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2026 US-Denmark Tensions/End of NATO
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You could look at that a few ways. The LPC party has been in power for 11 years. PMMC is a new leader. There is a well documented LPC track record of dithering.
Comparatively, Trump is not "new", but he's only one year into this term after a big loss. It is his last term. His party is temporarily in control. He has a track record of aggressively (maliciously?) pursuing his aims.
No, not the same.
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I hate to break it to you but that is only justification for the US doing what it's doing.
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Given America does more trade with China than we do, wouldn't slipping into bed with China also be slipping into bed with America? Or is America's trade magically different from our because reasons?
I'm guessing you missed the last of Carney's speech where he talked about doing business with people we dont necessarily like, because it's good for Canada. The exact same approach America has been taking with trade since at least 1945.
I don't have to like or agree with Bob across the street, but if he wants to buy tomatoes from my garden at fair prices, I'll sell them to him. The same applies to countries. America doesn't particularly like Saudi Arabia, but as long as the Saudis keep the peace and buy American kit, America plays ball with them.
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Not even close to what Carney got. It was embarrassingly light and tentative.
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No, but The Beaverton's running this ...
Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Following his poorly-received and rambling address at the World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump angrily demanded that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney personally give him the standing ovation he earned for his speech yesterday.
www.thebeaverton.com
Meanwhile, from Catholic media:
Broglio: US troops could refuse Greenland orders
The archbishop of the U.S. military services said U.S. troops in good conscience could refuse orders to invade an ally.
www.pillarcatholic.com
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The old maxim on leadership: 'You can delegate authority, but not responsibility'.
His hand-picked appointees, under his watch, have:
Actions vs words indeed.
His hand-picked appointees, under his watch, have:
- summarily executed mariners on the high seas (how quickly we forgot about those)
- abducted the head of a sovereign nation
- arrested and detained US citizens on US soil without probable cause (and possibly murdered one)
- weaponized the justice system against his enemies (ya, I know, they all do it). Or at least tried; it turns out an interim federal attorney had no so much as litigated a parking ticket.
Actions vs words indeed.
Yep. The criticism from Americans and Trump fans on this is total bonkers. Most of Canada's allies to do more trade with China in both absolute and relative terms. We're the boy scout in all this. And where did that leave us? With two Canadians in jail for an executive the Americans decided not to prosecute in the end anyway.
Worse, Trump openly says that the US should exploit countries that rely on the US. He doesn't see the two thirds of Canadian exports to the US as sign of a special relationship. He sees it as weakness to be exploited. This is why even Stephen Harper is openly calling for diversification away from the US.
