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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Members of a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who visited Ottawa this past weekend say they want to bolster the Canada-U.S. relationship despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent attacks

I'm not Canadian, but as a European this is my reaction to senators reaching out:
Yeah that's not how this works. Get rid of the Trump administration should be your priority.
Then depending on what happens, maybe we can talk.

USA is per definition an enemy now to both Canada and EU, an enemy that threatens invasion, and is attempting to destroy the economies of close allies. USA as a country is letting this happen, and we have to respond to USA as a country.

We can't have individual policies with groups of congressmen.

[–] Grant_M 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I say this as an American.

I hope tourism to USA plummets to nil or near 0 while orange man is in office. Have already seen a vast majority of conferences move their venues away from US. The few that have stayed in US had low participation/attendance.

This country only understands $$$, unfortunately. The people that voted for this idiocracy are very much likely the same people impacted negatively by orangutan administration policies.

[–] 60d 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can add China, Mexico, and basically any country that his blanket tariffs touch. Which I believe is

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EVERY FUCKING COUNTRY.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Those ungrateful guys never visit anyway...nastiest tourists I've ever seen. Bigly.

[–] 60d 2 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, I forgot about the penguins 🐧 😅

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

In Quebec, there have been reps from Vermont doing an advertising push to convince people to travel to their state. They were struggling to convince anyone.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

while orange man is in office.

While orange man is in office and/or while the democratic party also supports a far right wing genocide. The US needs to clean house of both problems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

In the US there are 2 parties: the Democrats which are right wing and the Republicans which are right wing extremists. Both parties support Israel in their war crimes, only one of them is turning the US in a dictatorship right now while the other one isn't doing anything about it. The entire system is fucked up and corrupt. Everything needs to change. But right now diaper Donny and his baboons are the biggest problem.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Dude, we (the U.S.) are being total hosers right now.

[–] hume_lemmy 2 points 2 weeks ago

"GREAT WHITE NO", it's all right there.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

Dear Canadians, please tell the US to fuck off.

Source: US citizen.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The U.S. has become Russia-lite. Literally any non-citizen can be sent off to a torture prison forever for zero reason and with no recourse. (Citizens can too, but it hasn't happened yet.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

*citizens can too, but only the brown ones

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

So far, citizens have been deported. But not sent to the torture prison. Having said that, the way that they have sent people away means they absolutely could send a citizen and there's no extra protection.

In other words, without due process we should assume every single one of them are innocent citizens (not that an immigrant deserves to be tortured any more than a citizen).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ya, no. Trump just wants Canada's oil reserves. Probably why he wants Greenland, too.

[–] Grant_M 1 points 2 weeks ago

He and his owner, Putin.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe the US should fix your goddamn country first before meddling in the affairs of others.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Just stay out Canadians, for your own good.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

No, we haven't gotten rid of those rabid raccoons that keep biting you, but you should totally come back over!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

No. Fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Anyone who willingly goes to the Untied States is a fool

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Lolz. Take off, hoser.

[–] Grant_M 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The thing these American politicians are getting wrong consistently is that for Canadians, this isn't about tariffs at all. It's about the convicted felon's annexation threats and his fascist ICE gestapo/gulags. We aren't going there until that regime is ousted -- and likely not for a LONG time after that.

[–] Grant_M 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oust the rapist trump regime first, THEN we can begin discussions.