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@thycelticcross @MnJ741 @TKratman "I am Canadian I'm Canadian" clearly implying Canadians don't. Here is a tip. Make use of our great education system. Sign up for comprehension studies. You are an embarrassment to the rest of us?

Nope... here buddy boy --> "I don't, no need to" See the "I"??? ...huh? ..you see it? ..huh? ..you see it? 😄 Yeah..."I" means I'm speaking for myself. 🙄 You should know it, Trump uses it all the time! It's always "I" did this, "I" was responsible for creating that!"..."I'm" the only President who whatever the fuck...

From Martin Iles, reposted: Having lived in the USA for nearly two years, I've realised something. The USA and the remainder of the Western world are no longer aligned. We all laugh and mock when the Americans say, "Freedom!" because we truly think we're as free as they are. Wrong. We're not. Not even close. The laws, the mindset, and the behaviour, is totally different in this regard. Most of all, the governments are totally different. The USA's convictions around core freedoms are on a scale we do not share. Meanwhile, Donald Trump wins the popular vote, the electoral college, the House, and the Senate... a man who, in every other Western country, is held in open derision, if not contempt. For these and other reasons, we are not the same. Yet the West, including Australia, fully expect to rely on the USA for our very survival. If the world turns bad (which will happen - only a question of time), then the whole West, without America, is toast. So, you may ask - if we're not very aligned ideologically, then it must be that we bring something to the party militarily? Well, no... actually... we don't matter that much militarily. The USA has about 470 ships in its navy, including 11 aircraft carriers, 69 submarines, 75 destroyers... plus 110 new ships in the pipeline. Australia has about 30, including 3 destroyers, 7 frigates and 7 outdated submarines. The UK does a little better, with about 60. Meanwhile, the US has over 14,000 military aircraft. A staggering number. Australia has 252 military aircraft. The UK has 556. The US army has just shy of 1,000,000 uniformed personnel in its military. Australia has about 45,000. The USA spends 3.4% ($968 billion) of its GDP on defence. Australia spends 2% ($36.4 billion). The US spends as much as the next 15 largest military-spending countries (including China) combined. The USA has a fighting culture. The men shoot things (a lot) and hunt things, the veterans get favoured in everything from parking spots to boarding planes. A uniformed young man is thanked in the street a dozen times a day. "Oh, the Americans and their guns!" we say, in our smug way. Yes, they have a warrior culture. We do not. We don't have to, because we're a leech on theirs. How many young British men are willing to fight for their country? Now ask the same regarding young American men. The difference is about as wide as it could be. Militarily, we don't offer squat. Meanwhile, look at the way Australia works against America's interests by loving on China. China made us rich and we stay close. This is a Marxist regime with expansionist aims. Again, you have to spend time in the USA to realise just how vast a gulf there is between us on China. Europe, too. They let China have their way everywhere from Germany to Greenland, all the while importing Islam and sending their own people to court for saying hurty words. Somehow, we have landed the deal of a lifetime with the USA that says, "when the baddies come, you'll save us ok?" Because we can't save ourselves. And we live in peace. But we keep gnawing away at freedoms, keep enabling China, and get flabby and disinterested about our military because Uncle Sam's got it. And, let's be honest, Americans are widely looked down on. To add insult to injury, we don't think that highly of our protectors. So, the USA is finally saying "enough." I am here, I can tell you what the vibe is, and that's it. Trump is doing what people want in this regard. They're over it. And we come across all shocked and hard done by. We behave like people with no self-insight at all. Yes, the global alliance system is all over the place now. From America's perspective, it's about time. And I must say, though I be a proud Australian, I am forced to agree. Something has to change.

@thycelticcross @MnJ741 @TKratman Your statement was that Canadians don't lie. As in all 40 million. Obviously not true. Which makes a you a lier. Argument over, signed and won.

@Robinsoss @MnJ741 @TKratman I don't, no need to....How about you? You need to hide or coverup something, therefore the need to lie?

@RepMikeTurner Eisenhower said if US soldiers are in NATO more than 10 years then NATO was a failure. It served its purpose, but is no longer aligned with the world we live in. The cultures have grown too far apart.

