“It’s so perfect as a great and cherished state. Keeping, ‘Oh, Canada,’ the national anthem, I love it. I think it’s great. Keep it. But it’ll be for the state.”
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He genuinely thinks flattery will convince people to be taken over by a budding dictatorship. Canadians are supposed to forget that the USA is against everything they stand for and say…
“He said we could be the greatest state!!! Who gives a shit about free healthcare and reproductive rights!! We’ll be cherished!!!”
Not to mention that he seems the be saying that paying for anything is being ripped off. It reminds me of the documentary on his business practices that resurfaced during his first run. I think it was called what’s the deal. The were many examples of him ripping off his vendors and subcontractors saying their work was substandard so he either wasn’t paying or wasn’t paying the full amount.
Now he seems to be applying the same thinking to imports. Why should America pay full price when he never has? He naively thinks tariffs mean America gets the goods for less overal.