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Yesterday, 7:55 am

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I could only support the annexation of Canada and Greenland if we Americans get their social safety net, including universal healthcare. Or in other words, a Republican's nightmare!


I don't see Canadians or Greenlanders agreeing to be annexed, even if the US were to make radical improvements.

Both Greenland and Canada wish to remain sovereign as a matter of principle. Being annexed by a slightly less terrible version of the US is still bowing down to America's imperialist boot.


It's hard to imagine anyone who pretends to be Conservative to want them. Even if just for political purposes, making them states would be a major boost for the Democrats.



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Yesterday, 5:53 pm

^^^
But that would require Trump to think two or three steps ahead, which is difficult for such an appetite driven individual like himself.


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Yesterday, 5:58 pm

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But that would require Trump to think two or three steps ahead, which is difficult for such an appetite driven individual like himself.


That's quite true. I don't think that Trump cares about the Republicans or the Conservatives. All he wants is to build his own fortunes and to go down in the history books as being "great".



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Yesterday, 6:01 pm

kokopelli wrote:
It's hard to imagine anyone who pretends to be Conservative to want them. Even if just for political purposes, making them states would be a major boost for the Democrats.


I get the feeling a portion of conservatives believe Canadians and/or Greenlanders will just magically flip to supporting conservative policies once they experience the utopia of American conservatism for themselves. It's not realistic thinking, it's utopian thinking.

Another portion would probably be quite happy to deny Canadians and/or Greenlanders representation and just tell them to be grateful for Anschluss. These people will also label violent resistance to their attempt at annexation as illegitimate violence, while insisting violence in support of annexation is legitimate.

I expect to see a well-known playbook get trotted out when resistance is experienced:


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