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Slowly, Individuals who don’t carefully observe politics appear to understand that the Donald Trump they voted for in 2024 was the identical one that ran for workplace in 2016 and 2020.
The 2025 model of Donald Trump is a declining outdated man who appears decided to make historical past by buying extra territory for the USA. First, there was Greenland. Then got here the Panama Canal. Trump’s obsession has just lately turned to the thought of annexing Canada and making it the 51st state.
There’s a thread of thought working between each Trump’s tariffs and his need to takeover Canada.
Trump posted on Reality Social, “We pay tons of of Billions of {Dollars} to SUBSIDIZE Canada. Why? There isn’t any motive. We don’t want something they’ve. We have now limitless Vitality, ought to make our personal Vehicles, and have extra Lumber than we are able to ever use. With out this large subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Nation. Harsh however true! Subsequently, Canada ought to change into our Cherished 51st State. A lot decrease taxes, and much better navy safety for the individuals of Canada — AND NO TARIFFS!”
Trump seems to imagine that he can break the Canadian economic system and destroy your entire nation with tariffs.
Simply so everybody is evident, the US doesn’t have limitless vitality as a result of the USA doesn’t do its personal vitality extraction. The vitality that’s extracted belongs to the fossil gas companies and is bought on the worldwide market. Trump additionally means that we deforest the nation in order that we’ve lumber.
In case you assume Trump’s obvious thought of taking on Canada with tariffs is loopy, preserve studying as a result of there’s far more.