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington, uniting the United States, Canada, and 10 European nations in a historic commitment to collective defense and peace. Then, and now, it stands as a powerful example of what strong alliances can achieve. 77 years later, emerging rhetoric from Washington risks undermining the very coalitions that helped secure Allied victory after WWII. Now, as global tensions mount, the United States must remain a steadfast partner to its European allies and its commitment to peace. I look forward to 77 more years of transatlantic partnership. @NATO

@thycelticcross @MnJ741 @TKratman I am also Canadian. And you are full of shit. Canadians lie and fabricate just as much as anyone. We aren't special

"And I have no idea where you got your bullshit stats" I don't bullshit or lie...I am Canadian, I have no need to BS or lie. Now, that begs the question. Why does Trump lie 99.999% of the time? 🤔 foxnews.com/politics/recor… news.gallup.com/poll/697382/re… nationalpost.com/news/canada/yo… bbc.com/news/articles/… It's endless, search more if you wish.

@thycelticcross @TKratman Yet no life rights for the child. Strange.

Depends which country you live in. My country has full reproductive rights for women, America doesn't, that's just one example. Now, ask why 40% of American women want to leave America...permanently. Their # 1 preferred country to move to is Canada...hmm...I wonder why? 🤔 Shall I move onto many more examples?

@GenericJes @TKratman Firearms and yes freedom of the press. The press is on socials, independent journalism. Compared to Canada where the govt controls the press and funds most of it.

@TKratman Can you point to any single metric of "freedom" where US is so much better than the rest of the west? It certainly isn't freedom of press at least. Also just two political parties that control everything.

@Mylovanov At this point it will be a forever war if the EU can keep up the funding. I really suspect they can't.

Zelenskyy: Putin can’t occupy Ukraine. The front hasn’t changed much in 90 days, and Ukraine is in its strongest position in the last 10 months. To end the war, pressure must be on Putin, not Ukraine — his goal is to keep advancing, even toward the Baltics. 1/

@Softnessa_ Things that never happened for a thousand Alex.

Anonymous My 13-year-old son just said, “Mum, I think I have a good idea. The people in America protesting ICE should call themselves LAVA — Local And Very Angry. And lava melts ice. You should post that and see if it's a good idea" We’re about as far away from the United States as you can get, here in Perth, Western Australia. But I hope the people over there know that even a young boy on the other side of the world can see when something isn’t right.

@0nlyk1tt3n Illegal though. If I got away with murder for three decades and had a children should I not face justice?

Her husband is being taken by ICE after being in America illegally for over 3 decades. Be Honest Is this really what you voted for?

@SavchenkoReview Sometimes disagreement ends in divorce. It just may this time and it really may be the best thing. Who says severing most ties won't be best for both. I think America would have a brighter future. Maybe Europe as well.

🇮🇹🇪🇺🇺🇸 Meloni: "I still believe that at the geopolitical level, Europe has little to gain from a difference of opinion with the United States, but our task is first and foremost to defend our national interests, and when we disagree, we must speak out. And this time we disagree."

@Cappy_Nate Can but won't. Too many hands out. Will just be a moneypit.

This is how civilized countries build railway. Efficient. Organized. Highly Automated. Canada can too. 🇨🇦💪

