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Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's 24th prime minister on March 14, declaring "We will never, in any shape or form, be part of the US," rejecting Donald Trump's annexation threats.

Carney won the Liberal leadership with 85.9% of the vote despite having no elected experience.

He called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's suggestion that Canada would be better as "the 51st state" simply "crazy."

Carney is expected to call an election soon as he faces the challenge of managing Trump's trade war that threatens to push Canada into recession.

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

If you watch his rallies (not recommended for sanity) he does crack jokes. But it's always punching down at someone. If something gets a response from the crowd he'll repeat it untill it's a dead horse and beyond.

That's how most of his policy and sayings got started in his first term. 'Drain the Swamp' being the most famous example. He's on video saying he has no idea what drain the swamp even means, but the crowd ate it up so he kept it going.

He might have randomly threw 'invade canada' out in the middle of a meandering speech and people cheered, and so he's now focused on it.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He's not joking. Trump's jokes are like all fascist "jokes": they're threats, and the humour for them is watching you squirm, and then telling you that they're only joking, watching your tentative relief, then threatening you again. They're just playing with their prey.

Canada needs to be working with its allies on a defensive plan now. And the other four of the Five Eyes need to stop sharing intelligence with the USA.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The only tangible thing I can remember him saying and not actually doing it is shooting someone on 5th Avenue. "Drain the swamp" is a quaint platitude, but what it actually means is different from person to person. But i can guarantee he wants an awesome military dictator parade, he wants to own Canada, Greenland, and Panama, and while he doesn't give a fuck about anyone but himself, he is far more willing to express and act on that with marginalized people.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't want to own all of Panama just the canal. Also interesting that he's not threatening to annex Mexico, wouldn't that look even better on the map?

What is it about countries to the south that makes Trump not them to be part of the US, while with Canada he does?

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The Canada shit is coming straight from Peter Navarro

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

Probably Putin too. A war on the North American continent would collapse the US economy and remove the US from doing anything on the world stage for at least decades. Maybe forever.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I'm assuming he's part of the project 2025 traitors. Right?