‘It’s Outrageous That You Banned American Products From Your Shelves’ (www.politico.com)

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Pete Hoekstra thumbs through an imaginary document, and pauses for effect: “This is a serious proposal — pile one.” Then he raises a second document. “I can’t believe this,” he guffaws. “This is a joke.” Straight to the discard pile.

That, says President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, is how it will go — one way or another — when newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney submits a proposal on a revamped economic and security agreement with the United States

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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But he’s also feeling hurt by Canadians’ ban of certain American products from their store shelves in the wake of Trump’s trade war and calls for annexation.

“That is an insult to us,” he said. “We have not done anything like that.”

No, you've just threatened daily to annex our country once you've finished crushing our economy through a needless trade war you started. You haven't banned our products, just made them impossible to sell. And you've made very clear that you don't plan to stop until you have destroyed our country. Shockingly, we've become less keen on giving you our money. And we haven't even said thank you once.

Edit: Borrowing this from someone else's comment, here are some of his past performances:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8AwFc9hlf4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thIRJLsnIxY