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by lqet 474 days ago
Also consider that the US is now threatening direct (even neighboring) allies with military intervention (Canada, Denmark). It is very hard to drain brain which considers the US an enemy country.

Meanwhile, China is playing the long game and is building infrastructure projects all over the world, including the EU [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelje%C5%A1ac_Bridge
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Clubber 474 days ago
>Also consider that the US is now threatening direct (even neighboring) allies with military intervention (Canada, Denmark).

You have a source for this? I haven't heard of any threat of military intervention for Canada and/or Denmark.

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lqet 474 days ago
"Trump has repeatedly spoken of making the neighbouring country the 51st state of America." [0]

"Trudeau more recently suggested behind closed doors that Trump’s sustained annexation calls may not be just light talk and appear to be “a real thing.”" [1]

"Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal" [2]

"US will take Greenland ‘one way or the other,’ Trump says" [3]

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddy2q2z8dzo

[1] https://apnews.com/article/how-canada-could-become-us-state-...

[2] https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-offshore-drilling-gul...

[3] https://www.politico.eu/article/us-will-take-greenland-one-w...

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brabel 474 days ago
Testerday's speech by the Canadian Prime Minister:

"What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy," he explains. "Because that will make it easier to annex us."

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgpdk4257zt?post=asset%3A3b...

"Trump has previously spoken of using "economic force" to make Canada the 51st state of America. But he said he was not considering using military force - an assurance he has not given while stating his ambitions of taking the Panama Canal and Greenland."

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddy2q2z8dzo

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bitsage 474 days ago
The US brain drained plenty of people from Nazi Germany and then the Eastern Bloc. The greater the disparity, the greater the motivation to move.
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