They're just butt-hurt that Canada isn't spending the extra money on US weapons. This whole "military spending" thing is nothing but a shakedown to get allies to increase weapons purchases from US manufacturers.
Everyone is united in that view. Giving Carney the benefit of the doubt, I think he is ragging the puck before making it formal that we are withdrawing our pre-existing order for 16 F35s with the Americans
Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn't want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.
Trump is not an aberration, he is an exact representation of American values. He did not rise from a vacuum, he rose from decades of Americans blindly following Republicans to their doom.
You cannot say that he does not represent the US when he was voted into office on two non-consecutive turns.
America is a shit hole country, filled with shit hole people, who vote for shit hole representatives. There may be occasional flecks of not shit in there, but you're just hollow husks of corns in a sea of shit.
Wasn't the Untied States government supposed to theoretically be organized in such a way as to not allow one person so much power? If only one man was the problem, it would be very easy for the Untied States to just not let him have power
The Untied States as a country is responsible for this mess. Not every individual, plenty voted against this, but the country is responsible. The government of the Untied States allowed Trump to be elected instead of properly punishing him for his crimes, and is enabling his behaviour. Congress and the Supreme Court have been going along with him. And the reason this was all allowed to happen is because a significant percentage of the population voted in favour of it
There’s just a pinch of truth in everything the Cheeto says 😅 the rest is pure delusional fever dream.
Canada is failing the same way every advanced economy is including the US everyone is failing their citizens 💀 not in a x is better than y kind of way just the whole world may be on one of the darkest trajectories rip
It’s a board that’s been around for 80 years. Was very active and crucial in past ww wars. If the US wants to act childish and petty 🇨🇦could literally care less. Our news coverage of this yesterday said just that, from high ranking military leaders.
Canada _couldn’t _ care less. Sorry to be pedantic, but they say opposite things.
Despite that, agreed. Canada seems to “get it” with regards to the US. If Trump and friends want to behave like adults, they come to the table. If not, they’re just going to isolate them further. Eventually the US will “American Exceptionalism” itself right into a corner all by its lonesome little self. Then all that debt will really start to hurt.
I’ve always felt there was a difference between people like McConnell and ones like the current crop of Republicans (Trump, Boebert, MTG, etc.). McConnell knew that US soft power as incredibly powerful, and that the dollar being the global reserve currency massively props up the US economy. They built this myth of “American Exceptionalism” to explain why we have it so great when it was these boring things that made that myth possible. Basically, they toed the line of selling the lie while never intending to do anything about those “government handouts” that helped perpetuate their myth.
This new breed sees the myth as dogma. They think the US is actually a gift to the world, ordained by God Himself. They don’t understand soft power, or how reserve currencies work, so they don’t understand what gutting programs like USAid actually does. They literally believe American Exceptionalism is just a fact of the world without understanding why, other than “we’re number 1.” It was always going to happen. The Republicans did this to themselves, and the country.
For some unhinged reason, Trump wanted to kick Canada out of the five eyes last year, so as a response we just stopped sharing information with the US, and the US just kind of Kicked themselves out.
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Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 73 pts · 112d
They're just butt-hurt that Canada isn't spending the extra money on US weapons. This whole "military spending" thing is nothing but a shakedown to get allies to increase weapons purchases from US manufacturers.
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 112d
And Canada is buying gripens not f35s so the US can go pound sand.
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 15 pts · 111d
Buying f35s now is insane why would you buy war planes from a rabid dog who probably built a backdoor in
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 111d
Everyone is united in that view. Giving Carney the benefit of the doubt, I think he is ragging the puck before making it formal that we are withdrawing our pre-existing order for 16 F35s with the Americans
demonsword@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 111d
I remember reading in somewhat recent news that Israel is buying them, but they hold the leash of that rabid dog after all
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 111d
It would be idiocy
mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 111d
Canada did not cancel any f-35 contracts yet
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 111d
We’d better.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 111d
It would lose us billions.
Killer57@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 111d
Better to lose money, then have a worthless plane.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 111d
Yep. Go German instead imo
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 111d
Also SK and there are many small arms from other European countries that are solid
el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 111d
Unfortunately, I think most of the new military spending that brings our total to the 2% of GDP target is going to American manufacturers. I get the feeling that Carney doesn't want to upset the status quo too much, despite the talk. I think he still counts on a path back to the way things were, just maybe on a longer timeline.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 111d
Canada has a lot of weapons components manufacturing.
Arancello@aussie.zone · 33 pts · 112d
the us empire butthurt that nobody wants to play with them anymore. ooh, so sad.
hanrahan@piefed.social · 3 pts · 111d
Alas Australia still has its tounge far up that US ass. It's fucking embarrassing
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 112d
This should be the other way around.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 22 pts · 112d
Cheesus. The USA are really set on digging themselves deeper and deeper. They think they're invincible, I call it hubris.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 112d
Its Trump... Not the usa
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 112d
Its *Republicans and neoliberal fascists... and, admittedly, 30-50% of the USA.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 112d
Much closer to 30%
Jhex@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 111d
but apparently enough to silence the other mythical 70%
Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 111d
I like your optimism!
