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...
(Part 1) The USA has a long history of lying cheating and stealing and breaking their word. This goes back to the earliest days of them first becoming a country. From telling black slaves that if they fought against the British in the American revolutionary war they would be giving their freedom only to make them all slaves again as soon as the war was over, to giving native Americans huge multiple state wide amounts of land to own and do as they wish on only to steal that land back take it's resources and force native Americans into tiny bits of land to starve to death. Then we can go into more modern day times how about in WW2 era where the USA forced American citizens of German and Japanese heritage into internment camps a violation of their constitutional rights? How about the MKUltra experiments where Americans did horrific experiments on citizens against their will violating their constitutional rights and leading to pernment injuries even death. How about Project paperclip where Americans let Nazi war criminals come live in America scott free despite them being responsible for labor camps that killed women and children? What about the bay of pigs invasion where these people that were risking their lives for America in a revolution against Castro and American refused to give them air and military support and just left them to get captured, leading to fate of death and torture? How about persian gulf war syndrome where the USA injected soldiers with something that caused long term health problems and refused to take responsibility and help any of these soldiers? How about where George Bush Senior telling the people of Iraq after the gulf war that if they stood up to Saddam Hussein that the USA would stand with them and when a revolution started in Iraq to get rid of Saddam, the USA did nothing and let these people that revolted get crushed and those that were captured were probably tortured and killed. What about the 2003 invasion of Iraq that the Bush administration lied about Saddam having weapons of mass destruction and the USA still invaded Iraq despite most of the countries on Earth being against the invasion, but the Americans did it anyways. Here in Canada we made a free trade agreement with the USA to trade across the border without taxes. Yet the USA illegally seized billions of dollars in illegal taxation on soft lumber from Canada. Pretty ironic that illegal taxation was one of the main reasons the USA revolted against the British to become their own independent country yet now they do the exact same thing to other countries. Canada asked the USA not to use the northwest passage without permission as it's in Canadian waters. Rather then respecting Canadas borders they intentionally violated these waters and even video taped it you can go see the footage on youtube, just as a FU for Canada having the gull to want it's borders respected. So America doesn't even respect other countries borders sovereignty or the treaties they sign with their allies.
(part 2) People in America think the rest of the world does not like them because "they are too good" and "they have too much" they are "too free." The reality is countries don't like the USA for it's lying, cheating, stealing, bullying, and treating it's own citizens as well as other countries like garbage. I know most Americans will say this is not us this is our government/military doing this. But who is responsible for the government and the military? The American people. The days of massive protest like in the 60s against the vietnam war and the civil rights movement is over and dead. The American people no longer care what it's government does. As long as they can watch their Tik Tok videos and eat their Mcdonald Happy Meals they don't care about anything else. Luckily the rest of the world is rejecting the treatment it is getting. We are all tired of Americans lying cheating and stealing. We are all now moving away from the USA. Away from USA products away from USA companies away from deals with USA government which they will not keep their word on anyway. We can live without Walmarts and McDonalds. If losing these companies is what it takes to be free and not lied to and cheated whenever the Americans get butthurt over something it is not worth it in the long run. It is sad because most of the world wants to be Americas friend but you can only be lied to and cheated so many times by one country before you decide they just are not trust worthy and you need to move on.
I COMPLETELY agree with what you have said. This country is beyond corrupt. This government needs a complete overhaul. The issue is that govt is so huge, I think people feel like there is nothing they can do. Look at what they are doing to Trump and Elon (even though part of this may be for show, TBD) and they actually have power. You are right about the protests of the 60s and we should speak with our wallet if nothing else. I cannot believe as truths are revealed people are not more outraged (some are, but the liberals are actually brainwashed - or paid - maybe both). It is just unreal.
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