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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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solox3 · 1789653067 · focus · HN ↗
> US President Donald Trump earlier called the idea "laughable" and threatened "very serious tariffs" on Europe if he considered it a "hostile act".
So if Canada tries to make friends with anyone other than the US, it's a hostile act?
Makes it all the more obvious that USA is Canada's abusive partner, that they should have broken up with a long time ago.
1. Roscius · 1789653482 · focus · HN ↗
  Carney has extremely strong support amongst the general public in Canada which hasn't been the case for the Canadian PM over the past 20+ years.
  158 Canadian soldiers died defending the United States at the US's request after 9/11. Canadian fighter jets helped to patrol the skies in the US at the US's request after 9/11.
  The insults coming from the US Secretary of Defence and President are not unnoticed. They are logged and remembered.
  1. tsunamifury · 1789654275 · focus · HN ↗
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    10294387 · 1789654971 · focus · HN ↗
    You have never been "the worlds's backstop".
    If that is so onerous, multiple EU countries should get nuclear missiles and make an EU NATO. But you don't want that. You want the dollar propped up irrationally by your military promises and you want NATO and non-NATO proxies against Russia ans China.
    The promises incidentally fail yet again in Iran, where the Saudis already make other treaties with Turkey and Pakistan.

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