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#annexation

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Canada faces a war on two fronts: an economic campaign to weaken and ultimately annex us, and an information war to manipulate public opinion and destabilize our democracy. The United States is now, alongside authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China, using economic pressure, territorial aggression and digital propaganda to divide Canadians, distort elections and sow mistrust in institutions. thestar.com/opinion/contributo

Toronto Star · In a changed world, Canada faces an information war. There is an answerBy Peter MacLeod and Taylor Owen, Contributors
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NotImpressed

#westbank
#Annexation
#settlers
@palestine

"In recent months, several Israeli far-right politicians have suggested taking advantage of the friendly US administration under President Donald Trump to annex part or all of the occupied West Bank"
"A report by Israeli settlement watchdogs says settlers have used grazing to seize control of 14 percent of the occupied West Bank through the establishment of shepherding outposts in recent years"

trt.global/world/article/5d75c

#LOE11 : Israel-Hamas war
trt.globalTRT Global - Grazing, grazing and gone: Israeli settlers use herding to seize Palestinian landsIn recent months, several Israeli far-right politicians have suggested taking advantage of the friendly US administration under President Donald Trump to annex part or all of the occupied West Bank.
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NotImpressed

#westbank
#annexation
@palestine

"Far-right finance minister Smotrich hails the move as a step toward imposing Israeli ‘sovereignty’ over the occupied West Bank"
Smotrich: "Instead of hiding and apologising – we raise the flag, build and settle"
Hamas: "Smotrich's comments “confirm that settlements, in all their forms, are a racist colonization project aimed at displacing our people, stealing their land and holy sites, and imposing a hateful apartheid regime"

trt.global/world/article/fc240

New buildings around the Israeli settlement Talmon B near the Palestinian town of Mazraa Al-Qibleyeh near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, November 20, 2024. [REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman]
trt.globalTRT Global - Israel approves plan to separate, legalise 13 settlement outposts in occupied West BankFar-right finance minister Smotrich hails the move as a step toward imposing Israeli ‘sovereignty’ over the occupied West Bank.
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Susan Ville

🗨️ This is a pretty stupid pressure attempt by Katz, again published for click bate by , copied by , if we all know, that by international law, and the are already an illegal , because it's no temporary status. Everyone who's been investing life time and efforts to hold Israel to account for crimes against humanity knows, this is just part of the >30 years of rhetoric. It's simple: ISR has to LEAVE! THEN they can talk reconstruction!

english.ahram.org.eg/News/5434

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Kostyn

This is a must-read from @KimTallBear

kimtallbear.substack.com/p/i-w

The nation state is not a pathway to liberation (of any kind), and all the Canadian nationalism I've seen in response to the trade war shenanigans/threats of annexation has been so dispiriting.

"Settler nationalist flag waving in any political tone is ultimately anti-Indigenous; it’s built on ongoing Indigenous death and destruction co-constituted with environmental destruction."

Unsettle · I won't wave your national flag, but I will stand with youBy Kim TallBear
#Nationalism#CanPoli#USPol
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

I don't want to go *too* far in praising this article, because there are still a large number of problems with the way it minimizes the danger of Trump literally annexing Canada, but its existence demonstrates that at least one US media outlet (NBC) understands that Trump is not joking, or playing the angles here, and is in fact dead serious about taking over Canada:

nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr

Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyone

"Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump first mentioned his love for Canadians, including his “many friends” like hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Then he riffed about how Canada shouldn’t exist as a sovereign country before getting to what has increasingly become a fixation: wholesale annexation of Canada as a U.S. state.

"Canada only works as a state," Trump said Thursday. "We don’t need anything they have. As a state, it would be one of the great states anywhere. This would be the most incredible country, visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S. Just a straight, artificial line. Somebody did it a long time ago, many many decades ago. Makes no sense. It’s so perfect as a great and cherished state."

"But why should we subsidize another country for $200 billion?" Trump continued, adding, "And again, we don’t need their lumber, we don’t need their energy. We have more than they do. We don’t need anything. We don’t need their cars. I’d much rather make the cars here. And there’s not a thing that we need. Now, there will be a little disruption, but it won’t be very long. But they need us. We really don’t need them. And we have to do this. I’m sorry."

As I said at the top of this post, this is by no means a perfect article; NBC spends far too much ink focusing on Trump's personal animus towards Justin Trudeau (who is no longer even the Canadian Prime Minister) and allowing named GOP officials to pretend they're confused by Trump's annexation plan even as they enact his orders to try and make that plan a reality. Crucially however, this report *does* make it abundantly clear that Trump is dead serious and his minions know full well that he's not joking:

"Trump has been unapologetic in his quest to conquer the Canadians — an effort he said in January would be conducted by “economic force.” The result has been a disintegration of the relationship between the U.S. and one of its closest allies, and a stock market plunge over fears of ever-increasing escalation of a trade war. Both Canadian officials and Republicans initially thought the president was merely joking, ribbing Trudeau — a longtime foil — after they met at Mar-a-Lago in November. It was after that visit that Trump first publicly floated the notion of absorbing Canada. Few think he’s joking now, and the Canadians have stopped laughing.

