In January, Trump threatened to use "economic force" to annex Canada.

One in five Americans (20 per cent) polled by Leger this week say they would like their state to join Canada, more than double the proportion of Canadians who said they would like their country to become the 51st state of the United States. Article content

“Only 9 per cent of Canadians believe it is likely that Canada will become the 51st U.S. state. By contrast, 20 per cent of Americans would like their state to join Canada and become a Canadian province, a proportion that is higher among respondents aged 18 to 34 (30 per cent),” reads the new Léger report.

  • davesmith@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It is time for global co-operation against Trump. Forget this silly divide and rule nonsense this bully is attempting.

    All countries subject to tariffs now co-operate on joint tariffs against the US.

    It is time we all put an end to this nonsense before it escalates. Let’s put this moron, this belligerent non-cooperative fascist country in its new, much reduced globally influencing, box.

    It is time for the US to pay its deficit.

    Edit - I will say that Trump might want other countries to sell their US debt, in order to weaken the dollar to make the US an affordable manufacturer.

    So:

    1. The rest of us decide on which currencies we buy: and this can not be the bitcoin the US might want countries to buy (rather than say the Yuan, or a basket of currencies that reflect global production).
    2. Selling debt has to be accompanied by a boycott of all US goods on an ongoing basis.
    3. This ends the post WW2 … > … petrodollar era of America’s exorbitant privilege.
    4. Trump starts it, the rest of the world ends it. This is how, say, Europe, avoids the US/Russia alliance now threatening it.

    You must stand up to bullies.