This is what the opening move of the U.S.'s attempted annexation of Canada could look like

[Swede]

Anyone think this is beyond Trump's fevered mind? I don't.

A Trump annexation effort would likely start in the North. It’s time to take the possibility seriously and have a hard conversation about Canada’s maritime Arctic sovereignty

Canada needs to consider the possibility that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon, and without our permission, send American warships into and through the waterways of the Canadian Arctic archipelago, commonly known as the Northwest Passage.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-us-annex-canada-arctic-maritime-sovereignty/

[Tetrachloride]

1. "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"

my minimum standard is different than some people in the news

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Canada is not the enemy of the US and never has been since its inception in 1867. . . . nt

[RandomNumbers]

12. I'm guessing they weren't referring to Canada as the "enemy".

I don't know the poster so I could be wrong, but I certainly took it a different way.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. He is audacious and might do the unthinkable, knowing everyone is reluctant to engage the US

How about a strike from Alaska or the Arctic to friendly territory - Alberta?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Bombing salmon boats

[Silent Type]

4. That is the least of my worries with trump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. But not your friendly neighbours least of worries. . . nt

[Silent Type]

8. I don't doubt the great negotiator/promoter trump would like some grand alliance with Canada, but he's not likely

to send troops (though I can no longer state that with 100% certainty).

Always thought of Canadians as based in reality. But I guess with a madman on your border, it's tough.

[Wifes husband]

6. Canada would not be a pushover

We would win any fight with them, but we would be contending with guerilla fighters for decades.

[rsdsharp]

13. If Trump attacks Canada (a founding member of NATO), it would trigger Article 5.

I’m not confident we could defeat all of the combined other NATO members. Especially with Whiskey Pete as Secretary of “War.”

[Wifes husband]

15. You have a good point

Poor leadership might make the difference, but I believe that our military could not be prevented from doing whatever they wanted to do on this continent.

Canada could never be reinforced by sea We just have too strong of a navy.

They couldn't stop an invasion, our army and air force our just too powerful, but they would never stop fighting any more than we would.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. An invasion would result in thousands of dead American troops

Canada can’t beat the US militarily, but that doesn’t mean everyday Canadians will shy away from killing invaders wherever they may be.

If you doubt me, read up on the Quebec separatist bombings of the 1970’s.

[Mysterian]

10. War with NATO is what it would look like

Putin's dream come true.

[GJGCA]

11. Shades of 54 40 or fight!

...The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America

...

James K. Polk, invoked the popular theme of manifest destiny and appealed to voters' expansionist sentiments in pressing for annexation, and defeated the Whig candidate, Henry Clay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_boundary_dispute

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Like Canada and Ccanadians are just going to

watch and do nothing at all if he tries that? He can think and make hints and ignorant comments all day long, but he's not going to annex Canada.

[Cha]

16. I'm Thinking the Good Powers That Be..

are Working on all different kinds of Scenarios in which the Traitor to the USA and Putin's Lapdog would Try to Annex Canada..

Sorry US Military. My heart is with Canada.. NOT the US Dictator's Orders.