@tprophet this American agrees with every word.

I love my Canadian neighbors, have deep affection and respect for Canada, and am sick and disgusted at the things this president says and does. It is disgraceful and frankly disgusts me to see Canada treated so poorly by this administration.

it makes me infinitely sad and fills me with anguish to see our relationship soured by this damned fool and his bellicose idiocy.

@tprophet so I thought about it for a short minute.

Let's say this does somehow happen - no violence, no armed conflict, now Canada is a new state. Or maybe a couple of states.

This means 2 or 4 more senators in the US senate, and a bunch more members of the house of representatives.

Canada in general is way more diverse than the US and much more left leaning. The US senate is already pretty balanced, adding 2 or 4 more senators will shift it strongly to the left, which in the US means democrats. Same for the house of representatives.

There is no world in which the republicans will allow this to happen, and the democrats will not participate; plus they're in the minority now.

I think Canada is safe for now.

@tprophet

We care about this and a lot more but it's proving difficult to find a throat to get one's fingers around.

By accident or design, it's a slippery malignity we're dealing with.

Ultimately looks as though it'll need some kind of general strike or the like, but that momentum is slow to develop. Recognition is a slow dawn.

Deeply sorry.

@tprophet

Americans who are aware of current political news do understand why you're angry. We too are alarmed and angry at this administration.

We do care. There is so much being sabotaged and destroyed right now, it's hard to do enough protests and calls to cover everything. But we're trying.

Nobody sensible and decent wants to invade Canada. But "sensible and decent" are not currently in office.

@tprophet I find this here interesting as well in this context:

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/canada-to-be-eus-28th-member-nearly-half-of-canadians-say-yes/

And yeah, would be a nice move to join the EU (or just thinking about it and starting talks). This would make the orange man explode. And one good thing is: you can leave the EU again - in contrast to the US, because you still would be a souvereign country...

@tprophet

Let's add a couple more things:

What Trump has said is actually covered by treaties the USA has signed. That means he is violating the US Constitution.

And the Charter of the United Nations.

And the Charter of NATO

And treaties with Canada, the UK, and others.

That is why the **world** is sitting up and taking notice. He is violating international law, which is the web of treaties - many created by the USA - to preserve the peace.