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    “I think a lot of the political stuff is keeps us divided. I think we should stay together and help each other out and not fuel into a lot of the political theater and division that they perpetrate in the media,” said Rioux.

    It’s a nice thought, but no amount of pleasant thoughts is going to reduce the active hostility of your current government. I likely won’t be entering that country ever again.

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      And remember: the current government was selected through their nation’s electoral processes. Which means that even if that current government is ousted, nothing prevents it from coming back.

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    At the end of the day, I just don’t feel safe travelling to the US. And that overrules everything else.

    So I won’t be going there for a long, long time.

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    “I would say, don’t be afraid of us. We’re not afraid of you. We’re sorry.”

    They don’t get it. I doubt they ever will.

    You know who doesn’t fear ants? Anteaters. You know who fears anteaters (metaphorically speaking)? Ants.

    OF COURSE YOU’RE NOT AFRAID OF CANADA! Your nation is the predator. The predator that has directed its gaze at us as your next prey.

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    I would love to go to the USA, but I can’t go when the country’s leader is deranged enough to send stealth doritos to drop bombs on countries it wasn’t even officially at war with.

    Secede or depose Trump and then we can talk about me heading back over.

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      I mean the U.S. hasn’t declared war since 1945. You are not wrong, it’s just been one long slippery slope to get to Trump.

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          Not with the U.S. It is a police action, that was never approved via a congressional declaration of war, that has never officially terminated.