

I don’t think any amount of money is worth the risk of being disappeared into a Salvadorian prison or ICE black site.
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I don’t think any amount of money is worth the risk of being disappeared into a Salvadorian prison or ICE black site.
How is this even a deal? Ukraine gets basically nothing in return.
This is just extortion.
And this is where some of the worst long-term damage to the US is going to be felt.
The world seeks reliable trade partnerships and the US is willing throwing them away to empower its biggest rival.
Military service is a hard concept to grasp when you’re sitting comfy at home, not a care in the world and all the conflicts are “over there”.
It’s a very different story when there is an existential threat looming over your head, weighing on your shoulders like a mountain. Canada’s armed forces is already meeting its yearly recruitment targets due to repeated threats of invasion from the United States.
America’s unstoppable thirst for short-term profit is why they currently have a corporate-backed fascist in office that is threatening to invade US’s (supposed) allies to pillage their resources and economies.
Whether they do or not, the US as we have known it is in its death throes. They have surrendered nearly all of their soft power and made themselves a trade pariah. Entire industries are going to crumble as megacorps swoop in like vultures to devour the carcasses as the walls of their economy close in and the whole building collapses. It is in everyone’s best interest to move their interests and money as far away from the US as possible.
I can’t imagine Canada joining like a normal EU member country would. But I do hope Canada enters into special cooperation and trade agreements if possible.
Awesome news. I wish them the absolute best because nobody should have to rely on a fascist-owned network.
Just as daddy Putin ordered.
One really nice thing to come out of this election is that Joly is sticking around. Her personality and handling of the Trump admin has been fantastic.