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It’s blatant extortion now.

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[–] Corno@lemm.ee 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He needs to find a more productive obsession that's much less likely to lead to a war, like building model boats.

[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I miss the good old days when he just obsessed about fucking his daughter instead of my country.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Think on the bright side we might get an RTJ5 out of this lol

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ours@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It worked for Bush Jr. but only after he fucked up everything with the "War on Terror". We're still picking the pieces up from that mess.

[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

If it were a just world, nearly all US presidents would be tried at the Hauge.

[–] cool@lemmings.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There will be no war between the US and Canada.

We all know it's just bluster.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

We all know it's just bluster.

Was it "all bluster" when he told his followers to "stop the steal" on Jan6 a few years ago?

[–] el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

If we were living in a rational world I'd agree, but with all the ludicrous stuff we've seen in the last few months I'm not convinced we are. We really shouldn't dismiss anything as impossible with Trump at the helm of the US. It's a hope for the best, prepare for the worst kind of time.

When Doug Ford was going to tax the electricity going into the US, Trump said on Truth Social:

I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada.

I find that extremely worrying. With enough bluster and showing of force all it takes is one mistake to kick things off.