March 30th 2025
I am at a loss with what is going on in the world. TO make some sense of it I am going to try
and write my daily thoughts on where I am at with the hellscape that has
descended on us. We will see how this
goes.
I may do them as daily Vlogs.
This is really about getting the stuff out of my mind so
that my soul is not destroyed by the evil that has descended upon earth.
I can not believe it is only 10 weeks since Trump was sworn
in. I could not have imagined the utter
moronic shit he would be doing and his one way direction to becoming the dictator
of the United States. It is utterly
overwhelming.
My day to day work has been almost entirely focused on
tariffs and how do deal with them for the last four months. I have to pay attention what the narcissistic
idiot is doing all day long. Right now everything is waiting for what happens
on Wednesday. A cross the board 25%
tariff on all Canadian products will have a huge impact on a lot of Canadian
businesses but even more so it is going to have a huge impact on the US.
What really angers is that these tariffs are illegal. The US, Canada, and Mexico have a treaty
dealing with trade and it specifically does not allow for what Trump is doing.
I am sure as I go along these will get more focused, but
this is day one and a small brain dump.
Trump wanting to annex Canada is beyond insane. Canada is a G7 country. We are a globally large economy coming in at
around #10 our of 200+ countries. Saying
something in a joking way is rude and stupid but can be overcome but Trump is
not able to joke about anything. He also
kept this up for weeks and weeks. I am
now of the view that an invasion by the United States is no longer
impossible. It is still likely remote
but it is a possibility. As a country we
have act as if this may actually happen and be happy if it does.
The threat of a US invasion means Canada is going to have to
massively increase military spending. We
likely have to get to 5% of GDP within only a couple of years. We need to give countries like Britain, France,
Germany, Australia, and South Korea military bases in Canada. We need NATO+ military protection.
Canada needs to get a statement from as many democratic
heads of state and by an act of their legislative body saying that any attack
on Canada is a declaration of war on them as well. Not article 5 but binding laws in each country. The same should be done for Greenland as
well.
This is where we are at, I wrote the previous paragraph and
it is not some fevered dream of mine after too much booze and cannabis. This is the cold hard light of day.
I also would never have expected Canada to be so
unified. Regular people are so far ahead
of the political leaders. Quebecoise are
speaking of feeling Canadian for the first time. The public will not buy
American produce. They did this faster
than the stores could react and the American produce had to given to food
banks, Travel to the US has fallen off to
a degree that stuns me. People are cancelling
trips and losing a lot of money. I could
go on and on and on about this.
The Americans do not seem to understand what they have
unleashed.
What I think the Americans do not understand about Canada is
that as a nation we were founded by people who did not want to be Americans. It is also a country that gained independence
the proper way, negotiating it over time.
And if I were to name the core Canadian value, that is fairness. Broomgate is so Canadian. No one did anything wrong but it was clearly
unfair.
Trump has broken the treaty he signed with Canada – that is
unfair. Trump declared an economic war
against Canada, and that is unfair. And
he wants to annex Canada, a country filled by a population that does not want
to be American. Most so than almost anywhere.
Trump has gone after Canada in the most egregious way from
the point of view of Canadians. And
Canadians are not going to take it.
Canada will go into debt, raise taxes, and rebuild the nation all so
that we do not need to have anything to do with the Americans.
How long will it be before Canadians can trust the United
States? This all depends on when the
United States utterly repudiates Trumpism.
As long as anything of Trump’s action s in the US remain it is unlikely
to happen.
Canadians know that we are not as financially rich as Americans
but because of how we structured our society we do not need to be as rich
because the state does many of the things we need. Canadians know that the
American climate is better but the cold winter weather (other than where I
live) has created a nation of people how understand that we are tougher and
more willing to work together to stop the enemy and the US is clearly the enemy
of Canada.
This is my first post, my goal is daily till Trumpism over
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