Trump said Canada could join the system for free if it becomes the 51st U.S. state. If not, it would cost $61 billion.
And Canada said: "No." ๐คญ
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โThey are considering the offer!โ Trump claimed.
Prize BS
I mean they are likely considering the offer. Considering it a bad joke maybe, or an insult, or most likely both.
They told him "Don't call us, we'll call you" and he interpreted it as them considering it.
Your offer has been considered, and it has been found... wanting. Do not force us to consider it further, or we may find even more things we dislike about it.
Good. Get us entirely separated from the states. We need to get off that sinking ship as fast as possible.
Save yourselves first. Always put on your oxygen mask before turning to help someone else to put on theirs. Sigh, I wish it wasn't the case that this was necessary. And it is.
After you guys get safe can you help us with our oxygen masks please? Apparently 48% of us can't figure it out.
We'll help as much as we can, but despite all appearances we're still just one little guy here, and you guys apparently have a lot of work that needs to get done. We aren't gonna be able to do it all by ourselves. Start helping your own neighbors figure their shit out and don't wait for us to come to your rescue. We'll try, but can't make any promises when shit starts getting real like this.
I donโt really know how you expect a country with a fraction of your population to be able to help you, and I donโt really understand how eager you think a country your country is threatening to invade and annex is going to be to help you
For me, it's like this. Do you know people in the same way you know a country? I'm not talking to Canada, I'm talking to Canadians. And our country, USA is a lot effed up right now. And that's gonna harm a lot more USians than it will help, I fear. I know a few Canadians, and would do a lot for any of them because of who I know them to be on a personal, not national basis. Doubtless selection bias of some sort going on to be sure. Maybe you know some people of a different nationality, ethnicity, etc, and you know they are decent people even tho' it might be the case that their government is absolute shite. And I didn't ask for anything, Said 'save yourselves first' and gave a metaphor for why that is important, but for the moment I don't really need an o2 mask, it's a metaphor.
Carney reportedly told Trump during a meeting in Washington that Canada is not interested in becoming a U.S. state.
There's fucking videos of it
Stop bringing things like facts or the truth into this!
-Seemingly most modern media in regards to American republicans.
Carney said his government is working quickly to join the EU-led โReArm Europeโ program, which plans to invest $1.25 trillion in defense over the next five years.
โSeventy-five cents of every dollar spent on defense goes to the United States. Thatโs not a smart move,โ Carney told host David Cochrane.
USA here, good for you guys. Fuck us.
"Fuck me" -US
Pay to reject data consent? What kind of devil spawn is this?
Lol best part: clicking reject and pay just lets you see the content. No payment necessary
thx
Nice trump just lost the US a trillion dollars!
Is that the government efficiency hes been talking about?
It's like having an abusive partner, we're losing our friends and allies because we won't dump his ass.
$1 250 000 000 000. Damn
Over a 5 year span and thats the total estimate for all of the EU. 5% Total GDP, 3.5% goes to military and 1.5% goes to others like cyber security
The only threat to Canada is the U.S.
Nice!! Sick burn fascist USA! ๐๐บ๐ธ๐
Join the EU next.
That would be amazing if it was easy. The EU is a political mess and adding more states would add stressful complexity. It's a peace time project and peace currently has a gun to it's head.
Welp, that's gonna be fun for NORAD... not to mention put a bit of a dent in the 'Golden Dome'... concept of a concept of a plan...
Hell yeah
Brilliant!
It doesn't matter, the companies will just procure weapons from the US and sell them to Europe anyways.
I'm pretty sure rearm europe (or SAFE as I think they want to rename it) has the intent of spending with local defence companies, moving away from us spend which is why the US is so against it
And thats so easy because theres no way to tell the difference between US and European weapons. /s