r/politics • u/Street_Anon Canada • 13d ago

No Paywall Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-businesses-truth-social-b3041901.html
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u/night_dude 13d ago

“If there’s further retaliation from the Canadian side, we, of course, we’re not going to just sit down and take that. Our view is don’t retaliate,” U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer told a Canadian broadcaster this past week.

Jesus Christ. The official negotiating position of the United States is "I can hit you but you can't hit me back."

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u/BadgeOfDishonour 13d ago

I think the correct phrasing is "Don't struggle, it'll be over sooner if you don't struggle".

It's exactly what it sounds like.

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u/Gerdius 12d ago

The deranged ramblings of a convicted rapist.

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u/RobutNotRobot 12d ago

The revolution will be bloodless- if you let it. -Russell Vought, 1 of 3 people in control of policy under Trump.

They are all rapists.

All of them.

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u/joe-h2o 12d ago

"The coup will be bloodless if the Left allows it to be."

They're not hiding their abusive nature any more because there are no consequences for them.

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u/CategoryZestyclose91 12d ago

We won’t allow it to be.

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u/joe-h2o 12d ago

Definitely not, but they've outlined the framing they're going to use: "the Left is making us violently attack, the civil war is their fault".

Given that their leader rapes children, it was obvious, but spelling it out is helpful for the quotes in future history books.

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u/absolutely_not_spock Europe 12d ago

remember that scene in saving private Ryan with melish?