One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances is broken. Canadians are absorbing U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.

Canadians are feeling an undeniable sense of betrayal after Trump declared a trade war against America’s northern neighbor and longtime ally. Trump keeps threatening Canada’s sovereignty and and vowing to put sweeping 25% tariffs on Canadian products, though Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday afternoon the tariffs will be postponed by at least 30 days after he promised more cooperation on the border.

In Canada, discussion and disapproval are everywhere. Canadian hockey fans have even been booing the American national anthem at recent National Hockey League games. Addressing the nation this past weekend, Trudeau channeled the betrayal that many Canadians are feeling, reminding Americans that Canadian troops fought alongside them in Afghanistan and helped respond to myriad crises from wildfires in California to Hurricane Katrina. “We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people,” he said.

The Canadian jitters, some worry, could go beyond the moment. “The damage is going to be long-lasting,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto. “The Americans won’t be trusted anymore. The 51st state stuff is just contemptuous. It treats Canada like we don’t even exist.”

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  • Majorllama@lemmy.world
    137·
    15 hours ago

    Damn. For a country that apparently is just an absolute dumpster fire of garbage we sure do seem to have the highest immigration rates of anywhere on the planet.

    So either all those people from all over the world who want to be in America are all stupid or you are wrong about America … Hmmmm I wonder which one it is.

    • Brainsploosh@lemmy.world
      24·
      15 hours ago

      You don’t have the highest immigration rates, and sometimes not even in absolute numbers.

      The US has about 50 million total immigrants, or about 14 % of the population, that’s behind both Germany (19 %) and Saudi Arabia (89 %).

      Considering why most of those people are fleeing their homes, the US might want to sit this argument out…

    • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
      91·
      13 hours ago

      Also the lowest standard of living in the first world lol

      You’re country is a fucking joke.

    • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
      111·
      14 hours ago

      We sure do seem to have the highest immigration rates of anywhere on the planet

      From Canada? Yeah right lmfao

        • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
          101·
          13 hours ago

          Why would we be talking about somewhere else? The whole discussion came out of this absurd notion the US doesn’t need Canada and Canada needs the US. Your braindead take was about the US and Canada. You literally started this whole thing how are you not able to keep up?

    • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
      8·
      15 hours ago

      Immigration from where? You’d need to compare the metrics he’s was talking about to the countries the immigrants are fleeing to really have a point there. As long as the conditions are better in the US than where the immigrants are coming from they’ll do that.

      Are we seeing a lot of immigration from countries with good healthcare and education?

      • Majorllama@lemmy.world
        111·
        14 hours ago

        Well yeah. Obviously people are only going to want to immigrate to somewhere better. Why the fuck would anyone wanna move into a shittier house? That would be like me moving to Canada. It just wouldn’t make any sense.

    • dom@lemmy.ca
      31·
      13 hours ago

      Even if that were true (other comments show it isnt) that doesn’t actually mean America is better lol just trading on propaganda and past good images.