The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, according to reports last night.
Canada, which has the current Group of Seven presidency, proposed the measure ahead of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Quebec later this week.
In negotiations to agree a joint statement on maritime issues, the US is pushing to strengthen language about China while watering down wording on Russia, the reports said.
America
Correct. Nice to see headlines reflecting the complicity of the nation.
Fuck you, fix your country before we all die.
Fuck you.
If you’re waiting on Americans to storm the capital, then you’re going to have to wait until a Democrat wins the presidency again.
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You act like it’s an America problem and not a billionaire problem. Where do you live that you think the same billionaires don’t own you too?
We need to transcend nations before we all die and a handful of oligarchs have power forever.
Lmao Don’t act like people from the US didn’t vote for exactly this. This is an America problem. Through and through. FAFO
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Lordy what ivory tower? Lmao.
How many decades has the united States told other countries how they are the shining beacon on the hill? How long has the US put their finger in latin America? How many more American guns need to come into my country.
You all were told that electing that idiot into office would have horrendous outcomes, not only for the US, but for the world. Y’all did it twice. Hence the FAFO
You act like Americans weren’t screaming at other Americans saying that this would be the exact outcome. You also act like Americans weren’t yelling at other Americans about guns, imperialism, climate, and so much more of the country’s vices. And lastly, you act like Americans don’t get punished years down the line after their leaders make the most brain-dead decisions imaginable.
Americans absolutely did not vote for this! You call an election where one man can pay out a quarter billion - legally - a fair election? Do you think 90% of Russians vote for Putin too? We’re cooked and getting more cooked. Point and laugh and act like this isn’t bad news for the world.
Voted for it twice. C’mon now. This has been a long time coming. Trump-phenomenon didn’t happen overnight or in this last election.
And I’m not pointing or laughing. I didn’t learn English because it’s fun, I dreamed about living the American dream. I believed in the US. I grew up on GI Joe. It’s sad actually. I remember when the USSR was the enemy and now y’alls UN vote is aligned. The US soft power has plummeted.
God fucking damn that rapist traitor and all the shitheads that put him there.
I mean apart from the logic of sanctions, those shadowfleet boats are “environmental disaster” ticking timebombs. They are not very safe or seaworthy.
Some of them have extreme strange huge anchors, which tend to drag 100 km across the oceanfloor and mysterously break critical communication cables in Europe and so. Others have dubious highend technical devices on board.
Nice detail is that somehow they end up being owned by a Hong Kong Ltd.
They’re basically modern privateers - acting on behest of their leader nations, but with public deniability. Every once in a while I wonder what it would take for a Nemo-type character to show up, commandeer a submarine, and start stalking/hunting them.
create a new coalition of G6 let US stay in G7 alone.
This reminds me of 2014 when it stopped being the G8.
Fuck yeah. Pop some bottles in the ice
He needs to be impeached and the shitheads he’s put in removed.
Just kick them out already, america can get fucked
Please keep us on the newsletter though so we can rejoin when the adults resume control
Trust is gone. At least from my perspective as a Canadian
Oh I don’t think we expect you guys to trust us at all for a long ass time.
When the adults come back we just want to make sure we can bring the rest of the country up to speed. It gonna take a long time and a lot of restructuring to build trust again
The United States as we have known it for all of our lifetimes is dead, adults will never steer that ship again. There are certain portions of it that may be reasonable and trustable allies again at some point. But the current form of my country will never return to reason. I genuinely hope you don’t think we’ll have free and fair national elections again
Can’t say I blame you! I lost trust in most of my fellow Americans long ago. But, some of us are decent.
My mom was from New Jersey. I have a lot of family there and only one cousin is MAGA. I know most Americans are ok but if this happened now it could happen again.
Oh, as long as we have gerrymandering, I guarantee that it will continue to happen again. That is why my wife and I had been on our way out of the country permanently for over a year. But, unfortunately, ran into some unexpected roadblocks for now.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,"
Well, I had a chance to vote against it in my state this year. Unfortunately, I lost this one.
not only gerrymandering but voter suppression, plus thier constant rigging never gets challenged, or even investigated.
For sure. And shitty ass candidates.
So can we dump the USA from the g7? Make it g6
Please kick us out of the G7! Turn off our power. Tariff everything. Make us hurt - that is the only way we will get rid of trump. Once social security goes away people will finally realize what is happening
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Traitor.
Make it a G6. Problem solved. Russia isn’t in the G7 so it shouldn’t have a vote or veto in the first place. Not directly nor by proxy.
Why don’t they just move ahead with the plan regardless of America? The US has made it pretty clear they intend to depart NATO, and so the rest of the organization may as well just move forward regardless of what the US says.
The US position here is “We are rethinking our position here, and thus can’t get involved in any new business,” which to me is fair. Regardless of how anyone feels about their decision to leave, if they’re deciding to leave, it makes sense to not start something that will keep them involved.
Why don’t they just move ahead with the plan regardless of America?
It’s in the article. G7 is about consensus. Doesn’t mean other parties won’t have their own plans.
Just make it a European operation and that’s it.
Blyat!
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