U.S. Annexing Canada (split fm Liberal Minority thread)

[Brad Sallows]

David Frum has an interesting opinion of Trump.

An "Axis of Evil" speech contributor is worried about possible aggression? Please to excuse gales of laughter.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Just heard this tidbit here (about 20 minutes in) re: one of the clips that doesn't seem to have made it out into MSM because it was on the subscriber-only "extras reel" of the Peterson interview with PP -- this on how he'd deal with the U.S.:

"What I would say to President Trump is that the gains that Canada gets from increased access to the United States, I would spend largely on our continental defence. Let's take out a map of our shared continent. 'Where do you believe we need to do more to protect our shared securityacross that map?' ... The northern border, and then the arctic, then let's come up with a plan to do that and we'll do our part ... (border security and military issues) that's what they're really concerned about. So it goes from zero sum to a positive for both countries, and I think that's a deal that President Trump would take because it's good for America and it's good for Canada, so it's a deal that I would push."

Just sharing to see the different takes folks'll take on the text itself.

 

[Kirkhill]

Our annual oil exports to the U.S. are roughly double our trade deficit. That’s the long and the short of it. The trade deficit simply means the U.S. doesn’t have enough of a competitive advantage in goods and services we want to buy to make up for that. Like them, we’re highly consumerist and import a ton of consumer goods from lower cost countries. The US has a trade deficit with us because they worked to reduceor eliminate their trade deficits with Persian gulf and other OPEC oil states.

Trump’s upset about a trade deficit that can be wholly explained twice over by oil exports from Alberta, but he also wants to revive the Keystone XL pipeline. He wants to punish Canada for the very economic success that he’s actively trying to reinforce. Something about sucking and blowing at the same time…

He wants us to buy the stuff he sells. And the stuff he has to sell these days is defence industry stuff.

He has no other stuff to sell. Except cars. But we already build his cars.

The only other thing he has to sell is licences to manufacture American Goods in Canada. Kind of a tariff by another name?

I remain convinced that his big play is on Defence. He wants to unload the burden on the US economy and transfer it to his "allies".

 

[Kirkhill]

My big question is - are his defense offerings sufficiently current to demand the premium he needs to bring in a useful revenue stream?

Or are people going to be looking to see if there are alternate solutions?

 

[suffolkowner]

He wants us to buy the stuff he sells. And the stuff he has to sell these days is defence industry stuff.

He has no other stuff to sell. Except cars. But we already build his cars.

The only other thing he has to sell is licences to manufacture American Goods in Canada. Kind of a tariff by another name?

I remain convinced that his big play is on Defence. He wants to unload the burden on the US economy and transfer it to his "allies".

if all he wants is what we should have been doing already than fine. I am doubtful