The inside story of a high-stakes call between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump as the tariff deadline loomed
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The American president said the Canada-U.S. boundary could disappear when he spoke with the prime minister Monday, according to details Trudeau revealed behind closed doors on Friday.

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.”

  • leadore@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    But he did shut it down. The office was cordoned off, the flag and signage removed, administrative employees placed on leave and overseas employees ordered to return home. Leaving massive amounts of food and medicine to spoil on ships.

    Yes, a judge has ordered a “pause” on the shutdown until a hearing takes place, but we haven’t seen them go back to work so far, since it’s Friday–we’ll see what happens Monday. Point is he’s going ahead and doing illegal things and daring someone to stop him. My concern is whether they’ll ignore court orders. Because it’s not like there’s a way to enforce them other than he chooses to comply.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        What’s super worry of who they pledge their loyalty to and who they actually keep it to when the chips are down.

        I pledge allegiance to the commander-in-Chief: Good now go take all of your neighbors and family and ship them off to internment camps where we certainly won’t do genocidal things. Then go over in front of the state house and shoot all those protesters.

        • leadore@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 hours ago

          BTW he’s officially ordered Guantanamo to be expanded from holding a few hundred prisoners to 30,000.

          • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            3 hours ago

            I mean he’s got to have room to hold all the people that protest

      • leadore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

        There’s just one problem. Who will keep and who will break their oath? Obviously many have already broken it. If they think they’re keeping it, who will they consider to be the “domestic enemies”?

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      He had no idea that 2 billion in farm subsidies came from it. He’s going to have to find some way to twist that to make it work.