The Trump Thread

[EricHiggin]

SvennoJ said:

Qwark said:

Europe is not as strong as most would want and can't project power we'll far beyond their borders. But Europe is not as weak as US thinks. Sure European countries are weak compared to US. Besides after US takes Danish soil they are more of a liability than an asset to have in Europe. Maybe they want Netherlands next for ASML.

Military wise Europe still has around 2.000.000 active troops and after the US by far the most advanced military gear. Lately France exports more weapons than Russia, so Industrial weapon capacity is not as bad as some think. Europe lacks in strategic long range weapons, but Sint Petersburg and Moscow are not that far from Finland, so in a defensive war with Russia that's not as much of a downside than other conflicts. When waging war with China that is another story.

After Ukraine Russia couldn't invade Europe if it wanted too, or it could say goodbye to it's second largest city. They struggle a lot in Ukraine at this moment with little support, mostly the military support is outdated equipment. The best Russia could do is maybe take the Baltics, at the direct cost of Kalingrad and Sint Petersburg. Nukes are out of the question because French and British forces can throw them as well.

Putin is already conducting hybrid warfare against EU and US is fine with that. US would lose a lot of strategic power if they lose European bases. They also lose access to the artic via Iceland, Finland and Norway. Also US lacks the ice cutters to dominate that area and Finland is building them.

Canada is defenceless against US, if US wants it nobody could stop them.

sec, might be fake

Yeah seems to be AI generated fake news, ugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohWMU6E_Rp0

Anyway Carney is just as weak as Starmer, both applauding US' kidnapping Maduro
https://globalnews.ca/video/11601198/removal-of-maduro-is-welcome-news-carney-says-after-u-s-capture/

Of course it will remove the pressure from us providing the US with heavy crude. The US has been shifting to Canadian heavy crude however their refineries are all along the Gulf of America Mexico. Returning to cheap Venezuelan heavy crude is cheaper than shipping Canadian heavy crude all across the states, building these refineries is very costly, can't just move em.

If the US goes hardcore with Ven oil, it's going to hurt Canada considerably in the future. Depends on what kind of deals Alberta's made with them so far, if those deals have been made yet. Hopefully Smith hasn't been too tough dealing with Trump, or we're likely going to lose out big time because of Ven.

It's also going to put that much more pressure on Carney and the Fed Gov to do something about a coast to coast pipeline system in Canada. Poilievre is going to be shouting this from the rooftops that he's been right about this all along, and Alberta's going to be right there backing him.