• CheeseAndCatsup
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    17 hours ago

    It will be a shit show until Canada and the rest of the western world work out agreements independent of the US.

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      11 hours ago

      Over here in the EU we still need gas and oil. I’d much rather import it from Canada than from Qatar or some other middle eastern dictatorship.

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      12 hours ago

      We’re already doing that. EVERYBODY is doing that. every western nation is doing their best to cut America out of their trading deals. Donnie has seriously fucked America over.

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      Isolating a fascist power with the strongest military in the world doesn’t work. Eventually they work up the balls to use it.

      Every nation should be prepared for what happens when the purge of the US military and government is complete and only loyalists hold power.

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        Given that there are no ideal moves in any direction, I feel that standing up to the bully is the only option on the table. They failed to do that in 1939.

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        And another thing. Its America’s job to police this mess, they installed him either directly or indirectly. The rest of the world didn’t ask or vote for this dangerous toddler.

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          No joke, I can see UK and France offering nuclear retaliation response promise to Canada, outside of NATO. I think trump really is dumb enough to start real war with for example Canada. NATO is dead, rest of the west needs to make similar protection agreements without USA, besides NATO , for when shit really hits the fan (I think it will, it’s a matter of when, not if).

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              From article 5 from the NATO treaty actually. It states that it applies to attacks from external actors, i.e. non-members.

              Edit: the article or nato treaty doesn’t state it that explicitly actually. But a quick google show that it’s at least the consensus interpretation

              • Alpha71@lemmy.world
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                it states that it applies to attacks from external actors, i.e. non-members

                Which America would be if they leave NATO…