Donald Trump has securing Canada’s resource wealth on his mind, and “one of the easiest ways of doing that is absorbing our country. And it is a real thing.”

Summary

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a private meeting inadvertently broadcast via a hot mic, warned that Donald Trump is seriously considering annexing Canada to secure its critical mineral resources.

Speaking to business and labor leaders, Trudeau claimed Trump’s administration is keenly aware of Canada’s resource wealth and sees annexation as a means to control it.

The comments, cut off after staff realized they were audible, underscore growing economic and political tensions.

He also stressed the need to diversify trade, noting, “Geography means we’re always going to both benefit and be challenged by trade with the United States.”

  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    In my opinion the most similar country to Canada is actually Australia.

    • our colonial past
    • our continued colonialism
    • we all live in one area and the rest of the country is uninhabitable
    • our wildlife kills us regularly
    • bogans and rednecks are basically the same thing
    • drinking culture
    • housing crisis, but precisely that you are brainwashed like us into thinking that owning a house is literally all that matters in life. I think our two countries are the most extreme version of ‘success is literally owning a detached house’. Our societies both are in on the exact same pyramid scheme
    • funny accents with funny dialogue options

    I don’t think we are kinder than you guys. I have a theory that our kindness is actually just a lack of honesty or directness, or in harsher words, spineless. That said my experience with Australians has been universally good. I should visit straya, never been…