Oh, I see. I hadn't considered that that could be used as a pretense for military action.

Trump's stable genius trade advisor was just on one of their propaganda networks suggesting that Canada is also run by Mexican cartels. It's all a bit Monty Python, honestly. Just waiting to hear who he's nominating for Secretary of Silly Walks.

I think it very much is for certain states. Particularly Florida.

I may have picked it up wrong, but I think i read somewhere that European and Canadian based travel providers are already reporting a 40% reduction in travel bookings to the US.

That might require a fact check, but if true, that could be quite devastating for the US tourism industry. And we're only a few months into his presidency, so one might expect that to drop further.

I also read that realtors in Florida specifically are being overwhelmed with requests for quick sales on foreigner owned properties.

It's not nothing.

Are you under the impression that the Ricans invented and own music, TV, movie theatres, and video games? You are literally on the internet right now. All of human knowledge is at your fingertips, and you could very easily go and confront some of your very perplexing assumptions.

As far as I understand, Canada and the EUs' prospective counter tariffs are fairly surgical in that they will take aim disproportionately at red states.

In terms of vacationing in the US. Your airlines, hotel chains, restaurant chains etc. all pay federal taxes. Therefore , spending money anywhere in the US, with few exceptions, is Canadian money in Trump's war chest. With that in mind, a general boycott makes logical sense.

The same goes for Costco Canada, Walmart Canada etc, of course. Multinationals all more or less repatriate their profits or franchise/licencing fees back to Mordor.

Can you elaborate? I don't follow?

What's the over/under on Canada developing a nuclear deterrent?

It would be interesting to see how that would poll amongst Canadians.

If the threat of annexation is as serious as we are being led to believe (and I think it is), what realistic options do we have in terms of defending our sovereignty? Actuellement, all that stands in the way of Canada's forced accension to statehood or, more likely; territorial vasalisation by an imperialist USA, is the short stroll to Ottawa.

Obviously, developing nuclear weapons while signatory to non-proliferation treaties is a can of worms that I'd hate to see opened, and the mere acknowledgement and/or open development of such weapons could invite serious economic or even a military response.

Is it even possible to develop a nuclear deterrent in secret? Does Canada have the savoir-faire? The technology, the materials, the delivery systems? Do we beg France and the UK to officially declare that they would respond to any armed aggression against Canada?

Wtf do we do? What timeline is this?

Sell our minerals to China in exchange for security guarantees? Fold and allow ourselves to be absorbed into the US?

I can't believe this is where we are. What an anxious time to be a Canadian.