Trump still would like to add Canada and Greenland but says attack on Canada ‘highly unlikely’

Politico ^ | 5/4/2025 | Gregory Svirnovskiy

[jeffersondem]

“Texas would have most certainly left and likely VA also.”

That is an interesting comment.

May we see your data?

[wny]

Only an absolute idiot believes the US has any intention whatsoever to take Canada by force.

[sphinx]

"We need Greenland very badly." Why?

There's an Eskimo gap.

[Dilbert San Diego]

So your position is, that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are at odds with each other? The Constitution did away with the principles of the Declaration of Independence?

[captmar-vell]

We know at the time of the end their are 10 kingdoms to empower Satan’s rule over the Earth. Some think it also could be related to technology oligarchs, like how Google, Meta and Twitter etc., empowered Obama.

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.” Revelation 17:12

[redfreedom]

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

We do not need another California, we do not need Canada.

[Angelino97]

GW punched global terrorism in the face and took Iraq out of the game for 100 years.

"Taking out" Saddam was not a good thing.

Saddam was a tyrant who held terrorists and Islamists and borders in check. As did Qadaffi and Assad. We could deal with them. They had something to lose and were willing to bargain.

Pat Buchanan predicted that "taking out" Iraq would be breaking a hornet's nest. Saddam was the nest that kept the hornets in check. Now, they're angry and free.

Same with Assad and Qadaffi. Libya had been a secure border between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. Now it's open to migrant flooding into Europe.

Bush was wrong to "take out" Saddam -- who had nothing to do with 9/11. The Neocons and Mainstream Media lied.

Bush also gave us the Patriot Act, which Ron Paul warned us about.

[dfwgator]

I want to get rid of states, not add new ones.

[MinorityRepublican]

Bush was wrong to "take out" Saddam -- who had nothing to do with 9/11.

No Iraq, I think it's likely that the Saudis would have continued to finance terrorism.

[Angelino97]

There’s a case to be made that Trump wanted Carney to win all along,

[Jan_Sobieski]

We’re getting close!

[mbrfl]

Where did you get this crazy idea that you have a clue?

[Angelino97]

Bush was also a democrat punching bag that showed very little political fight.

I remember that Bush seemed quiet after the 2000 election. He seemed resigned to having lost.

Then his people shuttled him aside, and led the fight against election fraud. Cheney had more "fire in the belly" in November and December 2000 than did Bush.

[Angelino97]

By your logic, every Confederate Syaye had the right to Secede from the Confederacy.

I'm sure every Confederate state thought so.

[wardaddy]

These headlines from leftist media are ridiculous. And so Soviet

[Angelino97]

The U.S. keeps Canada safe and frees up Canadian budget to provide socialized medical care that Canadians love;

The U.S. does the same for Europe and Israel, both of which provide generous socialized medical care.

[wardaddy]

4-5 provinces are about like Wisconsin

Taint white Mississippi voters unfortunately

And I love Calgary

[jeffersondem]

“So your position is, that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are at odds with each other? The Constitution did away with the principles of the Declaration of Independence?”

No.

In my view the Declaration of Independence provided for secession, styled as “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it (existing government).”

The U.S. Constitution certainly contains nothing to denigrate the principle.

[nutmeg]

Canada as the 51st state is something that just will not happen. It seems pointless to talk about it, even in joking.

I agree... enough already! I don't want two more liberal Senators nor Congress critters. And I *definitely* don't want to absorb Canada's crappy "free" healthcare system with its insane waitlists.

One example of MANY: A Canadian friend of ours has a wife (who is probably 65-70). She has been waiting nearly a year for knee replacement surgery in the Montreal area. She is living in constant pain and her gait is getting worse while she "waits" for the government to approve the scheduling of her surgery.

I'm in that same age group and recently had knee replacement surgery. I simply chose a date, and it was done. NO waiting.

It's absolutely appalling what goes on in Canada and other countries with "free" government-run healthcare. Sounds like a third-world country to me. I thank God every day I was born in the United States of America.

[Angelino97]

No Iraq, I think it's likely that the Saudis would have continued to finance terrorism.

Even if that's true ... so what?

You're saying we should kill innocent person A to scare guilty person B into behaving?

Stalin's NKVD would, on occasion, engage in random mass arrests of innocent people, just to keep the populace frightened.

Is that your idea of wise and just policy?