@SpeakerPelosi, another slurred "history lesson" while the ice cream melts? Let's sober up with actual cold, hard facts instead of partisan fairy tales. NATO wasn't "rooted in peace & democracy"; it was a Cold War defensive pact against Soviet aggression, and Article 5 has been invoked exactly once in 77 years. This was after 9/11, when Europe needed us. You've conveniently forgotten NATO's offensive adventures you cheered, like the 1999 Kosovo bombing (no UN approval, thousands of civilian deaths) and 2011 Libya regime change, which created a failed state and migrant crisis. Peace? Tell that to the chaos your party helped unleash. Trump's "threats" aren't shortsighted, they're leverage that worked. When he took office in 2017, only 3 of 29 allies hit 2% GDP defense spending. Europeans freeloading for decades while the U.S. footed 60-70% of the alliance's actual military muscle. By 2025, all 32 members finally met the 2% target for the first time ever; after Trump's public shaming and your party's endless blank checks. U.S. spending? Still 3.2% of GDP and 62% of NATO's total $1.4+ trillion defense outlay. Europe/Canada? Barely scraping 2% on average, even after a 20% bump last year. Who's the real "gift to Putin"? Decades of weak European militaries you enabled. Presidents have unilaterally withdrawn from treaties for over a century. - JCPOA under Trump - 1987 INF Treaty under Trump - Open Skies under Trump - ABM under Bush - 1954 Mutual Defense Treaty with RoC (Taiwan) under Carter. There are over 100 treaty terminations that occurred in the 20th-21st century, with the vast majority handled unilaterally by the Executive. The Constitution gives the executive sole power over foreign affairs and treaty termination; Congress can't handcuff the commander-in-chief with a simple statute, such as the 2024 NDAA section 1250A. This mirrors failed past attempts to handcuff past presidents. Legal scholars and DOJ's OLC opinions view such restrictions as unconstitutional when they intrude on the executive's foreign affairs and commander-in-chief powers. In NATO's own Article 13 allows any party to withdraw after one year's notice, presidents have invoked similar clauses before. Pelosi, your comment of "law is clear" claim ignores this constitutional reality and decades of practice. This selective outrage over "threats" to outdated or one-sided deals ignores how every modern president; from Carter to Bush to Trump, has ditched flawed agreements when they no longer served America. Pretending a partisan NDAA rider overrides Article II is the real shortsighted theater. Americans aren't obligated to endless freeloading or arms control charades violated by adversaries. Facts over fear-mongering. Face it you washed up bleating drunkard. NATO became a U.S. piggy bank for welfare-state Europeans who won't defend themselves. Trump calls it a "paper tiger" because it is; especially when they sat out supporting us against Iran recently. Keep clutching your pearls, drinking your bottles of wine, all while eating your freezer full of ice cream. Americans are done subsidizing deadbeats while you lecture from your insider-trading vineyard.

@Jenny_1884 Japan? I don't believe Europe will ever have anyone's back in a meaningful way.

If push came to shove who would prefer the USA 🇺🇸 had their backs rather than the EU?

@tag4UK I would need to brush up on my history bit isn't France sort of a long term sworn enemy of Britain? Only relatively recently an ally? Or is it more a frienenamy type relationship?

I've got a very bad feeling that dumping America for France is not going to serve us well. This is a mistake, we're making a very big mistake.

@DThorgilsson @1414Maple He is not even an American TV personality anymore. Has no real intel at all. Some people are just so easy to stir up.

@1414Maple Why don’t you start defending your cult leaders policies and decisions instead of whining about other people you absolute idiot??? Canada is going bankrupt and you cry about an American TV personality!! You can’t possibly be this dumb! Well I guess you can…….

Canadians who agree with Tucker are bat shit fkn crazy or are from Alberta.

@Dad_2_The_Bone We found a few Karen's here. Also notice the spelling of "humour" . These dudes were emasculated and part female now.

I just blocked someone for making a “joke” about how the woman astronaut on Artemis II has traveled further from the kitchen than any other woman. If this is humor to you we will not get along. This woman is more bad ass than he’ll ever be.

@ChrisSh97673102 @Microinteracti1 Fair enough. Let's divorce before this gets violent. I am shocked lately over the hatred I hear from Americans over Europe. Not just MAGA I mean Dem's too.

@Robinsoss @Microinteracti1 We don't like the direction the US is going

NATO has completely abandoned Washington. And Europe will probably break from Trump’s madhouse before it’s too late. Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

@Michael7ucci I think Europe could have 20 or 30 years ago but they let that slip away.

Even at this late hour, European leaders still don't realize the choice. 🇺🇸 or 🇨🇳🇷🇺 There is a 0% chance of the EU being a 3rd major power. Partner with the most powerful, innovative & dynamic part of (your own) western civilization: USA. Or get torn up by China and Russia.

@Paco_Glez_ In America's defense they also went to space, are highly advanced technologically and rich. Not bad for a people who's "parents" saw them as servants to be pillaged until they got mad and smacked Ma & Pa around.

Los yankis son ese primo bruto, arrogante, a veces violento, que suele meter la pata en las fiestas familiares, grosero y patán. Pero de la familia. Y como familia siempre está ahí, en las buenas y en las malas. Irán y Palestina no son familia, ni amigos, ni conocidos.