https://x.com/dallairedemers/status/1975614444689629450
$8T Canadian investment into the US over next 5 years?
possible he said A=$1T instead.
$1T is still extraordinary submission. ~9% of GDP/year. Bankrupting golden dome cooperation likely. Makes sure Canada is a necessary nuclear target too.
There’s a point where treasonous oppression makes Canada a shithole country worth leaving.
To clarify, they are talking about foreign direct investment, like Canadian billionaires buying stocks in US companies, which the fed does not directly control, but can incentivize through trade agreements. The US can change their taxes on foreign investment on their side. From the other side, FDI is a reflection of how many shares of US companies are being bought up by non-US investors. The Canadian government does not own foreign stock afaik.
Part of the mind boggling numbers is due to massive inflation of certain US stock valuations in the last few years and related reinvestment of capital gains. For example, if I had $1000 invested in Intel last year after it crashed, it would be worth $2000 now. If I sold that and bought $2000 worth of Nvidia stock, that would count as $1000 net increase in my foreign direct investment, even though I haven’t moved any “new” money into the US. Did Intel suddenly double in its assets or revenue? Hell no, it’s a lot of speculation. People are gambling in the US market or seeking to influence US companies for economic advantage.
I wan’t an explanation for how he can promise to triple existing FDI in US in 5 years. He’d definitely be including US weapons purchases, and more government investment in US owned auto sector. Maybe an OpenAI scam.
Something horribly wrong for him to open his traitorous fuckface without wink wink nudge that he’s just lying to Orange Mussolini.
It’s a complete failure just to have this meeting and promise so much. Instead of making better friends in the world. You’re being too charitable in assuring that this means nothing.
He can’t promise anything about the FDI, it’s not up to him, it’s private investment. Like I said, both sides can make a deal that incentivized FDI. “half a trillion in the past 5 years, probably a trillion in over the next 5” is not exactly the language of a promise.
I don’t necessarily agree with the policy or trade deals in their entirety and I’m actually more worried if we’re opening up Canada for more US foreign investment in the same deal.
And we are making better friends in the rest of the world. We’ve been strengthening partnership with the EU including a new defense partnership. We’re also finalizing new free trade agreements with the south East Asian bloc (ASEAN). And there’s preliminary work ongoing on expanding free trade with the UK.
Mr Trump is confusing Mark Carney and Pierre Polyestre again. Pierre would definitely go for it.
I still hate Amerikkka. My boycott lasts a lifetime. Trump or no Trump. We. Are. done.
Sorry bud, merging with a felon is still not in my plans.
The only merger that will make me happy is that of Trump and a high velocity round.
It doesn’t even have to be high velocity. I’d be ok if someone just pushed it manually into him, maybe with a slide hammer or something.
Only way we come out of it happy is if the border is permanently closed.
At minimum, we need to secure the border and beef up defences in strategic points. I also think a screening for Americans should be in place and a “no-fly-list” started for American against democracy (IE: almost every republican in office).
First on the list is that fucker who is the US Ambassador to Canada. Pete Hoekstra. We need to ban his fucking ass from entering. He’s an anti-Canada gaslighting old fuck stain
The only merger I’ll have with America in my foot up their ass.
FUCK THE USA! Fuck them with a rusty tin can.
Canada, you need to cut America off. Full block, no contact. Straight up ignore Trump and his cronies. No more diplomatic visits. Pull your embassy out of the USA. Tell Trump that the US embassy is no longer welcome on Canadian soil and they need to GTFO. I say this as an American. Trump is an absolute narcissist and is incapable of compromise or rational thought. The rest of the world should do this too, including making sure American military bases are no longer welcome on your soil.
The fuck - no.
nah fuck the US and fuck the people there that allowed this to happen and continue to allow it to happen.
Americans, get your shit together and then we can talk but just know that we as Canadians no longer trust you and won’t be trusting you again for a very long time.
Only merger Canadians want is the merger between our collective boot and Trump’s ass.
We had this, it was called the NAFTA.
Trump canceled it.
Now we call what we have in our house NAFTA: not a fucking thing American
And it was his idea!
Actually Trump renegotiated it, called it USMCA, said it was the best trade deal in history, signed it on camera in a huge White House press event, lost the Presidency, won the Presidency, and then called it the worst deal ever and that it was signed by a stupid “past President”. Then tariffs in violation of it.
Even for Trump, that story arc is pretty wild.
I mean, Canada can say anything to him and he’ll forget it in a few hours. There is no point coming up with a plan under Trump because he’s a fucking idiot old evil cunt.
Just say to Trump, “Good talk I think we’re close”, and leave. Then continue business as usual and secure other deals with other countries.
The United States is not a friend of Canada and it can not be trusted.
I am getting more and more concerned about the troop pile up on our borders and this fuck wits rhetoric.
Agreed, having forces concentrated so close to Vancouver and Toronto (via Portland and Chicago) is unsettling.
I 100% get that, but I personally don’t think Trump or Hegseth are smart enough to pull off a military operation as complex as infiltrating Canada. To make matters worse (for them), many branches of the military seem to hate their guts.
That said, I’m just some pacifist dope with almost no knowledge of this stuff. If an expert out there wants to scare the shit out of me, I’m ready to learn.
Americans have never been competent.
They also never been brave.
Only country to invoke NATO article 5. But, but, but, NATO bad….
That just means they do it poorly and at enormous cost…
but I personally don’t think Trump or Hegseth are smart enough to pull off a military operation as complex as infiltrating Canada
No, but they are stupid enough to try it anyway.
They could just run AI-generated war footage on Fox News. Sort of like “The Gulf War Did Not Happen” but much lower brow.
djt and his goons are not allowed to be present inside a 100 km circle around and above me
Why does Mandarin have to be so difficult to learn :(
