cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41085312

Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating 51st state threats.

And they told CBC News that the most potent weapon wielded by the Trump administration to advance the cause of annexation would likely not be the intelligence agencies directed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.#

  • Sibshops@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    There’s a right way to destabilize a country. Provide accurate and bias-free reporting like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Asia. This gives people access to independent journalism. Not what Trump is doing.

    • Em Adespoton
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      That only destabilizes countries that don’t already enshrine that sort of reporting.

      Trump is destabilizing Canada by doing the opposite.

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      Fuck Trump. He can spend eternity encased in concrete in a barrel at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      bias-free reporting

      Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Asia

      Pick one. VoA only reports stories that align with American interests. Given that RFE/RL/RFA are American-backed, I would assume the same for them, but I haven’t studied it.

      • Sibshops@lemm.ee
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        Sure, they are reporting stories that align with American interests, but it is through accurate reporting, not disinformation.

        For example, VoA extensively covered what was going on with the Uyghur population in China.