In the past month, the incoming President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has increasingly adopted an anti-Canadian tone in his public statements. His latest social media post, marks a significant escalation: "If Canada merged with the US, there would be no tariffs" - Donald Trump January 6th 2025. That statement is a direct and explicit threat to Canadian sovereignty. The United States of America is now sounding and acting like a strategic adversary towards Canada.
Part of the current problem in Canada is that our intelligence and security apparatus, along with our political class, matured in a world where the United States of America was a strategic ally of Canada. Many are not able to understand the rules of the game have changed. The President of the United States speaks on behalf of all Americans and the American government. The President is the head of state, therefore the official position of the United States is now that Canada has no right to exist as a nation, only as the 51st state of the US.
So how would Donald Trump collapse Canada?
Imagine this! The USA strikes a deal with Venezuela for oil. But then, the US slaps a 25% tariff on Canada, including oil. This hurts Canada's oil-producing provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland significantly. It's the first step on how to organize a manufactured crisis in Canada and collapse the nation by crushing the economy.
As Canada would start to crumble, the Canadian dollar would plummet unable to ever recover. Foreign Investment would quickly dry up. Social programs would lose all funding, the revenue would no longer be there to pay for them. Governments in Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, and Alberta would collapse and Ontario's manufacturing heart would dwindle. A series of false flag operations happen in specific geographic locations intended to create the perception of chaos, because let's face it, it would be a chaotic situation. This is where the talk of annexation and becoming the 51st state comes from.
Canadians would see the United States as a lifeline as Canada crashes, we would most likely demand to join the United States.
The US would take over Canada, gaining control of all our natural resources, including oil.
Trump and his influencers have been discussing the acquisition of Greenland frequently lately. I believe they aim to build a pipeline across North America to Greenland.
From Greenland, another pipeline would go to Europe. This gives the US complete control over Europe's energy supply.
Russia and the Middle East energy nations lose their economic power as Europe's energy providers.
It's important to remember that EVERY country, including Canada, does not have friends.
Each country has:
- Strategic Competitors
- Strategic Adversaries
- Strategic Allies
All three options are continuously in flux and change depending on the real-world circumstances at any given moment.
The Canada-USA relationship is currently categorized as Option 1 or Option 2.
When you view the world through a real-time security lens and abandon the irrelevant emotional idea of "friends", you are better equipped to understand why international political decisions are made and how they impact relationships.
Trump's public statement is a real threat to Canada; Canadian politicians need to understand this ASAP. The proposed 25% tariff is not an accident. It's a calculated move designed to quickly collapse Canada. Now, if this plays out as I have described, Canadians will have a choice to make: do we stay Canadian, or do we become part of the US?
Comments
I’m not as worried about the tariffs as some. We just need to find new biz partners, which can’t be too difficult given the resources we have to sell. Everybody wants them. So, let’s not get our knickers in a knot over it. Let Trump place a 25% tariff on Canadian products and let’s see how the average American consumer likes paying for his tax cuts for the rich. It won’t take long for them to start baulking. In the mean time let’s go find new trading partners who actually want our products…