We call ourselves allies, others call us a part of the racket.
There is no racket. Allies save billions of dollars in military spending by allying with the US. Furthermore, breaking an alliance with the US will subject those countries to having their islands and remote territories slowly captured by Russia and China.
Why did you trust us? We do this shit all the time and always have.
No, we didn’t. Trump is the first US leader to deliberately insult and disdain our longstanding allies.
This has never been about Trump. It has always been about the people who finally had their worst instincts validated.
The 2024 elections offered the intersection of voters being given a chance to vote to hurt others, combined with an opposition candidate who was an exceptionally poor campaigner who was unable to arouse Democrats to vote against Trump. But it’s still worth noting how close the popular vote was in spite of her poor campaigning.
US voters never really liked Trump, but he was helped by the DNC forcing yet another lazy and boring female presidential candidate on Democrats. I hope Democrats choose a candidate who can win in 2028 instead of trying to appease feminists, especially since white women voted for Trump in 2016 and 2024.
The only way we get to be friends again is after a VERY long and VERY sustained pattern of decent behavior on your part.
Lol. If Canada disengages from the US, Russia will start annexing Canadian northern islands and territories immediately. Don’t act as though Canada gets no benefit from an alliance with the US.
we’ve been the crazy ex for minimum two decades.
TBF, Obama and Biden were reasonably well-respected by US allies. I think the blame for any ally animosity belongs solely to the republicans.
If the Democrats operate by their usual playbook and simply do nothing,
The biggest danger is that the Democrats will waste all this good voter energy to go back to focusing on feminist and transgender issues instead of the bread-n-butter working man issues that the Democrats used to focus on. TBH, I don’t know any Democrats who think about feminist and transgender issues. Most are concerned about jobs and inflation.
the USA will have to do much, MUCH more to become an acceptable neighbor
US allies don’t have the leverage that you think because the US still pays for most of their military protection, and allied countries are still vulnerable to military provocation from Russia and China. Once Trump-minded politicians are out, allies will move to normalize relations with the US.
many dems are quietly supporting the general moves of the government, in regards to tariffs etc.
You have no proof that Democrats ever supported tariffs. And Canada wouldn’t last 10 years without US allied protection. A few western Canadian provinces were thinking of joining the US, so you’re completely off-base.
curtailing presidential powers would be beneficial IMO.
In normal times, congress would limit the president’s powers, but the republican congress decided to let Trump have his way, with disastrous results.
The therapist analogy is a good one.
No, it’s not. It’s more like a bad boss died and was being replaced with an entirely new competent boss.