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Trump administration 2024-2028
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Altair
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A fair distinction.
I'm not holding my breath. These are the same people who said the president has broad immunity from criminal prosecution for their "official acts" while in office.
Brad Sallows
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Of course they did. Its the fundamental principle keeping US presidents from spending 100% of their time defending themselves against criminal charges. Questionable drone assassinations alone would suffice.
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You mean like drone strikes against US citizens?
Bull. 44 previous presidents were not plagued and stymied in their duties by that threat. Trump’s experience was unique because his multiple crimes and the context thereof were unique. If such a sweeping executive privilege were required to allow the president to govern that would have become clear and been acted upon a century or more ago.
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Presumably. There are plenty of other potential outrages that US courts would be competent to hear.
I can guess that most people who want to see Trump answering for "official acts" would feel differently about Reagan (eg. Iran-Contra) or Clinton (eg. Al Shifa) or Bush (eg. many things) or Obama (eg. also many things) or any future US president. For them, that would mean they hold a position based on political advantage, not principles. It should be obvious by now that selective lawfare is a stupid path to take, but there is no shortage of people capable not only of believing that their short-term ends should justify whatever means are necessary, but equally capable of being bewildered that they should not enjoy the beneficial end of a double standard.
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If the most resolute opponents of the president-of-the-day, whatever president, whatever day, believed they could tie him up in the courts, they would. Getting a president into court over a misuse of military force is a lot juicier than fraud or overwrought imaginings of revolution. A great many people are completely aware that the process is the punishment. 44 previous presidents served while a figurative fence still stood. Now it has been pushed down, and only the USSC stands in the way. "We've found the man; now we'll find a crime." It was foolish to essentially express that sentiment; it was foolish of everyone who heard it not to shun the speakers into oblivion. That shit will never go back into a horse.
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Probably similar to when US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki was assassinated on order of President Obama.
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The Liberal Party’s fetish for the PRC is extremely disturbing. Probably the main reason from me never voting for them.
There are a lot of other wealthy democratic countries out there to be expanding trade with. Trading an unreliable and fickle partner for an aggressive one hostile to our way of life is not a good idea.
Altair
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Ever hear the maxim, don't fight a two front war?
As for other wealthy democratic countries out there, which ones are you speaking of? The only wealthy democratic countries in the G20 we don't have a trade deal with currently are India, SK, and Brazil...I think.
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And I'm SURE, given Temu's sterling customer service record, they'll look exactly like this ....
Meanwhile, say "cheese."
U.S. to take photos of all travellers entering or leaving the country
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is amending its policies to require that all non-citizens — including Canadians — be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.
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Who said anything about fighting? Just don’t go grovelling to a known hostile actor we’re on the outs with while our main partner is having a hissy fit.
The Liberals have battered wife syndrome when it comes to the PRC. The Tories have it with the US.
I’m not getting wrapped around the axle on this. Most countries have considerable entry and often exit controls. Every state has absolute sovereign right to control its borders. They’re well within their rights to verify identity and admissibility of everyone coming in. We should be doing generally the same for every non-citizen.And I'm SURE, given Temu's sterling customer service record, they'll look exactly like this ....
Meanwhile, say "cheese."
U.S. to take photos of all travellers entering or leaving the country
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is amending its policies to require that all non-citizens — including Canadians — be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
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Using Trump and the label of "unreliable", "hostile", or whatever other pejorative for the USA is absolutely the deflection I'd expect from the LPC to justify cozying up to the CCP. Anyone advocating for closer connections to the CCP vice USA is not at all read-in on even open source information on the subject.
Trump is temporary and so are the most offensive parts of his policy. But neither the Democrats nor a different Republican POTUS will roll back on a lot of what is changing.
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Meanwhile, say "cheese."
U.S. to take photos of all travellers entering or leaving the country
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is amending its policies to require that all non-citizens — including Canadians — be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.
I seen that. I don't think it's a terrible idea.
CBSA apparently has warrants for 32,000 foreigners in Canada whom they lost track of. I don't see any issues with taking pictures or even finger prints of foreigners entering into a country for security reasons.
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Palmerston comes to mind
"We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow"
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Does that actually work? The book was written by a guy that bankrupted casinos and generally fails at most things he does, and was riding on inherited real estate wealth.
His current success is due to milking his cult followings as well as astonishing levels of open corruption and graft.
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we are already fighting with China. Can we stop without making the situation worse with the US is the question
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Not really a choice if China behaves like it thinks we ought to be approximately its vassal.
There is always room for improvement in any of the deals extant. There is plenty to be done before kowtowing to the emperor in the palace.
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So we are in a trade war with the number one and number two economies in the world and have a trade deal already with number 3.
Where does that leave us exactly?
That's what I mean about two front war. How is Canada meant to survive against both the USA and China? There is no path to peace with the USA, there is with China.
Something has to give.