In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.

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    There are simply too many reasons to say no. How the US treats people entering and leaving the country. How due process is ignored for people within the country.

    In broad terms the US is an unkind society. This is not to say that there are not kind individuals, but they are unable to influence the overall norm that is so clearly on display.

    You don’t get to cause so many damages to a partner and then suggest we give you another chance. That ship has sailed and I am ready for us to find other trading partners and address our own internal trade barriers.

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      The Americans are an adversarial us-vs-them society. There always has to be a loser in the American culture.

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    🤣😸😂😝😹🥹🤨🤣😸😝😅🙄🫤

    No.

    Eject the fascist first, then we can talk.

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      No, no talk until they understand "recognition and reconciliation policy. "

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    I might, in four years or so, but probably not. There’s a segment of Americans that have the memories of goldfish.

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    Until we stop electing sociopaths, we don’t deserve a second chance from anybody. Canadians know that, unlike the fools who elected you.

    Senators, all you’re doing is further insulting a previously close ally. The best thing you can do is shut up.

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      I’ve known that since the age of 6. lol To me they always seem to hide something, not tell the whole story. And they’re mostly background racists.

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    This is the only response needed to any overtures from the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAbATWsvjTE

    And sorry Democrats, until you get your Republican problem under control, we can’t trust you either. In 2016 it looked like it might just be a flare-up, but the reappearance of symptoms indicates that the infection is deeper and ongoing.

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    “We’ll be better at it if we’re friends than if we’re just tolerating one another…. I’m just here (in Ottawa) to say thank you, and then to encourage Canadians to take another look and give us another chance.”

    You can’t talk about making Canada into the 51st state and then cry for another chance. As far as I’m aware, most Canadians have a backbone. A concept utterly alien to conservatives.

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      I think you are mistaken. The common American politician, upon biopsy, has been found without a backbone. It keeps its form with an exoskeleton, shed once every 20 years.

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        Seems more like it’s once every 2-4 years they shed the ol’ exoskeleton. 😅

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          Depends on the species, but yes some in the genus shed more often than others

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    hey canada, actually keep up the good work. we got some folks down here who don’t get it yet. we’ll be in touch once we’ve fixed our shit

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      You have almost an entire POPULATION that ‘doesn’t get it yet’.

      Call us when you understand what ‘recognition and reconciliation policy’. is all about.