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Trump mocks trans folks to prime minister with nonbinary kid
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If you are the head of a state you don't get the luxury of personal convictions. You should always be acting in the interest of the state.
Realpolitik says the best interests of Canada are to try to get Trump to walk back steel and aluminium tariffs buying time while to diversify exports and institute "Buy Canadian"
And, again...is it "in the interest of the state" to capitulate to economic extortion? We're just giving him what he wants, and getting nothing in return? And our leader is sitting there while he insults us all...including his own kid. What the actual fuck does that say about us? It says we're weak, and Trump can say and do whatever the hell he wants, without consequences.
And for the record, Trump is not going to "walk back" those tariffs. He's not only using them to fund his domestic agenda, but also to pursue his foreign policy agenda. They are his leverage over us.
Why would anyone assume he's going to just let that leverage go, especially when it's working? That's just ridiculous.
Or a nation could try not selling its soul for a buck.
King Charles is the head of state.
On paper. We don't need his assent for anything. And if we did we have the Gov. Gen.
We need his assent for any law to be adopted, federal or provincial.
And we have the Gov. Gen. for that.
Yes... who represents the Crown.
Who is a nominal figure head. The actual monarch hasn't had a REAL ROLE since the charter.