"I deal with every country, indirectly or directly. One of the nastiest countries to deal with is Canada," Trump said.
  • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
    41·
    24 hours ago

    Elon is a Canadian citizen by birth. So if Canada becomes a state, he would qualify to be president (and theres precedent for this)

    That’s the only explanation that makes sense to me - like yeah, Trump wants to push for territorial expansion, and Canada does have a lot of natural resources, but Canada isn’t an easy nut to crack

    The other theory I buy into is the northern passage. Climate change is going to open up new shipping lanes in the artic, so Canada and Greenland both would be strategically located to control it - add in Panama, the hooties (sp?) and he’s consistently pushing control of key shipping lanes

    • Grool The Demon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      24 hours ago

      I never actually thought of it that way, but yeah it makes sense in a way. Still crazy as all get out though. Thank you for the insight!

      • KnightontheSun@lemmy.world
        11·
        23 hours ago

        Those reasons you responded to are ancillary and for another day. A brass-ring for the fascists for sure if they can pull it off.

        The basic reasons are more immediate: sowing instability with (US and NATO) allies in order to tear down the fabric between nations aligned against Russia. Thus removing impediments for Russian expansion of power or territory. The resulting and effective distraction is for instituting fascism and the ransacking of our coffers mentioned by someone else and is also very real. The primary goals are Russian goals. The secondary goals are the prizes for the oligarchs and any that help with the primary goals.