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“Very, very senior” officials in the Trump administration have had secret meetings with far-right Canadian separatists trying to shake the foundations of the country. The covert meetings between high-ranking U.S. officials and the Alberta Prosperity Project come as a widening rift appears between Canadian leadership and the White House. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney used a speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week to call out President Trump for creating a “rupture” in the existing world order.

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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 44 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Why the fuck does this administration think they can just buy countries?? Like where tf is all this coming from?

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 49 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

An asshole who was taught his whole life that he can buy whatever he wants and do whatever he wants without consequence was shat into office.

It's just a continuation

[–] C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 17 hours ago

and thus far, the world is still yet to prove otherwise

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 11 points 16 hours ago

Because not a single world leader is stepping up to do anything about it. Although they don't intend to buy anything, that's the excuse to the pretense to war. "We tried to acquire them peacefully but there was no reasoning with them. Acquiring Canada was for national security"

If the Canadian government or EU actually cared, the Canadian border would look like the Korean DMZ. But instead the UK sends one troop to Greenland.