Trump "explains" why he is bullying Canada. Warning: You might lose brain cells reading this.

[Eugene]

Trump Reveals Stunning Reason Why He’s Bullying Canada (The New Republic)

In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, the president claimed that the reason he’s so tough on America’s northern neighbor is because it’s “meant to be our fifty-first state.”

“You’re tougher with Canada than you are with our biggest adversaries. Why?” asked Laura Ingraham.

“Only because it’s meant to be our fifty-first state,” Trump said, when Ingraham attempted to interject. “No, no but listen to this for a second.”

“We need their territory. They have territorial advantage. We’re not going to let them get close to China, right?” pressed the Fox host.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/trump-reveals-stunning-reason-why-133422022.html

[Biophilic]

1. And every day I tell myself he/they can't be this stupid.

And every day they prove me wrong. What the hell about any of that makes sense?

[allegorical oracle]

4. Problem with djt's justifications for the actions he takes is that there aren't any tangible

facts behind them. It's like he yanks them out of his rear end in a spur-of-moment temper tantrum.

[Katinfl]

10. Nothing ever makes sense.

IMO, we lost everything 1/20/2025. Will it ever make sense again?

[Biophilic]

17. I have to believe it will, one day make sense, otherwise there is nothing left but despair.

And I refuse to let trump and his maga hoard take me there.

[Magoo48]

50. Me either

All I’m focusing on is how we can beat back this nazi takeover.
I’m too old and cantankerous to ever bend a knee. Anyway, it’s too hard to get back up. This is the land I love, my home.

[Katinfl]

56. Yes, you are right.

I have to keep reminding myself of that, but it is getting harder each day. But, you are so right.

[Ray Bruns]

46. "And every day I tell myself he/they can't be this stupid"

And you were wrong, weren’t you?

[mwmisses4289]

52. I simply ask how stupid are they going to be today?

They celebrate ignorance and stupidity. So I am rarely surprised by the stupid stuff they do.

[D_Master81]

2. Even she was thinking

Ingraham had to be thinking “what the hell are you talking about?”

[NJCher]

25. Yet she flattered this

Crazy asshole using the term “tough.” I’ll bet he slobbered that up.

“Tough” is a facade for bullies.

[Aristus]

45. Enabling this level of subhuman stupidity made Ingraham rich.

She's not going to stop now just because she's taken aback at the monster she helped create.

[Maru Kitteh]

3. Only a man who really believes he can't be touched behaves like this.

[orangecrush]

15. He's proven it so far

Or he wouldn't be able to do this.

[sop]

5. It hurts my head just reading Trump's transcribed gibberish.

Ingraham should have asked him: "Canada is huge, it has 10 provinces, so why not 10 new states instead of only the 51st?" Trump's response would be comedy gold.

[jayschool2013]

7. I asked ChatGPT to answer it for you

My prompt:
Given that Donald Trump speaks mostly gibberish, what would be his gibberish, nonsensical and fascist response to this question? (Keep in mind that he is also a convicted criminal and adjudicated sexual assaulter, a pathological liar and a racist.) Here's the question: "Canada is huge, it has 10 provinces, so why not 10 new states instead of only the 51st?"

I tweaked it a couple of times after to make sure the bot included more coded racism, but here's the final product, if you can stand it:

ChatGPTrump
"Look, folks, Canada—big place. Yuge. People don’t even know how big. Bigger than people think, okay? But here’s the thing—very different kinds of places in Canada. Some places, very good. Very good people. Hardworking. They love Trump. They love freedom. They don’t like crime. They don’t like, you know, what’s happening in some of the cities. Some of the cities, folks, not so great. We know which ones. But Alberta? Saskatchewan? Now those are places you can work with. Great people. Our kind of people. Very strong. Very independent. No nonsense. They believe in oil, in jobs, in family values. Not like some of these other places—you know the ones, I won’t say it, but you know.

