Comment by AnotherGoodName
10 hours ago
There were literal statements of annexation. Brushed off by some "that was a joke" but they were made.
Lets not downplay that fact.
10 hours ago
There were literal statements of annexation. Brushed off by some "that was a joke" but they were made.
Lets not downplay that fact.
I personally can downplay them as a joke because it is a joke. The mostly likely path forward for anything like that would instead a certain oil rich province voting themselves independent and then asking the US for aid or to join.
And, if it wasn't a joke, then that's even more of a reason to consider meeting your 2% NATO agreement instead of just phoning it in.
The only country to have ever invaded us is the USA.
Their national anthem is about a battle in that war.
It's downplayable because Trump isn't actually serious about it. He's serious about something until he learns what's possible. Some things are possible (absurd tariffs), other things are not (declaring war on a bordering country).