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allegorical oracle

(4,329 posts)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:23 PM Thursday

Trump explains why we must absorb Canada and makes the 25th Amendment sound sweeter than ever--

Tried to edit this puppy down, but it's the sheer quantity of the crazy that makes my point.

We’ve been subjected to costs that we shouldn’t be subjected to. In the case of Canada, we’re spending 200 billion a year to subsidize Canada. I love Canada, I love the people of Canada. I love I have many friends in Canada. The great one, Wayne Gretzky, the great. Hey, how good is Wayne Gretzky? He’s a great one.

But we have– I know many people from Canada that are good friends of mine. But, you know, the United States can’t subsidize a country for $200 billion a year. We don’t need their cars. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need anything that they that they give. We do it because we want to be helpful.

But it comes a point when you just can’t do that. You have to run your own country. And to be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. It doesn’t. We don’t need anything they have as a state. It would be one of the great states anywhere. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it between Canada and the U.S. just a straight artificial line. Somebody did it a long time ago, many, many decades ago. And it makes no sense.

It’s so perfect as a great and cherished state. Keeping, ‘Oh, Canada,’ the national anthem, I love it. I think it’s great. Keep it. But it’ll be for the state. One of our greatest states, maybe our greatest state. But why should we subsidize another country for 200 billion, costs us $200 billion a year? And again, we don’t need their lumber. We don’t need their energy.

We have more than they do. We don’t need anything. We don’t need their cars. I’d much rather make the cars here. And there’s not a thing that we need. Now there’ll be a little disruption, but it won’t be very long. But they need us. We really don’t need them. And we have to do this. I’m sorry. We have to do this.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/only-works-as-a-state-trump-vows-not-to-bend-on-tariffs-until-canada-is-absorbed-into-the-u-s/
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Trump explains why we must absorb Canada and makes the 25th Amendment sound sweeter than ever-- (Original Post) allegorical oracle Thursday OP
He's been 'around the bend' for awhile pfitz59 Thursday #1
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVLY INSANE Tripper11 Thursday #2
We're not absorbing Canada. EndlessWire Thursday #3
I kept looking for a Borowitz byline central scrutinizer Thursday #4
LOL. Yeah, it's bizarre. My fav bit is his "apology" at the end. "Sorry, but we have to do it." allegorical oracle Thursday #8
Uh, if Canada becomes part of the U.S., then Elon can't be deported back to Canada if the sheit hits the fan LiberalArkie Thursday #5
I passed the point of being shocked (or even listening to) senseandsensibility Thursday #6
I have never heard anus mouth trump give the correct definition of a tariff. SamKnause Thursday #7

Tripper11

(4,369 posts)
2. ABSOLUTELY POSITIVLY INSANE
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:26 PM
Thursday

As a matter of fact, there is now word in the DSM 5 that has a dx to describe this monolithic mental patient a name.
We need a new name/dx

EndlessWire

(7,598 posts)
3. We're not absorbing Canada.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:43 PM
Thursday

He's nuts. If he picks a fight with another NATO member, the aggressor will be put down in a hurry. We'll be lucky if Canada doesn't make us a province of theirs.

He clearly thinks that this posturing of his is going to do something for HIM. My guess is he is after the shared waterways. But, he has misjudged Canada! They are NEVER, EVER going to somehow turn into our 51st state. That's an absurdity.

I don't know if anyone else remembers this, but Obama signed some document that allows the UN to enter the US in the case of conflict inside our borders. Those peacekeeping troops can come in to stop conflict. The UN is traditionally weak, but they are another military component that can prevent any stupid thing that rumpy does.

His constant agitation will get him nothing. Maybe he'll have a heart attack and he'll drop dead. What's Canada got that is equivalent to McDonalds? Or KFC? Let's feed the fat ass more cholesterol.

central scrutinizer

(12,460 posts)
4. I kept looking for a Borowitz byline
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:54 PM
Thursday

Or a link to The Onion but he actually fucking said that. Jesus fucking Christ

allegorical oracle

(4,329 posts)
8. LOL. Yeah, it's bizarre. My fav bit is his "apology" at the end. "Sorry, but we have to do it."
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:07 PM
Thursday

Only a sick mind would entertain such an absurdity and then say "sorry". Seems to have a thing about that artificial straight line separating the two countries. Guess he figures state boundaries, especially Kansas, is just another artificial artifice.

LiberalArkie

(17,604 posts)
5. Uh, if Canada becomes part of the U.S., then Elon can't be deported back to Canada if the sheit hits the fan
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:57 PM
Thursday

senseandsensibility

(21,321 posts)
6. I passed the point of being shocked (or even listening to)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 05:57 PM
Thursday

anything he says long ago, but my blood boils at the white house "press" corps that just smile and accept these kinds of statements. What do they think their purpose is?

SamKnause

(14,112 posts)
7. I have never heard anus mouth trump give the correct definition of a tariff.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 06:46 PM
Thursday

I have never heard anus mouth trump give the correct definition of a trade deficit.

He didn't do it the first time he was president.

He hasn't done it so far this time.

I have never heard the media call him out on live TV about these 2 lies.

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