Look, I don't like Donald Trump claiming that we're going to be the 51st state anymore than I like any other American saying that. But you need to understand he's saying it because he knows it's going to piss us off. It's a bargaining tactic.
He's trying to get concessions, and the only way that you're going to get concessions against democratic nations like ours is to rattle the cage. He wanted to get Europe to start paying for defense, and he rattled their cage. He wants us to start doing something about the drugs that flow freely across our border to the extent that our government was able to honestly claim basically no drugs were seized at the border? Well guess what now both main political parties are talking about the border.
He's a ruthless New York businessman. What you're seeing right now is him playing that role. When you see him cozying up to Putin, he actually said it straight up in the one press conference that made headlines with Zelensky -- when you are negotiating with an autocrat, you suck up to the autocrat. When you're negotiating with weak leaders like Trudeau or now Carney, you push them around and bully them. It isn't nice to be on the receiving end, but you have to understand what you're looking at otherwise you're going to go nuts from stress.
The fact of the matter is, the reason he keeps on saying it is because it keeps on getting a reaction. He's a bully. The thing is, you need to realize what kind of bully he is: he's the sort of guy who's going to say things that are absolutely absurd and intended to get under your skin so that you'll give up what he actually wants you to give up.
As for the discussion about most Americans not voting for trump, that is a talking point from the democrats. Now that doesn't mean that it's a bad talking point, The source doesn't mean that it's wrong. What makes it a bad talking point is that it's a really stupid. Trump got more votes in the last election than any president ever other than Joe Biden in 2020. The. Voter turnout in 2024 was greater than any election in decades except for 2020. So if Trump isn't a legitimate president because not enough people voted for him, then that means that Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan weren't legitimate presidents either. In terms of pure votes, it means that no president other than Biden in 2020 was legitimate.
What we're seeing right now is a direct consequence of the way the Liberals dealt with Trump in 2016-2020. He tried playing the standard global diplomacy game, and they tore him to shreds. Now it's 2024, and he's playing his way. If you want to blame someone for all this, it's Trudeau and his Liberals (most of whom are up for election this year)
Neither the Canadian media reporting on the "51st state" rhetoric nor the US media reporting on the tariffs provide this context because it's in their political and business interest for you to be scared and angry.
He's trying to get concessions, and the only way that you're going to get concessions against democratic nations like ours is to rattle the cage. He wanted to get Europe to start paying for defense, and he rattled their cage. He wants us to start doing something about the drugs that flow freely across our border to the extent that our government was able to honestly claim basically no drugs were seized at the border? Well guess what now both main political parties are talking about the border.
He's a ruthless New York businessman. What you're seeing right now is him playing that role. When you see him cozying up to Putin, he actually said it straight up in the one press conference that made headlines with Zelensky -- when you are negotiating with an autocrat, you suck up to the autocrat. When you're negotiating with weak leaders like Trudeau or now Carney, you push them around and bully them. It isn't nice to be on the receiving end, but you have to understand what you're looking at otherwise you're going to go nuts from stress.
The fact of the matter is, the reason he keeps on saying it is because it keeps on getting a reaction. He's a bully. The thing is, you need to realize what kind of bully he is: he's the sort of guy who's going to say things that are absolutely absurd and intended to get under your skin so that you'll give up what he actually wants you to give up.
As for the discussion about most Americans not voting for trump, that is a talking point from the democrats. Now that doesn't mean that it's a bad talking point, The source doesn't mean that it's wrong. What makes it a bad talking point is that it's a really stupid. Trump got more votes in the last election than any president ever other than Joe Biden in 2020. The. Voter turnout in 2024 was greater than any election in decades except for 2020. So if Trump isn't a legitimate president because not enough people voted for him, then that means that Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and Reagan weren't legitimate presidents either. In terms of pure votes, it means that no president other than Biden in 2020 was legitimate.
What we're seeing right now is a direct consequence of the way the Liberals dealt with Trump in 2016-2020. He tried playing the standard global diplomacy game, and they tore him to shreds. Now it's 2024, and he's playing his way. If you want to blame someone for all this, it's Trudeau and his Liberals (most of whom are up for election this year)
Neither the Canadian media reporting on the "51st state" rhetoric nor the US media reporting on the tariffs provide this context because it's in their political and business interest for you to be scared and angry.
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