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Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'

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  1. solox3 · · 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. randomNumber7 · · focus · HN ↗
      > So if Canada tries to make friends with anyone other than the US, it's a hostile act?

      If your ex starts dating your best friend directly after breakup, would you consider it a hostile act?

      1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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      2. troyvit · · focus · HN ↗
        You mean the same best friend that you unilaterally groped[1], shit-talked[2], undermined[3] and tried to drag into a brawl[4]?

        [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Greenland_crisis" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Greenland_crisis

        [2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.eu&#x2F;article&#x2F;donald-trump-nato-policy-defense-plans-europe-america&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.politico.eu&#x2F;article&#x2F;donald-trump-nato-policy-def...

        [3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cadtm.org&#x2F;Trump-Europe-and-the-international-neo-fascist-movement-from-ideological" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cadtm.org&#x2F;Trump-Europe-and-the-international-neo...

        [4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;03&#x2F;31&#x2F;europe&#x2F;trump-lashes-out-europe-iran-war-latam-intl" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cnn.com&#x2F;2026&#x2F;03&#x2F;31&#x2F;europe&#x2F;trump-lashes-out-europ...

      3. buellerbueller · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt;If your ex starts dating your best friend directly after breakup, would you consider it a hostile act?

        &quot;breakup&quot; is doing a huge amount of counterfactual sanewashing here.

      4. andrewflnr · · focus · HN ↗
        I might, but that wouldn&#x27;t make me right or make my ex unjustified. It might just be another instance of me being an asshole.
      5. jrimbault · · focus · HN ↗
        Luckily states are not hormones-driven romcom protagonists.
        1. andrewflnr · · focus · HN ↗
          Instead, they&#x27;re dogs. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smbc-comics.com&#x2F;comics&#x2F;20130817.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smbc-comics.com&#x2F;comics&#x2F;20130817.png
      6. cattenwallen · · focus · HN ↗
        Who is the ex and who is the best friend here? America has broken up with both Canada and EU?
      7. solox3 · · focus · HN ↗
        Canada and the US were not in an exclusive relationship.
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