “he/him” and follow the “m.” If “he” makes more sense, use “who.” If “him” makes more sense, use “whom.”
And if you’re not sure, just use “who.” It’ll stand out a lot less if it’s wrong, since “whom” is gradually falling out of use.
Somebody calls him just to fuck around and says "Hello, this is Canada".
He’d believe you, but only if you were doing the Bob and Doug McKenzie voice.
"Hullo, this is Tim Canada. Tim Apple gave me your number."
Who called you and when, and what did this imaginary Canadian tell you...
Also the idea that Canada that wants to join America just because of the tariffs introduced by America is retarded.
as you know, with tariffs, everyone's coming into our country.
Say what? Pretty sure there's record numbers of people leaving the country right now, and tourism is down across the board so people aren't even coming in temporarily never mind permanently. If we needed any more proof Trump was delusional this is certainly it.
You're absolutely right, there's no way Canada wants anything to do with the absolute cluster fuck Trump has turned the US into.
"Is Canada in the room with us right now?"
I see Canada. Walking around like normal people. But it doesn't know it's Canada.
Thiel called him up and pretended to be Canada
I've watched part of this speech, and it made me wonder if his handlers actually sometimes roleplay stuff for him. Like, some stories he tells sound like they're based on things he experienced in real life, but they're obviously absurd, so maybe it was just things that were played for him to make him feel good?
E. g. the part about the leaders of Azerbaijan and the other country (Trump seems to have forgotten its name, once again):
Azerbaijan was — this was going on for 36 years. They said, it’s not solvable, sir. You can’t — don’t do it. I said, I will do it. I will do it. And I got on the phone with the two countries. They were great. They were great. I knew immediately. I knew as soon as I started talking to them, we’re going to solve that war. And we did. Now they’re so happy. Now they’re friends. One said he’s been President for 32 years — 22 years. He said, you know, for 22 years, I did nothing but kill his people. They were in the room together at the Oval Office. And they started off spread like this. They have the beautiful Resolute Desk. And one was here, and one was here. You couldn’t get further away. That’s the furthest I’ve ever seen two people in front of me. And as the hour went by, they got closer, closer, closer. And at the end of the hour, we had it done. And they hugged and hugged and hugged. And I said, that’s so nice, and you’re going to remain friends. And I spoke to them — one of them — the other day. He said, no, he’s now my friend. But for 22 years, he’s been the head of Azerbaijan for 22 years. And the other guy — great guy, too — seven. And you know that war. That was a war that was not solvable. He said, for seven years. And the other one said, for 22 years, all I did was kill his people. That’s all I’ve done. I said, well, we’re going to put a stop to that. So we solved that.
Well ok, maybe he's just completely talking out of his ass here. But look at this story about some tariff billions they found on a shelf:
But the money coming in is, we’ve never seen anything like it. The other day, they had $31 billion that they found. Thirty-one billion dollars. So we found $31 billion, and we’re not sure from where it came. A gentleman came in, a financial guy. I said, well, what does that mean? He said, we don’t know where it came. I said, check the tariff shelf. No, sir. The tariffs haven’t started in that sector yet. I said, yes, they have. They started seven weeks ago. Check it. It comes back 20 minutes later. Sir, you’re right. It came from tariffs. Thirty-one billion. That’s enough to buy a lot of battleships, Admiral, to use an old term.
When he says a "gentleman came in, a financial guy", I really wonder if it was some staffer dressed up to tell him a feel-good story about tariffs.
(got the transcript from here)
This idiot really thinks that Canada will just roll over and let itself be eaten alive just because he hurt their economy a little. They'll just bite the bullet, diversify their trade partners and get out of it stronger than they were before.
We will literally burn the place to the ground and make sure you spill blood on every inch of this land before you get it
One of Canada's prime defenses, and America's too, is that it's fucking massive dude. There is literally no amount of troops you can deploy that can effectively cover that much land, especially the northern reaches, which leaves ample space for guerrilla movements to form. Even if the US took the lower 100 miles, they'd have to deal with the fact that Northern Canada would never surrender and Southern Canada would never let it be a peaceful occupation. Good luck trying to find those guerrilla networks in several million square km of forest and mountains.
