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by Clubber 475 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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"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...

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