Following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement on Monday, Trump claimed credit for the decision, saying that people in Canada “love” the idea of becoming a U.S. state. This prompted Ford to make his own comments about acquiring U.S. territories.
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus rejected the idea outright, pointing to differences in the nations’ laws. Angus stated on X that Canada has rules preventing “sexual abusers” from becoming leaders, a clear reference to allegations against Trump.
I would love to have seen Trump’s face when he heard that rejection.
If PM is prime minister, is MP minister prime?
Member of Parliment.
Can we change it to Minister Prime? It seems like a cooler title
Mrime Pinister
Perfect 🤌
Too autobot-ish.
Minister Prime sounds like a transformers name.
Instead, how about California, Oregon and Washington joining Canada?
If this means high-speed rail from Vancouver to LA, sign us up!
I don’t mean to be depressing but envying Canada for its spectacular rail service would be inadvisable.
Can’t be worse than the US’s.
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West coast reporting in, I support this.
…aight, just give the rest of us some fair warning first. I live deep in Y’all Qaeda territory, and I don’t want to miss that boat!
We can join Mexico, brother! Hola a todos, estoy lista.
Es mejor que la mierda aqui… por que no, estoy lista tambien.
Can we please sweeten the deal with the entire Northeast region? Hell, they can decide if they want New Jersey too
Nobody chooses New Jersey. Even New Jersey doesn’t want to be New Jersey.
Bitch please, at least they arent ohio.
Dont forget Hawaii. Its one of the bluest states in the country.
Californian here. I’m on board.
Washingtonian here. All in as well!
Don’t forget Vermont!
Please don’t leave new England behind
Take Illinois as well. I want to be Canadian!
Please sell Minnesota/Minneapolis to Canada. Please. I would much rather be Canadian.
You’re honorary Canadians, eh buddy.
…United Healthcare is headquartered here so… It really doesn’t feel like it
Its weird. I had UHC for several years and had no problem with them covering anything. I kind of wonder if they treat locals differently because their employees would be affected?
It is possible that some VP paid a fortune to have someone determine the maximum distance that an angry mob was willing to travel and now they make sure to only screw over people inside that boundary just enough to keep it sub angry mob levels.
Nah, they just experiment with new fuckery on the east coast before it comes here.
How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?
Joke’s on them—Minneapolis is in Minnesota, so they’d only be getting two regions instead of three. Sell them quick before they catch on!
Doug Ford has room temperature IQ, don’t judge him too harshly (ya know what, fuck that. Judge him even harsher)
Doug Ford has room temperature IQ
In Celsius.
As a Minnesotan I approve this message. Sell us quick!
As a Minnesotan I’m okay with this.
I don’t think Canadians would have a problem with taking on Minnesota.
Watch out about offering to buy something. Sometimes they force you to go through with it.
Ask Elon.
That worked out for him.
He ended up owning the whole fucking country.
Or they add a lot more to the deal. New Orleans wasn’t worth the rest of it.
Not to nitpick but Ford offered to buy Minnesota and Minneapolis but Minneapolis is a city IN Minnesota. I think it would come with. Kind of like whip cream.
While stories like this might make Doug Ford seem like a pretty cool guy, rest assured that he’s an idiot. And a terrible Premier.
Frankly I’m surprised he’s not bending the knee for Trump. The two have a lot more in common than they do differences.
Good to know. Thanks. Not up on Canadian politics. US politics keeps me pretty busy these days. You know, mostly cringing in fear.
Idk it’s basically like the cities and a whole lot of nothing. He might have just been like throw in the rest of Minnesota, but no deal without Minneapolis.
It’s whipped not whip my guy
I want to get angry, but your right damn it. So thank you for correcting me.
Florida! Let’s take this chance to dump Florida off onto somebody else!
Half of Canadians live below the 49th latitude I think, so technically a lot of americans live further north than the average canadian.
new england is right there canada like we’d volunteer happily.
Dumbass would probably take the offer if he thought he could get away with it
“I’ve talked to so many governors and congresspeople and senators and never once did they say Canada is the problem,” Ford told CNN. He emphasized that a bilateral deal between Canada and the U.S. would be a better solution than imposing tariffs on Canadian goods.
I’m no fan of Doug Ford, but he’s right here. I guess Trump’s plan is to drive Canada into the ground economically through tariffs then invade or otherwise annex Canada when it’s too poor and desperate to resist. But why? It would be more profitable to both the USA and Canada simply not to do any of this. There are only two explanations I can think of:
- Belligerence is the only thing Trump understands, even when it works to his own disadvantage, because actual diplomacy is too complicated for him and soft power contains the word “soft”, and/or
- Trump isn’t working for the interests of the USA, but rather for those who want to see NATO and other Western alliances destroyed.
Yes, please buy Texas and Florida
I mean would you rather join Canada or stay in the United States. Because if Texas gets to join Canada, I’m moving to Texas.
How much control does Canada have over the provinces? Cause I’m not interested in slightly-Canadian Texas, they gotta go further than that.
Not sure but I just want healthcare
As a Texan, I’d fully support our state becoming part of a newly created Southwest Territories that is governed by Canada.
As someone who lives in Texas, yes please, I can’t afford healthcare
Lamesauce, the correct response to anything Trump says is …
I’m not super well-versed in Canadian politics, but isn’t Doug Ford basically a mini-Trump?
Lets do it! That means I’d be able to road trip to the west coast with only 1 border crossing.
