One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances is broken. Canadians are absorbing U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.

Canadians are feeling an undeniable sense of betrayal after Trump declared a trade war against America’s northern neighbor and longtime ally. Trump keeps threatening Canada’s sovereignty and and vowing to put sweeping 25% tariffs on Canadian products, though Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday afternoon the tariffs will be postponed by at least 30 days after he promised more cooperation on the border.

In Canada, discussion and disapproval are everywhere. Canadian hockey fans have even been booing the American national anthem at recent National Hockey League games. Addressing the nation this past weekend, Trudeau channeled the betrayal that many Canadians are feeling, reminding Americans that Canadian troops fought alongside them in Afghanistan and helped respond to myriad crises from wildfires in California to Hurricane Katrina. “We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people,” he said.

The Canadian jitters, some worry, could go beyond the moment. “The damage is going to be long-lasting,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto. “The Americans won’t be trusted anymore. The 51st state stuff is just contemptuous. It treats Canada like we don’t even exist.”

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  • Majorllama@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    gestures broadly at north America

    90% of you snow frogs live within 100 miles of the US. Nearly all of your trade is with the US. Your largest city with 70% of your entire countries population is farther south than the “top” of the US (if you remove Alaska).

    On what planet do you guys think that if we stopped being allies that we would be hurting more than you guys would be hurting?

    • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Actual sources, not just your useless gestures.

      You do realize, that if Canada isn’t an ally to America, neither is Mexico, all of Europe and so forth…america is literally isolating themselves to be liked by the same countries that love russia, north Korea… Ain’t nobody wanna be allies with some Nazi prick who’s attacking everyone after decades of friendly history.

      Don’t even bother replying, I don’t care what you have to say. Your blabber is useless

      • Majorllama@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        It’s cute that you think other nations would side with Canada in the unlikely situation there we are no longer allies.

        I’m sure some would side with Canada, but I think you would find it pretty lonely in that little group.

        We could invade Canada with the fuckin national guard if we wanted. Y’all have like 3 tanks and a bunch of moose. Hell we could probably have Montana do it on their own.

        • chingadera@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          You’re a fucking moron dude. Of course they would, because they just saw us try to fuck over our most valued alliances, just for meaningless posturing.

          Now think more than one step ahead and figure out what would happen if anything were truly on the line. This move has to be the largest political blunder of all time and the only value it has is having idiots like you cheering for it, while making the rest of Americans afraid to travel because people like you make the planet fucking hate us.

          You are the loud dude at the bar harassing women. You’re the guy that buys a diesel truck to “roll coal”, you’re the guy that no one can stand to be around because you can’t stop for just a godamn second and evaluate who you are and how it affects others.

          From the bottom of my heart, go fuck yourself, and if you are like this guy and you’re reading this as well, it’s also for you.

          • Majorllama@lemmy.world
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            1 day ago

            1. I don’t like bars. They are too loud for actual conversation, the drinks are overpriced and I typically don’t enjoy the company of women that go to bars frequently. I have also never harassed any women I don’t know. I have jokingly harassed women who already know me, but I doubt that’s what you’re talking about there.

            2. Never owned a truck. Never “rolled coal” in my life.

            3. I get along with basically any group of people you introduce me to as long as it isn’t a bunch of extremist nutjobs such as yourself. I was able to get along with every clique in highschool/college and I have only had one coworker in my entire life that I didn’t get along with.

            You are making a lot of assumptions about me and literally none of them have been correct.

      • Majorllama@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        Snow frogs is an offensive term for most Canadians. I learned it from a Canadian buddy of mine who loves to talk shit about Americans all day, but can never take anything back. I see that is a common issue with you lot.

        A source for what? Reality? Terrorists have been using Canada as the preferred point of entry into America for years now. Trump asked y’all to be better about the border and you said no. He said ok then enjoy losing most of your American customers when they stop buying Canadian goods because of these higher prices y’all will have to charge due to the tariffs. Once your government bean counters looked at the situation yall bent over backwards promising to keep a better eye on the border instead.

        And yes you would be correct. The US doesn’t need those billions of oil, mineral fuels machinery and vehicles. It’s currently cheaper to just buy them from you, but if y’all fell off the face of the earth tomorrow we would just ramp up production of those things domestically. It would suck for awhile as we have to build and ramp up production but we are more than capable of fulfilling those things ourselves.