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[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's unhinged to call Canada the 51st state.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 24 points 2 weeks ago

Actually, it's a "trade special operation."

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes! How dare you stand up to the bully? You should take the wedgies and say thank you!

[–] radish6367@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Canadians definitely haven’t been showing enough gratitude since these tariffs on their products came into effect!

[–] radish6367@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

“"Prime Minister Carney used the term 'war.' It’s not a word we use, right? We don’t talk about it that way. For us, it’s business, it’s economics," Greer told the FT News Briefing podcast.”

I guess we could just do some “business” and “economics” and stop sending electricity and oil to the US…

[–] grey_maniac@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago

It might be because people in Geneva get nervous when Canadians get into a war.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"It's not a word we use, right? For us, it's special operations, it's tactical engagements."

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

It's only a war when it's against a concept that can't actually fight back, like terror or drugs. And they still lose.

[–] Toto@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

He’s worried about losing another “war” that Americans started with no exit plan

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

'We don’t talk about it that way. For us, it’s business, it’s economics,' Greer told the FT News Briefing podcast.

Who is this 'we' he is talking about?

Trump tweets: 'Trade wars are good, and easy to win'

Trump says Americans could feel 'pain' in trade war with Mexico, Canada, China

Trump Just Restarted the Trade War With Canada. Should Stock Investors Be Worried?

‘We Don’t Need Canada’: Trump Escalates Trade War With Threat of 50% Auto Tariffs

It must be something not part of the US government and not represented by US media.

[–] Kyrias@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They know.

They don't care.

[–] tangeli@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

No, but, Truth Social is all about the truth, isn't it? It's the one source I was sure I could rely on. I mean, it's right there in the name...

[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty fucking annoying CBC not posting these quotes in the article themselves.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What would you expect from the government that thinks what's going in Iran isn't a war?

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Their demands included us being a vasal nation.

That is a declaration of war.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Most of these quips from US trade officials have been so weird and out there I can't even get mad.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

No, no, no, no, no. It's just enhanced interrogation techniques. It's not torture at all.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

The entire world is unhinged! The Untied States ripped the door off its hinges so hard, the hinges disintegrated!