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SanAndreasX said:

Zkuq said:

'Because it serves them right' is the only excuse I can come up with off the top of my head, which is, of course, a terrible excuse. Also, they probably don't see it as insecurity but as confidence instead.

You're right on both counts. A large section of the United States holds a deep seated resentment towards all 8.5 bllion other people in the world, including 150m of their fellow Americans. It's like they resent sharing THEIR planet with all of these "foreigners." And they see Trump's childishness as confidence and power. 

In their mind, Canada leeches off of the U.S. military (never mind that Canada provides the U.S. military with early warning of any activities Russia might engage in) and won't buy U.S. goods, so Canada deserves to either be annexed by the U.S., taken over by China, Russia (and India is increasingly becoming a boogey-man as well), or they deserve to have their country subverted by the U.S.'s support of Alberta separatists.

It's basically a cultural version of main-character syndrome.

Which is very widespread in the US, just spend some time on Youtube and you'll get inundated by such videos.

Worst of all, those who think of other people as leeches tend to be THE leeches.