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At the first Trump cabinet meeting, he stated his intentions clearly. He restated blatant lies and disinformation, and he won't really be questioned on it from the press or from any US politicians. The US is the enemy of Canada and should be understood as such. Take heed of his treatment of Ukraine - when he noted that they would lose the war without US help - and consider what he will propose when he uses the same argument on us. He makes it very clear in the video.

And very carefully consider which of our political leaders will stand up to Trump when he makes the argument that we need American military in our country to protect us.

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[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump can piss right the F off! They could not win a war against us.

  1. All our measurements are in metric they would just be lost.
  2. We will cut off their power and the average US citizen will get mad because we give them so much electricity, at least the northern states.
  3. We will cut off the oil tap and their military vehicles will not be able to run. At least until they reformat their refiners for their oil, leading to more power outs.
  4. Their economy will just crash because of power outages. Leading to the people who would retrofit the refiners demanding for more money, that the oil companies do not have on hand.
  5. The people will rise up in the US because of the massive and very fast inflation, Trump will be remembered as the president who destroyed the US in a mater of a few months of taking office.

I do not want to say go a head and try but the US loses either way, I also understand that there are military people way smarter than me who have battle plans drawn up. I did not know that these plans are kept up to date as well.

[–] WorkshopBubby@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

People will rise up, that is true. But if Trump solidifies his power, and it wont take much longer, he can easily work around all of the other leverage we have. He is more than happy to trade with Russia, NK, India, Iran, etc. to displace anything Canadians import. They will have plenty of fuel for their vehicles.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Take away potash as that kills corn farmers. Corn is the base of a lot of industrial plants owned by the ruling class.

And also medical isotopes. Those old politicians will find it difficult to see their doctors without scans and X-rays. Shame how many heart attacks and strokes there will be.

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bad news. Trump is buying Potash from Belarus and energy from Russia. Canada is moving away from the US but the US is moving away from Canada.

Trump is busy assembling the new Axis of Evil.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I am aware but if we act now we can affect this growing season regardless. That may be all it takes to piss off the citizens enough...if that is even possible.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Potash does so much more then fertilize Corn, it fertilizes everything! If the farmers cannot fertilize their feilds the food products will suffer, more so than it did this year with Trumps big imminent round up. I read somewhere that it takes one year of not fertilizing a feild properly to mess it up, for something like 5 years I could be totally wrong on that memory but I do know not fertilizing properly really screws things up. Farmers that also raise cattle maybe able to make it more than two years but they will be suffering fast.

That is a long term war plan, what I laid out would happen within weeks, if not days.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It will affect everything but trump is already importing potash from Belarus so he will just get it elsewhere. The big deal is corn because of the uses for the product. It's in literally everything in some form. Next to soy it's the largest crop by far. It fucks the entire system including animal feed. I grow veggies on a small scale ((1/4 acre) I assure you corn will take a hit before they can replace potash but we need to act fast.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Saskatchewan has the majority of the worlds potash in the world. It is 7 or 8 of the other mineral extraction is not mined like it is here, it is filtered through water or something. Yes there are other deposits around the world but it is not the same quantity or quality as it is here.

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I am aware. Not as easy to access. It's mostly mined worldwide. Thus it's more expensive. It also doesn't have the same growing capacity as ours because of micronutrient content. It still can be replaced and modern crops adjusted to suit. That takes time. This the need to hurry the hell up in potash.