Trump Intensifies Statehood Threats in Attack on Canada

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/canada-trump-statehood-attacks.html

created by NilbyBC on 11/03/2025 at 23:46 UTC

1911 upvotes, 147 top-level comments (showing 25)

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Comment by YoungestDonkey at 11/03/2025 at 23:52 UTC

2159 upvotes, 32 direct replies

Does the American population understand that this is a hostile annexation attack on a peaceful neighbour? Does it remind them of anything?

Comment by JadeLens at 11/03/2025 at 23:48 UTC

711 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Trump can fuck off with that nonsense.

Comment by Remarkable_Sky_4803 at 11/03/2025 at 23:57 UTC

272 upvotes, 3 direct replies

I am so at my wits end with this crap. I will never ever be part of the 51st state. And honestly I wish he would just shut the fuck up. The hatred brewing for the a hole is unreal. Who does he think we are ?

Comment by Phoenixlizzie at 11/03/2025 at 23:51 UTC

370 upvotes, 10 direct replies

Four years of this.

I need a coma.

Comment by [deleted] at 12/03/2025 at 00:33 UTC

73 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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Comment by Miserable-Switch-584 at 11/03/2025 at 23:59 UTC

141 upvotes, 3 direct replies

How can we be the 51 state when the US is clearly now the 47 province of Russia 🤔

Comment by vinmen2 at 12/03/2025 at 01:30 UTC*

62 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Why are the world leaders normalizing this? He wants to takeover the sovereign lands of Palestine, Greenland, Panama, and Canada. Attack Mexico, and give Ukraine to Russia.

Comment by ladyofthelake10 at 12/03/2025 at 00:07 UTC

53 upvotes, 0 direct replies

"Canada offering to Liberate US states from dementia riddled facist administration." There is fixed the headline for them.

Comment by Crazy_Ad7311 at 12/03/2025 at 00:31 UTC

191 upvotes, 4 direct replies

For our American friends who don’t understand the tax system here in Canada: The average American earns $40,000 per year. If you compare an American living in New York State to a Canadian living in Ontario, the Canadian pays $838 more per year in income tax. However, we don’t pay for healthcare, lower-income Canadians get free dental care, and some pharmaceuticals are also free.

So when Trump talks about lower income taxes, he’s right—but where it really makes a difference is for the rich.

Comment by jikorde at 12/03/2025 at 01:41 UTC

23 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Honestly, basically no one I know in my small town in Michigan has any idea about any of this. They either don't follow shit, or think Canada wants to be a state because the "US" is so great. It's a mix of indifference, idiocy, and the trained belief that the "US" is the best, despite a bunch of stuff proving that false.

I almost guarantee that if we do go to war, half the country won't even know. They don't watch the news. They don't follow politics. All they do is listen to some podcasts and stick with their sports teams. US stuck people in isolationist echo chambers and no one wants to leave and actually pay attention until it's too late. That or they think he's joking and I just can't understand the blind trust in someone you know is lying more then half the time. It's sickening.

Comment by Tamarama--- at 12/03/2025 at 00:33 UTC

67 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I've been saying this for months. He will change the constitution so he can stay in office as long as he wants. This is his goal. Then he wants his jerk of a son to take over. He's a dictator.

Comment by the_power_of_a_prune at 11/03/2025 at 23:52 UTC

52 upvotes, 2 direct replies

You know that kid that comes over to you while you are quietly playing in the sandbox...and steals your shovel, bucket...then 5 minutes later wants the sand too......well here he is all grown up

Comment by Exciting-West9205 at 12/03/2025 at 01:23 UTC

18 upvotes, 1 direct replies

"Flow of undocumented immigrants and fentanyl into the United States," sez the photo caption. But the photo itself shows the traffic going NORTH at the I-5 truck crossing into Canada. Substantially more accurate than they intended it to be, anyway! Well done NYT, you Ross Douthat-employing buffoons.

Comment by Laughing_Zero at 12/03/2025 at 01:31 UTC

35 upvotes, 0 direct replies

There is no return, just forward. Trump, Elon, the Republicans & Project 2025 have demolished whatever unity we had, trade and otherwise. Trump's term ends January 20, 2029.

*The Peace Bridge (Fort Erie, Ontario - Buffalo, New York) was constructed from 1925 to 1927 to commemorate a hundred years of peace between Canada and the US.**

Donald Trump declared economic war on Canada with the intent to annex us and he continues to threaten us with annexation and more tariffs. We aren't at war with most American citizens, just Trump and his band of bandits.

*In 2027, will we be able to celebrate another 100 years of peace between our countries?**

Comment by Themeloncalling at 11/03/2025 at 23:54 UTC

47 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The New York Times calling statehood a threat tells us all we need to know about how America treats its' people and how much worse it will treat Canadians.

Comment by ZippySlim at 12/03/2025 at 00:13 UTC

15 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's a damn shame that guy hit the teleprompter

Comment by Ok_Intention_688 at 12/03/2025 at 03:17 UTC

28 upvotes, 0 direct replies

The Tariffs can disappear. But the anger he is stirring up in Canada will continue in the form of consumer boycotts for years to come. Good job destroying the American brand, dumb shit!

Comment by Risc1971 at 12/03/2025 at 01:19 UTC

10 upvotes, 1 direct replies

If anything this orange buffoon has united Canada and I for one love to see pride in our flag

Comment by CalmKiwi8144 at 12/03/2025 at 00:34 UTC

38 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Alright I'm really done with our politicians "fighting" to remain friends with a nation that's extremely hostile towards us and doesn't view our country as a " real " place.

Ill gladly vote to join the EU. Then once things are signed, oil deals etc are established, pull the plug on literally everything.

I can't deal with this shit anymore. Just stop

Comment by thegoldenboy444 at 12/03/2025 at 01:10 UTC

27 upvotes, 0 direct replies

It's not a statehood threat, he's threatening war.

Comment by Zakluor at 12/03/2025 at 02:31 UTC

17 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Americans are convinced that US citizenship is the greatest gift anyone can receive. "Why wouldn't Canadians want that?"

In all seriousness, name one thing US citizenship grants me that I don't already have?

Comment by BobbyBoogarBreath at 12/03/2025 at 01:32 UTC

10 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I was really hoping to see a massive, fatal stroke on inauguration day. Every day since has been a let down.

Comment by Evil_Weevil_Knievel at 12/03/2025 at 03:12 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

A lot of folks south of the boarder think this is just trump negotiation tactics. It’s not and we ain’t laughing.