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by TMWNN 3 days ago
>A country doesn't get attacked and invaded

It's as if you blithely ignored my

>Even (again) setting aside Trump explicitly ruling out invasion

in the sentence before the one you quoted.

As for

>Who do you think would Canadians vote for after Trump starts a war, kills hundreds or more Canadians, etc.? So, for sure they wouldn't get voting rights, for example.

First, let me (again) point you to what I wrote above.

Second, let's address the question of Canadians voting after annexation in general. Americans on either side of politics think that Canada is full of super-leftists (and there is no shortage), and Canadians love repeating the "Canadian Conservatives are more leftist than American Democrats" nonsense. But were Canada a part of the US in 2016, Trump would have won AB, SK, and quite possibly enough of the GTA (the parts that loved Rob Ford, and as "Ford Country" has repeatedly won the province for Doug Ford) to win ON, the province most resembling MI/WI/PA, the three states that Trump unexpectedly won the election with. 2024? Very good chance he also takes some/all of BC, MB, NS, and NL.

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Not sure what you are arguing about then. That generally Canada works be better off of they joined the US? As already stated, I don't think Canadian population agrees on that.

I'm addition, most of what you mentioned can be achieved without merging two countries, just by trade agreements.

Congrats, dumbest thing I've read on the Internet today.

Have you ever actually looked at the 2015 Federal Election results. SMH.