Actually if I recall, America is having a shortage of Canadian visitors and I, for one, have noticed very little change in my lifestyle due to tariffs.
The tariffs are absolutely fucking up our country right now, and I live in the US, and we absolutely deserve it. It's affecting every single one of my projects (I work in an engineering/manufacturing company). Turns out 10-25% tariffs really cuts out a lot of the margin for people so we've had to significantly bump prices on aerospace components. This in turn will drive ticket prices up eventually as well. It's also affecting our groceries. And then the side effects of all of it, is the boycotts from numerous countries. It's absolutely crushing our trade.
That said, all of the boycotts are absolutely fantastic. Keep it up. Our lead-addled half of the US needs to understand what isolationist policies do to our country. Maybe it'll be the wake up call that people need to understand that international cooperation is the key to success.
Ive found buying Canadian is actually cheaper. Im literally saving money by not buying overpriced, hyperprocessed American shit tier food.
If he wants a 51st state so badly why not make it DC? Or American Samoa. For a country that revolted due to taxation without representation, they sure do have alot of "territories" that aren't being represented as their own states.
It's almost funny how full of shit he is. How has he not turned from orange to brown yet?
It would be hilarious if he wasn't the god damn president.
Canada called me a couple of weeks ago, they want to be part of it
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GirlfriendInCanada
Girlfriend in Canada
A convenient way for a character to disabuse the idea that they're either gay, too socially inept for a relationship or simply unlucky in love is to claim that they indeed have a girlfriend — but the other characters have never met her because she lives in Canada. She doesn't visit very often, but when she does they just spend all day in bed. Look, here's her entry in his phone's contact list. No, you can't see a picture.
The idea is that since "she" lives in a different country, and presumably would have to get a passport and go through all that hassle in order to visit her "boyfriend", it's particularly tempting to make her Canadian as a way of discouraging others from asking too many questions.
The tactic could be scaled up.
Canadians, you are too good an ally to be wasted on the US. The EU looks longingly in your direction.
I've always preferred Europeans' values and attitudes more anyway.
Hey look! A distraction!!
FYI Donald Shitler, citizens in Canada have plate carriers and high powered rifles. You can buy them online.
Talibans peak was 100k insurgents, estimates put Canada at 1.1 million. Have fun dipshit.
Yeah, it's not just that number of people who'd be insurgents, it's that Canada's a bit more advanced tech-wise than the Taliban, and the US's defense infrastructure has predominantly NOT been engineered for decades to repel any sort of land invasions. We also look, and outside of those crazy newfies, we sound like most generic Americans, making identifying potential threats that much more difficult.
I can only hope the military is bound to the Constitution and not the old crazy, dangerous man.
If the US military is your last hope of holding on to a democracy, I’ve got wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam and countless regime changes in Latin America and the Middle East to prove otherwise.
Hey dementia Donold and sycophants. Fuckkk off.
**They declared war on America.
Encouraged war crimes (against American citizens)**
Enacted a bunch of racist and sexist shit (beard thing)
Announced they were planning on starting wars “prepare for war” was the directive
Rejected and alienated large portions of the American population from serving on the brink of WW3
Dementia Don rambled incoherently for a long time
Threatened the generals if they didn’t show fealty to the pedo king
Said the generals aren’t sexy enough for Pete
Even if part of Canada wanted to leave and join another country, why the fuck would they join the US? Our job growth is in the shitter, no one can afford groceries, fuck you if you need medical attention because it'd be cheaper to just die. Plus there's the orange cancer toddler-in-chief currently stinking up the white house, brainworms is in charge of health, and the military is run by a moron who preaches manliness to the fucking Generals...
He thinks he can pass bullshit off on our generals and they will just accept it like his cult does. How embarrassing.
Damn, that's crazy. Now, about all the child rape...
So he declares Canada a 51st state, and suddenly the Canadian army trying to defend their country against the southern invaders suddenly is "the enemy within". Now this makes sense!