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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced backlash for mocking Canada during a visit to the U.S.-Canada border in Vermont.

At the Haskell Free Library, which straddles both countries, Noem repeatedly stepped over the border line, declaring with a grin “U.S.A. No. 1” and calling Canada “the 51st state.”

Critics, including Canadian officials and social media commentators, condemned her remarks as insulting and unprofessional.

The stunt comes amid heightened U.S.-Canada tensions, with Trump imposing tariffs and openly suggesting annexation, prompting a strong response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

    • themadcodger
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      579 hours ago

      USian here.

      We barely know. I think she’s literally a puppy murderer.

      • @[email protected]
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        329 hours ago

        Oh, her. She shot a goat for some reason and the dog because she failed to train it and didn’t like what it was doing, then uses it to write about how she makes tough decisions and that she should be praised instead of ridiculed for being a huge piece of shit in a skin suit.

        • @[email protected]
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          7 hours ago

          Some people just need the zipper yanked on their flimsy skin suit so the clotted pus burbling just underneath is plain for all the damn mouth breathers to see — though they’d probably just deep fry it on a stick in a thrombosis-primed heartbeat.

          (Which, I’m sure we’re all pretty okay with too, considering the beneficial effects of such a fad taking off nationwide, much less globally.)

      • @Placebonickname
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        79 hours ago

        For people who don’t remember because there’s so much drama in the GOP these days this is the person who wrote a book indicating that she was tough enough to lead a country because she executed her own dog with a firearm …

        • @Boddhisatva
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          38 hours ago

          Be precise, not a dog, a puppy. It was only 14-months old.

        • themadcodger
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          58 hours ago

          This really is the worst timeline. We should be best friends and have that border that was barely guarded through the 90s. 😞

          • Maple Engineer
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            68 hours ago

            It literally has nothing to do with us. He’s using tariffs to fund massive tax breaks for the rich. He sold cabinet positions and is allowing the billionaires who bought them to destroy the departments overseeing their industries in order to maximize profits. He doesn’t give a shit about Canada or Mexico or China. He just sees us as a source of billions of dollars that he can transfer to the wealthy.

            I hope that the riots in the streets start up sooner rather than later.

            • Miles O'Brien
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              It literally has nothing to do with us.

              I don’t think there’s a single person here who would disagree with you.

              I hope that the riots in the streets start up sooner rather than later.

              Same. But uncoordinated opposition just leaves a lot of dead “lone wolf crazy gunmen”

              Good reminder to keep organizing.

    • IninewCrow
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      189 hours ago

      Another Canadian here

      Oh, an American acting like an idiot and talking like a jerk? … Which one?