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  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    98·
    7 months ago

    Following the dinner between Trump and Trudeau, where Trump reportedly made a joke about Canadian statehood, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters that they knew “the conversation was going to be lighthearted” and that “the president was teasing us.”

    Trump doesn’t tell jokes, he’s not a comedian.

    • Mirshe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      7 months ago

      Also, anyone who’s actually been involved in international politics, LIKE TRUMP DID FOR FOUR YEARS, should know that one does not “joke” in international politics. One assumes that the words coming out of one’s mouth will be taken at face value, no matter how many “it was a joke” retractions and posts and apologies you make.

    • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Trudeau and Freeland handled the last term better than anyone around here expected.

      Definitely helped having a PM with experience working with children.

  • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
    56·
    7 months ago

    We’ve been here before people. 2016-2020. For your mental health, zone out of anything he says. Only what he does matters.

    • TrippaSnippa@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, I am not reading this shit again. I will not reward the complicit media with clicks and attention for their part in getting him re-elected.

  • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    372·
    7 months ago

    Is this a threat? Does this indicate imminent invasion of Canada soon after Trump resumes power? Is this how he means to deal with border issues, by erasing borders with Canada? What about Mexico? /s

    • Nomecks@lemmy.caEnglish
      38·
      7 months ago

      Canada is America’s Ukraine. Giant land full of natural resources and no nuclear weapons.

    • alexc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      192·
      7 months ago

      I suspect about 40% of the population would approve. Our rural population is very similarly aligned with rural Americans, which is why they’re all rooting that that vapid, low impact Trump-alike Polievre who is running essentially unopposed right now. I can see him rolling over if Trump and his good squad came a-knocking.

      It’s also possible that Trump watched the first twenty minutes of the movie Canadian Bacon and thought it was his daily brief.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      He’s already floating invasion of Mexico… No /s

      It wouldn’t surprise me if he also tried Canada.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      83·
      7 months ago

      Dude is a zionist who supports the theft, ethnic cleansing, and colonization of palestine.

      Why not canada?

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    Lol! What do you mean Saddam Hussein wasn’t Mexican? He and his buddy Assad and the guy who we dropped in the ocean in the ebd.

  • Hawke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    7 months ago

    Canada is a state, just not a part of the United States. Why is this controversial?

    Edit: ah, I see. I glossed over the “governor” part.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      The governor general of Canada is Mary Simon. Trump clearly doesn’t understand what he’s saying.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        22·
        7 months ago

        That’s because the orange asshole thought he was playing 4D chess when in fact he was playing checkers.

        Tell me you think he even knows the difference. /s