It would be decidedly un-Canadian to leverage electricity, potash, or other commodities necessary for survival in trade negotiations -- despite what Ford may suggest. We're nice, but we won't bow to bullies. Elbows up, eh!
As much as it pains me to say it as an American, little will change unless US citizens are negatively impacted. Trump is losing power and support in the US precisely because people are becoming more aware that he's hurting them.
It’s Vietnam Hearts and Minds all over again.
And you don't have to ban them, just make them more expensive. Your US brethren did vote for tarriffs. With that comes higher prices.
Another Musk moment: most aluminum in the US comes from Canada. Most of Musk's vehicles are built with aluminum. These tariffs will directly increase Tesla manufacturing cost in the US, making them even less competitive.
What a vile and predictable comment.
Accession was the likely inevitable outcome up until the reelection of the current President but after the American people expressed their continued support for a systemically corrupt gerontocracy and all that this entailed this kind of willing and amicable outcome has been taken off the table and likely will be for several generations. I get a sense that the general sentiment that Canadians are feeling regarding American attitudes and actions right now is outright betrayal and condemnation.
As for annexation it's important to keep in mind that this would be an illegal act of aggression against a peaceful ally and that it runs counter to everything that America claims to stand for. I'm skeptical that it would even be possible at this point, and I don't see a way that it could be done without military action.
Annexation is a pretty drastic thing to suggest too, how are you thinking it will unfold? Are you talking about something impending by the end of this decade or a multi-decade sort of thing? What happens if Canada resists? And what about other countries?
Something that I think is often overlooked is that there is a true appreciation in Europe for the Canadian sacrifices made in the World Wars and that these sacrifices have tied our countries together. I also think that you've underestimated the resolve of the Canadian people and how much they are incensed by these recent actions taken by America.
I'm sure you have a really neat and clean geopolitical analysis for why annexation is inevitable that factors in the geographic realities and economic / military disparities between the two countries and I'd love to read it but I'm quite certain that's likely to be just one big McNamara Fallacy.
Yes, let us look up the US law that prohibits annexing additional land or another country.
>A charitable interpretation of your comment is that you intended to use the word accession.
A charitable interpretation of your comment is that you think "annexation" = "hostile takeover of territory". (Hint: The US annexed Hawaii and Texas after their governments agreed.)
>As for annexation it's important to keep in mind that this would be an illegal act of aggression against a peaceful ally
Beyond your pointless repetition, as I said:
>I'm not talking about a military invasion (Trump explicitly ruled that out when speaking of annexation, instead stating "economic force"); I'm stating geopolitical inevitability.
(And no, Dutch gratefulness for Canadians helping to liberate their country in WW2 != waves of Dutch paratroopers landing on Halifax beach to help liberate Canada from Adolf Trump.)
If trade can be used to eliminate a nation's sovereignty, was that sovereignty ever real in the first place?