cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44213933
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44213932
Pete Hoekstra thumbs through an imaginary document, and pauses for effect: “This is a serious proposal — pile one.” Then he raises a second document. “I can’t believe this,” he guffaws. “This is a joke.” Straight to the discard pile.
That, says President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, is how it will go — one way or another — when newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney submits a proposal on a revamped economic and security agreement with the United States
Oh, yeah, the US has done nothing like that. They definitely have not been insulting us, saying we’re not a viable country, and banning Canadian products via tariffs. Nope, glad the US hasn’t done any of that to warrant this.