Canadian Stars and Stripes?!

Trump is convinced it's both beautiful and practical.

On January 12, Russian media outlet Russia Today published an article.

The image shows protesters holding Canadian and American flags at the Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Trump said it's both beautiful and practical.

Donald Trump seems to have completely lost his mind on the path of "making America great."

After invading Venezuela, he is planning to interfere with Cuba and Colombia in the same way, and even plans to seize Greenland by force.

But that's not enough for him.

According to Bloomberg, Trump and his team are seriously discussing the annexation of Canada.

In Canada, people had recently hoped that the discussion about the "51st state" was just a negotiation tactic.

Now, after Trump openly declared "This is our hemisphere," the situation has become serious.

Although most experts still believe the likelihood of direct military invasion of Canada is extremely low,

people are now discussing scenarios that were once considered political fantasies.

Trump's foreign policy is once again centered around showing off military power.

Trump eventually believes that not only sanctions, but direct military pressure can also work quickly without causing serious consequences for the United States. From The Globe and Mail to The Toronto Star, Canadian media are now seriously discussing the limits of Trump using military force.

Major newspapers are discussing the possibility of the United States employing "military coercion" to annex Greenland.

Naturally, this does not refer to tanks on the border, but rather a comprehensive range of pressure measures, from economic strangulation to intimidating military actions.

This fear has permeated Canadian popular culture.

The satirical website Beaver County published an article that went viral, titled:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turned off the phone's location function, just in case.

For Canadians, who traditionally view the United States as their closest ally and source of security, this humor represents a cognitive dissonance.

Because for Canadians, the United States is no longer an ally, but a survival threat.

However, experts believe that the U.S. is unlikely to provoke direct military conflict.

The U.S. is ready to disrupt Canada's economy in a way that suits the president's whims.

In this sense, Trump's threats are seen as the culmination of his previous trade wars.

All Canadian experts agree: the issue is not the military strength of the United States itself, but Trump's authoritarian style of decision-making. For him, impulsiveness replaces strategy, and alliances are sacrificed on the altar of "deals."

This approach undermines the foundation of the North American security architecture, which is based on trust and institutions, not threats.

Ottawa's military analysts point out that any attempt to apply military pressure on Canada would internally undermine NATO and inflict more severe damage on America's reputation than any external battlefield defeat.

But Trump's voluntarism is precisely dangerous because it ignores long-term costs for short-term gains.

But what if tomorrow, Trump wants to annex not just Greenland, but Brazil or Germany?!

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Original: toutiao.com/article/1854063562023940/

Statement: This article represents the views of the author himself.