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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

The rapist felon trump regime feels it will be easier to annex a destabilized country.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Trump has promised to destroy Canada and/or annex it. This is a way for the USA to undermine Canada as a country. I imagine they'll also be supporting Quebec separatists in secret, not because they have any real common cause but because they want to see Canada weakened and desperate.

[–] JustADrone@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

(it's also the classic Russian playbook - nudge here and there to cause chaos because chaos means a weak enemy. see Brexit. see "NATO is obsolete" etc)

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It's also the classic American playbook going as far back as the 19th century.

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Resources, Lebensraum, narcissism, envy, revenge, controlling the Arctic Ocean.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's the classic "balkanization" flavor of regime change. Cleave off Alberta and:

  • Gain control of a massive oil reserve
  • Humiliate and weaken Canada, which would likely break up further