• TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I cannot wait to see how the Trump admin will spin this. Either that or they have a meltdown and immediately call it a rigged election. Bonus points if he tells Canadians to storm their capital.

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      They are 100% going to say our election was rigged, and our idiots are going to believe them.

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        6 hours ago

        excerpt of facebook comments Ive seen since last night

        • “this country is a disgrace”
        • " sad day for canada"
        • “fucking rigged!”
        • “west time to become 51st state”
        • “alberta saskatchewan manitoba 51st state of USA!”
        • “time to secede”
        • “trump will save alberta”
        • " insert conspiracy here already picked their candidate, our votes dont count"
        • “time to leave”
        • accusations of Chinese meddling
        • accusaions of European meddling
        • accusations of Globalist meddling
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      14 hours ago

      I’ll be a little surprised if he addresses it more than a passing comment - the US conservative population doesn’t actually give a shit about canada (unless they’re told to be mad about it for some specific scapegoaty reason, but they’ll just forget. Like they’ve all forgotten about the lumber issues, or eggs, or how ‘canada is killing the US garment industry’ that one was cute…). At this point he’s got enough other things to distract them with, so why waste his very limited attention span on something he’s declared a solved issue?

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        I think it would depend on whether Canada’s new government is willing to play ball. If they’re not willing to kiss Trump’s ass and give America the preferential treatment that he’s trying to extort from the country, there’s going to be more than just a one-off passing comment about it. Probably a woe-is-me “Canada is taking advantage of us” campaign, I reckon.

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        Please, I am begging you, do not make this sheet. Right wing media will pick up on it, the golden one will catch wind of it, and it will become an achievement checklist. Please do not.