"So when people say, ‘Mr. Trump, sir, should Canada be one state or ten?’ I say, well, let’s be smart. Let’s be very, very smart about it. We don’t want the problems, okay? We don’t want the disasters. We don’t want the crime. We don’t want the handouts, the socialism, the whole thing. We take the best. We take the winners. The places that work hard, love America, and, quite frankly, don’t have all the problems that certain cities—certain parts of Canada—have. And let me tell you, those problems? Not their fault. Not their fault, okay? We all know whose fault it is. We all know who’s bringing those problems. But the media, they don’t want to talk about that. They don’t want to say it. But we all know. We all know.

"So, yeah, ten states? Maybe. Maybe more. But only the best. The right ones. The ones that fit. And believe me, folks, we’ll make the deal happen. And it’ll be a beautiful thing. A tremendous thing. We’re going to make Canada great again—the right Canada, folks. Not the other parts. Not the parts that have… you know."

[sop]

8. Comedy gold.

[allegorical oracle]

13. Wow. I had a business relationship with a Canadian firm for nearly 20 years. Honest,

transparent, admission if they bungled something -- totally above board. Trump makes up "facts". Would never believe him.

[Historic NY]

24. Are we sure its not chat writing his tweets and speeches.

[sop]

27. Sam Altman implanted a ChatGPT chip in Trump's brain.

[allegorical oracle]

38. Yeah that occurs to me, too. Otherwise, sane people must ask: "does the SOb ever sleep?" nt

[NJCher]

26. Lol

Chat lost me at “folks.”

[Lonestarblue]

6. Trump is going down the dementia path faster and faster.

[Wingus Dingus]

9. Butterfly net and straitjacket time, but no one is doing it.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. HE IS INSANE. That's the only explanation that makes sense.

[Blues Heron]

12. This is unsustainable. We really need a soft landing here. Pukes need to deal with their own shit.

Pukes own this nightmare they need to get impeaching toot sweet

[GiqueCee]

16. The Puke Party is in too deep...

... they'd carve their own eyes out with a rusty spoon before they'd ever admit that they made a mistake. A YUUUGE mistake. But the mindless adherence to the Rule of Trump within Der Party is fracturing, and it won't be too long before the few still capable of that which is forbidden – independent thought – are going to say, alright, enough is enough. Yo, Dems! We're with you now; we gotta take this psychotic clown DOWN before he kills us all!
Well, I can dream, can't I?

[Blues Heron]

19. There must be some sense of self preservation in some of them, some line.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. maybe not all, but some. The Canada thing is utter madness.

[Blues Heron]

32. What is our magic number that get us over the threshold? 6 or 7 right?

I think it will happen, only question is when.

[GiqueCee]

23. There may be a few...

... but the rest are lemmings.

[NJCher]

28. Not really

It sure could happen. See the thread I posted this morning on Germany’s huge new investment in military spending. Some of that money would have gone to us in arms spending. Not now, because trump is aligned with Putin.

[IronLionZion]

14. Sounds Putin-esque

What's to stop any country from deciding to annex their neighbors because "they're meant to be"? China could take Taiwan and more.

There was a time when the US didn't like Iraq invading Kuwait or Soviet Union invading Afghanistan.

North Korea might decide they want South Korea. Venezuela wants Guyana. Turkey could invade Cypress again to take the rest of it.

[LymphocyteLover]

22. Yep. It's the authoritarian playbook.

[Jersey Devil]

18. Trump wants Canada so Musk can run for President

It's really pretty simple. If the US and Canada merge then Canadians will have to be made eligible to run for President, which means Musk.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

37. We'd have to make South Africa our 52nd state, right? Musk's not Canadian, is he?

On the other hand, if we annex Canada, then Jennifer Granholm would be eligible for the presidency. Not a bad choice.

[Jersey Devil]

40. He is a Canadian citizen through his mom

President Musk. Can there be a better reason to want Canada as part of the US?

[karynnj]

57. Citizen, but not native born. He was born in South Africa

[Martin Eden]

20. He's deranged, drunk with power, and astoundingly ignorant

There is no advantage to such behavior, except to America's adversaries like Vlad Putin of Russia.

[NJCher]

29. He can't even handle

50 states, let alone Canada, Greenland, etc.

[Martin Eden]

36. Depends on the definition of "handle"

To normal people with empathy and ethical responsibility, "handle" means good stewardship and intelligent management.

