What are Trump's plans with Canada? Something doesn't seem to be adding up. Why would he take on more burden? What do they have to offer, and what does he want?
I understand there is a major trade deficit. The US has historically sent upwards of $200 billion a year to support Canada. They also surcharge imports in the form of tariffs on many products from the US. When the US decided to stop the billions of dollars a year in support and charge THEM tariffs, it became a "rules for thee but not for me" situation. 
But still, Trump is a businessman so there is something he wants. I sense he is working on the United Great American Continent... It started with the Gulf of America, extended to Panama and he is working on Canada.
Some theories floating around are that he wants to expand economically. Canada does have a wealth of natural resources. By taking on Canada he would have access to those resources as well. He could combine fronts with the original 50 states to have even more influence over the world. Just because the US doesn't need things such as lumber or energy from Canada, that doesn't mean the rest of the world doesn't. It could be a great alliance profiting both areas.
Taking over Canada would also allow Trump to beef up their military and develop stronger security to the entire geographic location. It would fortify the borders and give an ability to control what comes into the original 50 states through the northern border. It would create a fortified front against foreign invasion by strategically putting bases all over the northern part of the continent
If this is something he truly wants and it isn't just a trolling distraction, I see him squeezing them until they submit. It may not seem ethical, but the Dems have shown this is effective. He has stated they need to manage their own budget, get inflation under control and help the people without relying so much on the US for so much assistance. If they cannot sustain on their own, then they should be under US influence and protection.
What do you think the future holds? I don't see this topic going away for the next four years....if ever.
Much Love, Lynn
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Writing this from the great 51state of Canada, I say DO IT!! We are in a dire situation here. Scam student immigrant programs and flooding of non compatible immigrants are destroying the fabric of Canada, plus a super liberal globalist agenda. We are in desperate need of help from a COMPLETE globalist takeover that is fully underway.
With enough buy in it could happen... There is a huge liberal government that isn't going to make it easy.
Lynn, would you consider doing a post on the Iraqi Dinar Revaluation? Possibility or hopeium scam?
Yes, I would consider that. Let me think on it..
He wants to be a conqueror. Canada may have oil as a resource because it is right below Alaska. His true self is completely coming out now. The people he picked for his cabinet are not qualified for the positions they hold but the very loyal to him. The issue with the deportations of those immigrants from Venezuela were sent to El Salvador without due process and now we are learning that some of those people were legally here and some of the people sent were women and they were sent to an all male concentration camp. So now Trump has denied he signed the order to send them there. It appears that he is throwing Marco Rubio under the bus and Rubio has not come out to deny that what Trump was saying is wrong. Trump had to have signed it The press secretary said he signed it and they showed the order with his signature. He wants dominance. He wants to be an invader like Putin. He defys court orders because he wants to be a dictator. And you don't tell dictators what to do
Hi Lynn,
I'm Canadian. I know that the US has never been "sending" us (Canada) $200 billion per year of subsidy. What Trump claims to be a subsidy is actually just a trade deficit, which is not the same thing as a subsidy.
If country A gives (free) money to country B, without getting anything in return, then yes country A effectively gives country B a subsidy. But that's not the case between the US and Canada. What's actually happening is the US imports more goods and services from Canada than it exports to Canada. In simpler terms, the US is buying more from Canada than Canada is buying from the US. It's only natural; the US has much larger population and bigger purchasing power than Canada (the US economy is 10x bigger than ours), so of course it can afford to buy more goods from us than the other way around.
Still, it's not a subsidy, because the money that the US spends on us is not for nothing. The US gets something in return (i.e.: the goods that Canada sells to the US). Thus, we have not been getting free money from the US. Therefore, we haven't been getting a subsidy.
Also, that $200 billion figure (again, trade deficit, not a subsidy) is not accurate (not sure where Trump gets that from). The correct number is $63 billion.
More details here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-trade-deficit-subsidy-canada-1.7458076
Also, the funny thing is, Canada sells its oil to the US at a massive discount. So in fact it's Canada that's been subsidizing the US. More details: https://cdhowe.org/publication/quantifying-us-benefits-from-canadian-crude-oil-exports/
Thanks for the info and insights... I do realize that what we hear isn't always the truth and there are variations of truth based on who you are discussing it with..
Glad to share that info! I'm confident that what I shared was accurate. The source that I shared in my first post (CBC) is a very credible Canadian news outlet. Also, the US government itself (Office of the United States Trade Representative - Executive Office of The President) confirms that the US trade deficit (which is not a subsidy) with Canada was $63.3 billion in 2024, not $200 billion as Trump claims. Here it is: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada
All the commotion regarding fentanyl flow from Canada to the US is also baseless. Federal statistics show US border authorities seized 21,889 pounds of fentanyl in the 2024 fiscal year. Of that amount, 43 pounds were seized at the northern US border — about 0.2% of the whole amount seized in the entire USA. This data is also accurate as it comes from your very own US Customs and Border Protection: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/drug-seizure-statistics
(In fact, more drugs come from the US to Canada, than the other way around).
The other thing is, out of the 43 pounds of fentanyl that was seized at the US northern border last year, a third of that was not even from Canada. They were carried by 3 Mexican nationals (coming from within the US itself) who just happened to get caught near the northern border, which caused the CBP to record the seizure as having taken place at the northern border. More details here: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/bust-used-to-justify-massive-jump-in-fentanyl-was-not-from-canada/3473198
Frank, I appreciate you sharing this. I always encourage folks to do their own research. I don't trust too much out there...
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