@jeffjarvis : "I smell AI" ... that's a great way to put it! Yes, there has been a separatist movement in Alberta for a long time, but the 1980 and 1995 referendums on separation were definitely in _Quebec, a largely French-speaking province of Canada_.
No words that come out of Trump's mouth surprise me anymore. So when he said last week that "we" (the USA) will own Gaza and turn it into a luxury resort, I _almost_ couldn't believe it. Now today he says the Palestinians are not allowed to return to Gaza. Wow. So who exactly is "we" ??? ... Trump himself? Or a corporation owned by Trump? Sounds to me like he's planning a huge Mar-a-Lago 2.0 on the Mediterranean. The extent of the hubris is both astonishing and appalling.