Trump and his sycophants will praise how well he is handling everything in his 2nd term.

[NJCher]

59. Yeah, you think

They like what he's doing to the stock market?

Losing military arms contracts?

[ChazInAz]

41. I'm trying to imagine

How the Quebecois would react to this. They still seem only marginally comfortable with all those Anglophones around.

[Botany]

30. Right out of Hitler's mouth.

"We need their territory." Except Chancellor Hitler called it lebenstrausian.

BTW either Krasnov is insane or this is industrial level gas lighting.

BTW if Trump does one thing against Canada I will be recuriting for American Patriots to join thePeople's Republic of Clintonville Volunteers to fight for the life, liberty, northern pike, and putine of our Canadian Amigos y Amigas.

[CincyDem]

31. Sounds a lot like...

“We need their territory. We’re not going to let the get close to NATO, right?”

And we all know who said that about whom.

[chouchou]

33. There are MAGA people sitting in their living rooms, restaurants, work places saying today...

"Hot Damn..Now Thars why we erected that man..he thinks verily huge and smarts!"

[mucholderthandirt]

34. Oh, relax, people! It's just more evidence for Project 2025 to invoke the 25th Amendment.

We'll be so glad when they finally rid us of the ass clown! They'll make sure things are so much better with President Vance, we'll gladly forgo further elections. And after all, all the stuff they wanted gone will still be gone, thanks to Trump and the loon. We surely didn't want to get any of that back, right?

[VMA131Marine]

35. Trump needs Canada

like Hitler “needed” Poland, then Ukraine, then Russia, etc

[Phoenix61]

39. He's just pissed melanoma thought Justin was hot. nt

[AmericaUnderSiege]

42. Who? Who's this nut, and why are we talking about him?

[Hotler]

43. Get tough Canada. Don't take no shit. Do not worry about his feelings. nt

[Johonny]

44. Only we arent getting Canada

He will havebruined the US economy and our relationship with Canada and he will get nothing in return. Trump sucks at politics, just as he sucked at business. Running his mouth like grandpa at the dinner table is all he does. Most people used to ignore shit heads like Trump. Now GOPers elect them president. Fuck every GOP voter. I hope they get everything they voted for.

[niyad]

48. Trouble is, we also get it, even though we voted against it.

[niyad]

47. "Canada turns to Chyyyna".. Could someone explain why anybody thinks that our

neighbor and ally has been turning to China, and why this is a problem? How much of our goods, our food, our devices, comes from China? If it is okay for us, why is it a security problem if Canada does it?

Would enough caffeine help, or should I start our Friday Night Buzz early?

[Hugin]

49. The High Maintenance Mussolini is projecting again...

Mercator Projecting

Attribute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection

[wendyb-NC]

51. I hope he lands in a muskeg

[TommieMommy]

53. What the???? He makes no sense at all 😱

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

54. Threatening "Brown Skinned People Might Do You Harm" has worked forever

with cowards and racists, and racist cowards so why stop?

When all else fails blame brown skinned humans. It's the Republicons' fail safe.

[peggysue2]

55. We need their territory?

Really? How is this any different than Russia taking over Ukraine?

Putin would surely say: We need their territory. They're not a real country anyway. Ukraine is Russian, always was always will be.

This is total bullshit, an excuse to grab another country's land and resources.

But it does figure into the scheming of the Silicon Valley Tech Bros, the Dark Enlightenment, where the world is carved into Spheres of Influence: North America, Asia and Europe with the United States, Russia and China overseeing the Universe.

So efficient, streamlined and . . . smothering.

If Trump in his demented power fantasy tries to invade Canada? I for one will be a Canadian fan-girl.

And for the Tech Bros? Fuck those guys! They're creepy, greedy blowhards.

Btw, I recall Republicans screaming about the 'New World Order,' the architect of which was the nefarious United Nations. I'm beginning to miss those hair brain days.

[surfered]

58. Next, he'll demand an investigation into the missing strawberries.

Or issue an edict that’s we have to change our underwear every day. And to make sure we comply, we will have to wear our underwear on the outside. He’s gone round the bend.