Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials

And that he didn’t tell this to graduating diplomats, whom would see through this peaceful transition

He told this to soldiers… hmmm….

Somebody calls him just to fuck around and says "Hello, this is Canada".

Wenn man anruft ist keiner da.

as you know, with tariffs, everyone's coming into our country.

Say what? Pretty sure there's record numbers of people leaving the country right now, and tourism is down across the board so people aren't even coming in temporarily never mind permanently. If we needed any more proof Trump was delusional this is certainly it.

You're absolutely right, there's no way Canada wants anything to do with the absolute cluster fuck Trump has turned the US into.

"Is Canada in the room with us right now?"

Thiel called him up and pretended to be Canada

I've watched part of this speech, and it made me wonder if his handlers actually sometimes roleplay stuff for him. Like, some stories he tells sound like they're based on things he experienced in real life, but they're obviously absurd, so maybe it was just things that were played for him to make him feel good?

E. g. the part about the leaders of Azerbaijan and the other country (Trump seems to have forgotten its name, once again):

Azerbaijan was — this was going on for 36 years. They said, it’s not solvable, sir. You can’t — don’t do it. I said, I will do it. I will do it. And I got on the phone with the two countries. They were great. They were great. I knew immediately. I knew as soon as I started talking to them, we’re going to solve that war. And we did. Now they’re so happy. Now they’re friends. One said he’s been President for 32 years — 22 years. He said, you know, for 22 years, I did nothing but kill his people. They were in the room together at the Oval Office. And they started off spread like this. They have the beautiful Resolute Desk. And one was here, and one was here. You couldn’t get further away. That’s the furthest I’ve ever seen two people in front of me. And as the hour went by, they got closer, closer, closer. And at the end of the hour, we had it done. And they hugged and hugged and hugged. And I said, that’s so nice, and you’re going to remain friends. And I spoke to them — one of them — the other day. He said, no, he’s now my friend. But for 22 years, he’s been the head of Azerbaijan for 22 years. And the other guy — great guy, too — seven. And you know that war. That was a war that was not solvable. He said, for seven years. And the other one said, for 22 years, all I did was kill his people. That’s all I’ve done. I said, well, we’re going to put a stop to that. So we solved that.

Well ok, maybe he's just completely talking out of his ass here. But look at this story about some tariff billions they found on a shelf:

But the money coming in is, we’ve never seen anything like it. The other day, they had $31 billion that they found. Thirty-one billion dollars. So we found $31 billion, and we’re not sure from where it came. A gentleman came in, a financial guy. I said, well, what does that mean? He said, we don’t know where it came. I said, check the tariff shelf. No, sir. The tariffs haven’t started in that sector yet. I said, yes, they have. They started seven weeks ago. Check it. It comes back 20 minutes later. Sir, you’re right. It came from tariffs. Thirty-one billion. That’s enough to buy a lot of battleships, Admiral, to use an old term.

When he says a "gentleman came in, a financial guy", I really wonder if it was some staffer dressed up to tell him a feel-good story about tariffs.

(got the transcript from here)

We will literally burn the place to the ground and make sure you spill blood on every inch of this land before you get it

🛎️🛎️🛎️

The tariffs are absolutely fucking up our country right now, and I live in the US, and we absolutely deserve it. It's affecting every single one of my projects (I work in an engineering/manufacturing company). Turns out 10-25% tariffs really cuts out a lot of the margin for people so we've had to significantly bump prices on aerospace components. This in turn will drive ticket prices up eventually as well. It's also affecting our groceries. And then the side effects of all of it, is the boycotts from numerous countries. It's absolutely crushing our trade.

That said, all of the boycotts are absolutely fantastic. Keep it up. Our lead-addled half of the US needs to understand what isolationist policies do to our country. Maybe it'll be the wake up call that people need to understand that international cooperation is the key to success.

Ive found buying Canadian is actually cheaper. Im literally saving money by not buying overpriced, hyperprocessed American shit tier food.

Puerto Rico

It would be hilarious if he wasn't the god damn president.

I am watching this and wondering how long before the global economy decides not to treat the USD as the standard...

A great deal of our success has been being a solid and easy choice as a global currency, and this really screws that up.

I've always preferred Europeans' values and attitudes more anyway.

Yeah, it's not just that number of people who'd be insurgents, it's that Canada's a bit more advanced tech-wise than the Taliban, and the US's defense infrastructure has predominantly NOT been engineered for decades to repel any sort of land invasions. We also look, and outside of those crazy newfies, we sound like most generic Americans, making identifying potential threats that much more difficult.

Not for him. He deserves it. He shits his pants daily and his brain is Swiss cheese. His cultists lap it up.

If the US military is your last hope of holding on to a democracy, I’ve got wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam and countless regime changes in Latin America and the Middle East to prove otherwise.

If you've read the Constitution then I've got some bad news for you. Unless you interpret its amendments, then good news. But then there was the Southeast Asia doctrine by Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon... which is bad news. But then there is good news if you follow the War Powers Resolution of 1973. Oh but then there's some muddy waters about Emergency Powers which goes back and forth with the Supreme Court which ultimately is bad news. Even worse was the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Terrorists passed by Congress around 9/11.

Realistically none of this matters because Trump has never had a precedent of following the law or respecting boundaries with little girls so I guess I just wasted a few moments of your time.

Beard thing?

Show me on this map where Canada touched you.

Generals are not the sort of people to get mad. Instead, they get even.

It starts off with the annexation of Canada which leads to Operation Anchorage.

Western Canada has always talked of separation, it's a nothing burger.

It feels different this time. Certainly news coverage is different. They are taking concrete steps.