President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
If Canada were to become the 51st state (never going to happen but hypothetically), wouldn’t it swing heavily toward “blue?” Would republicans ever win another election if Canadians had to vote in US elections?
trump just wants to exploit Canada’s resources, obviously-same with Greenland’s and the Panama Canal. But as usual, he doesn’t think things through.
That’s assuming they get fair representation, which they won’t. The Republican Party would justify it as Canadians being outsiders who “don’t understand our politics” and shouldn’t be given that much power and influence over future elections until they’re ready (which is never), and the Democrats would be able to do fuck-all about it with their moral grandstanding preventing them from using the same delay and filibustering tactics that were constantly used against them.
If Canada were to become the 51st state (never going to happen but hypothetically), wouldn’t it swing heavily toward “blue?” Would republicans ever win another election if Canadians had to vote in US elections?
trump just wants to exploit Canada’s resources, obviously-same with Greenland’s and the Panama Canal. But as usual, he doesn’t think things through.
That’s assuming they get fair representation, which they won’t. The Republican Party would justify it as Canadians being outsiders who “don’t understand our politics” and shouldn’t be given that much power and influence over future elections until they’re ready (which is never), and the Democrats would be able to do fuck-all about it with their moral grandstanding preventing them from using the same delay and filibustering tactics that were constantly used against them.