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 14 pts · 112d
USA meaning the government of that country. It's not just Trump.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 112d
Sadly seems Trump only has yes men in goverment. Can't believe its thats easy in America.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 112d
The US elected the orange turd, and represents what the US has become very well.
masterspace@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 111d
Lmfao.
No, it's the US.
Trump is not an aberration, he is an exact representation of American values. He did not rise from a vacuum, he rose from decades of Americans blindly following Republicans to their doom.
You cannot say that he does not represent the US when he was voted into office on two non-consecutive turns.
America is a shit hole country, filled with shit hole people, who vote for shit hole representatives. There may be occasional flecks of not shit in there, but you're just hollow husks of corns in a sea of shit.
Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 111d
Congress isn't stopping him.
mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 111d
No it the usa . Trumo is just the current figurehead
TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 111d
Unfortunately Trump currently represents our country on the international stage. Hard to say we arent responsible when we elected this jackass twice.
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 5 pts · 111d
Trump is america the man
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 111d
He is a human embodiment of everything wrong with America
youcantreadthis@quokk.au · 2 pts · 111d
Sure yeah I guess he's not jazz and jambalaya and the ADA what else does it get right
Rothe@piefed.social · 4 pts · 111d
More importantly it is the whole cabal of billionaire oligarchs.
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 112d
77mlion Americans support this.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 112d
Thats not true at all actually
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 112d
77 million Americans supported this enough to vote him In AGAIN
lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 111d
Yeah no shit. They saw Trump 1.0 and still inflicted him on the world again. Americans fucking suck.
demonsword@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 111d
Trump is the most American president the USA ever had
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 111d
Wasn't the Untied States government supposed to theoretically be organized in such a way as to not allow one person so much power? If only one man was the problem, it would be very easy for the Untied States to just not let him have power
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 111d
The Untied States as a country is responsible for this mess. Not every individual, plenty voted against this, but the country is responsible. The government of the Untied States allowed Trump to be elected instead of properly punishing him for his crimes, and is enabling his behaviour. Congress and the Supreme Court have been going along with him. And the reason this was all allowed to happen is because a significant percentage of the population voted in favour of it
Blurntout@lemmy.ca · -4 pts · 112d
There’s just a pinch of truth in everything the Cheeto says 😅 the rest is pure delusional fever dream.
Canada is failing the same way every advanced economy is including the US everyone is failing their citizens 💀 not in a x is better than y kind of way just the whole world may be on one of the darkest trajectories rip
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 112d
It’s a board that’s been around for 80 years. Was very active and crucial in past ww wars. If the US wants to act childish and petty 🇨🇦could literally care less. Our news coverage of this yesterday said just that, from high ranking military leaders.
ClownStatue@piefed.social · 17 pts · 112d
Canada _couldn’t _ care less. Sorry to be pedantic, but they say opposite things.
Despite that, agreed. Canada seems to “get it” with regards to the US. If Trump and friends want to behave like adults, they come to the table. If not, they’re just going to isolate them further. Eventually the US will “American Exceptionalism” itself right into a corner all by its lonesome little self. Then all that debt will really start to hurt.
I’ve always felt there was a difference between people like McConnell and ones like the current crop of Republicans (Trump, Boebert, MTG, etc.). McConnell knew that US soft power as incredibly powerful, and that the dollar being the global reserve currency massively props up the US economy. They built this myth of “American Exceptionalism” to explain why we have it so great when it was these boring things that made that myth possible. Basically, they toed the line of selling the lie while never intending to do anything about those “government handouts” that helped perpetuate their myth.
This new breed sees the myth as dogma. They think the US is actually a gift to the world, ordained by God Himself. They don’t understand soft power, or how reserve currencies work, so they don’t understand what gutting programs like USAid actually does. They literally believe American Exceptionalism is just a fact of the world without understanding why, other than “we’re number 1.” It was always going to happen. The Republicans did this to themselves, and the country.
CircaV@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 111d
Well our politicans are performing like they “care” as they should but Canadians are fucking DONE with the US. And it’s permanent and generational.
And I hope the world moves away from the US dollar as the petrodollar.
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 111d
The sooner the world cuts contact with the Untied States and puts it in a corner until it behaves, the better
redsand@infosec.pub · 17 pts · 112d
Break 5 eyes Canada. Get Carney to buy some balls
Killer57@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 111d
For some unhinged reason, Trump wanted to kick Canada out of the five eyes last year, so as a response we just stopped sharing information with the US, and the US just kind of Kicked themselves out.
redsand@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 111d
Sounds like a Putin pleaser. Fantastic
Jhex@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 111d
tirateimas@lemmy.pt · 10 pts · 112d
Deeper... dig deeper
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 111d
Canada is failing? We ain't perfect but the Untied States is the failing nation in this equation
mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 111d
Good. Although we should have been the ine to do it
Vanth@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 112d
URL is broken
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 112d
Fixed. Fat fingers even when copying links...
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 111d
Paywall
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 112d
The comments on that article are quite... Something.