A source with direct knowledge of the discussions told NBC News that Trump is heavily focused on Canada in conversations with aides, who believe he is completely serious about making the country the 51st state — even with Trudeau out of power and a new prime minister in place."

Unfortunately, and despite this refreshing frankness, I have some problems with the sloppy journalism and credulous naivety with which NBC states that nobody knows where Trump is getting the idea to annex Canada from, including Republicans in his government. The fact is that MAGA-connected fascist propagandists like Candice Owens (and others) have been advocating for taking over, or even invading Canada since at least 2021-2022 for a variety of reasons; including natural resources, water rights, climate imperialism (although they don't use that term,) and even to protect their ideological brethren in the larger Canadian fascist movement from legal repercussions for their own slow-moving coup attempt in Canada, the so-called "Trucker Convoy." I genuinely have no idea if US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has any clue what Trump is thinking, but fascist media personalities in Trump's orbit certainly do, and this regime has already shown a willingness to outsource official policy from raving nazi dipshits on YouTube, so I don't think "where Trump is getting this idea from" is the kind of puzzle you need Scotland Yard's finest detectives to solve.

NBC News · Trump's quest to conquer Canada is confusing everyoneBy Allan Smith
#Fascism#Trump#Canada
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Touaregtweet

2/2 "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is perhaps unfamiliar with the Battle of Chateaugay. The last three letters are, after all, gay, and as such, the battle has doubtless been expunged from Defense Department websites and databases, meeting the same fate as the Enola Gay."

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theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

"We tried again in 1812. Thomas Jefferson, the original Republican, described the acquisition of Canada as “a mere matter of marching.” This was incorrect. The United States launched eight or nine invasions of Canada during the War of 1812, winning only one fruitless battle. The rest of the time, it got walloped. For example, General William Hull, like other American commanders a superannuated veteran of the Revolution, ended up surrendering Detroit with 2,500 troops to a much smaller British and Indian force. Court-martialed for cowardice and neglect of duty in 1814, he was sentenced to death but pardoned. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is perhaps unfamiliar with the Battle of Chateaugay. The last three letters are, after all, gay, and as such, the battle has doubtless been expunged from Defense Department websites and databases, meeting the same fate as the Enola Gay. Still, it is instructive. An invading force of 2,600 American regulars encountered about 1,500 Canadian militia members, volunteers, and Mohawks under a Francophone colonel, Charles de Salaberry. They were defeated and had to withdraw."
There is a martial spirit up north waiting to be reawakened. Members of the Trump administration may not have heard of Vimy Ridge, Dieppe, the crossing of the Sangro, Juno Beach, or the Battle of the Scheldt. Take it from a military historian: The Canadian soldiers were formidable, as were the sailors who escorted convoys across the North Atlantic and the airmen who flew in the Battle of Britain and the air war over Germany. Canada’s 44,000 dead represented a higher percentage of the population than America’s losses in the Second World War. Those who served were almost entirely volunteers. Bottom line: It is not a good idea to invade Canada. I recommend that in order to avoid the Trump administration becoming even more of a laughingstock, Secretary Hegseth find, read, and distribute to the White House a good account of the Battle of Chateau***. It could help avoid embarrassment.
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InspiredByBlackElk

Psyops underway on Canadians already. Same here in America, where right wing media stokes anger over Canadians booing the US anthem.

This is insanity. :earth:

From Malcom Nance
URGENT WARNING: Trump is Planning to Invade Canada & Greenland

"Bottom Line Up Front Assessment

The political rhetoric in the first five weeks of the Trump regime is giving clear indications that the United States fully intends to invade and seize Canada and Greenland at President Trump’s command. The possible timeline is 6-18 months of political destabilization to weaken the Canadian economy, split political parties, and carry out secret destabilization efforts, including identifying and making contact with Canadians who would betray their country."

#uspol #canada #annexation

malcolmnance.substack.com/p/ur

Special Intelligence · URGENT WARNING: Trump is Planning to Invade Canada & GreenlandBy Malcolm Nance
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iveyline

After asking if Turkey could supply eggs the Trump regime has asked if Denmark could supply the US with eggs (theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m). Two takeouts. 1) Perhaps its not wise to threaten Denmark with annexation of Greenland and 2) perhaps the regime members will begin to understand why nations trade. It is simply not possible to supply all consumer needs all the time internally. Somehow I doubt they'll get the connection. Their minds are too simple. #USpol #GlobalTrade #eggs #annexation

The Guardian · US turns to Denmark as it hunts for eggs despite Trump’s threat over GreenlandBy Guardian staff reporter
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WYM Mod

Is Canada really at risk of being annexed? Prime Minister Mark Carney strongly rebuts President Trump's controversial claims about U.S. annexation of Canada and other regions. During a press conference in Ottawa, Carney emphasized that "America is not Canada," affirming Canada’s independence and unity against any notion of merging with the U.S. Discover how Canada plans to strengthen its sovereignty without external validation. Read more: cnbc.com/2025/03/14/america-is #Canada #Annexation #MarkCarney #Trump #Sovereignty

CNBC'America is not Canada,' Prime Minister Mark Carney says in rebuke to TrumpPresident Donald Trump since his second White House term began has said Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal should become U.S. property.
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