Northernlion on the 51st United State

[@pedrox20000]

"I would vote against it, but i would not like, rebel" NL already has the US mindset of doing nothing

[@MrGrifft]

APATHY! APATHY! APATHY!

[@Ndw1995]

SO TRVE

[@TheMasterMakarov]

its actually crazy that trumps first move was the Anschluss

[@cpccroixssantplayer1403]

+2

[@thatcynicalbastard6636]

Everyone who likes reality is just wrong.

[@Purplestufff]

Vichy Quebec ICANT

[@150booyadragon]

People in 2024: "Comparing Trump to Hitler isn't fair" Trump in 2025:

[@votecthulhu9378]

+2 +2

[@Nick-tq3bu]

Get ready to learn Fahrenheit buddy

[@Pnic1193]

°F stands for Freedom and °C stands for Communism 🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@julianlesk2118]

We have to know both systems for everything. Celsius outdoor, Fahrenheit indoor. Meters for distance, your height in feet and inches. Grams to ounces for deals... of a certain nature.

[@john_john_john]

@@julianlesk2118 "Celsius outdoor, Fahrenheit indoor." I'm not American nor Canadian, so I can't tell if this is a joke or not. Please be real, it's too good.

[@jsnams]

​@@john_john_johnlive in quebec which is slightly more detached from US brainrot but it's kinda true. Celsius is way more popular but you still use farenheit for kitchen appliances and you'll encounter a couple people use it irl unironically. Inches are super popular in common use (even working in factories measures are laid out in inches first and mm are only used if the client specifically requests) but official signs use kilometers and meters. It's all super mixed up. Most people use km to refer to distances but miles are relatively common too.

[@julianlesk2118]

@@john_john_john all too real. Stuck between our ties to the UK and US. Plus Fahrenheit offers more precision for indoor temps if you can't use decimals.

[@WaallyOne]

American NL be like "i love steak"

[@blackbannanas]

And women love sushi

[@aerostorm_]

Hey, if they do get annexed, steak will be cheaper because canada will be using USD then.

[@blackbannanas]

@@aerostorm_ Steak is plenty expensive down here too. It might get a bit cheaper for him but a ribeye is still like $15/lb

[@Dingusdongus257]

@@aerostorm_ The cost of shipping still high.

[@xChimkin]

"i love mcdonalds"

[@QOD1337]

Broke: Canada becomes the 51st state Woke: Canada joins the EU

[@YouTubeGetsWorseEveryUpdate]

We welcome our Canadian brothers and sisters

[@masterplusmargarita]

Bespoke: Canada joins the EU, the EU becomes the 51st state.

[@nanashi7779]

@@masterplusmargarita now we're thinking with portals

[@PlatinumMadLad]

duuude european football discourse would go that much harder

[@alexkorman1163]

Canada should join the Arab League

[@msjuniper]

Trudeau graduating from the Liberal Party, he wants to be a vtuber sooo bad

[@tinymicrowave6821]

Can I please have context to this kind sir 🤲

[@nanashi7779]

@@tinymicrowave6821 nah you don't want it

[@gatocochino5594]

+2

[@Bravo-oo9vd]

Another genmate of Kronii graduating 😭

[@thatcynicalbastard6636]

Isn't that the blackface politican?

[@rannnoch]

If canada became the 51st state the amount of senators would only be +2

[@lucas56sdd]

+2

[@JarrekAsF]

There’s no way all of Canada would become one state tho right? Make it like 5

[@AeyakS]

Probably into as many states as there are Canadian provinces and territories. I think that's about 13 and a few more for territories.

[@werephantomsin15]

@@JarrekAsF I mean, it is big but it doesn't really have that many people. It's got basically the same population as California.

[@AliceBooker-f2z]

​@@AeyakSThere are 10 provinces and 3 territories for a total of 13 potential states

[@saborsora4938]

NL when he watches the Apprentice (Its a horror movie with a Retrospective view on the political climate) man im trying so hard here

[@UENShanix]

actually it's a drama/thriller

[@pliskin101]

+2 for the effort

[@KeDe1606]

I don’t think this kinda business is meant for people like us. Better quit while you’re at it, before you start making “we’re […] guys” jokes

[@RandomAutist]

Okay, okay, lets give him a like, let's give him a like because of the effort.

[@casserCOM]

16 year old liberals when calling the Apprentice a horror movie (it's a slightly humorous, slightly harrowing, highly dramatized thriller loosely mirroring the story of Oppenheimer, with Donald Trump as the bomb and Roy Cohn as Oppenheimer)

[@ItsWindHere]

It would be insane if Canada got statehood before Puerto Rico

[@catfactsvids]

@@ItsWindHere They have significantly more to offer. Would make sense.

[@moomoo1984]

@@catfactsvids yeah and fucking wyoming offers soooo much

[@oat1000]

tbh i think its as stupid as they dont want a 51 star flag. If one gets annexed i think Canada, puerto rico, and guam might become states

[@thechatter7102]

​@@catfactsvids always good to see the 10 proud bootlickers out in force. please expand on why you think innocent human beings "don't provide anything" and "deserve less"

[@loftilywrongly3483]

I'm not from Puerto Rico but I'd suggest for people who don't already know to read a bit about why statehood is not completely popular among Puerto Ricans. I don't think seriously opposes it for flag reasons, and there are also a lot of other misconceptions about it.

[@nothankyou7729]

my canadian ass seeing americans who voted for trump going "you shouldn't have anything to worry about he's just trolling"

[@kylenmaple4668]

He’s “our” dictator uwu

[@ssjxnndnjxe4177]

nah fr guys he’s trolling

[@tyler.walker]

I think he's trolling for political pressure, but if a majority of Canadians vote in favor of it, then I mean, shit...

[@nothankyou7729]

@@tyler.walker i don't wanna go off on a rant here but world leaders don't "troll". world leaders who say the border between themselves and an objectively weaker country both economically and militarily is an "artificially drawn line" and actually discuss how they plan to cripple said country's economy to force them to accept annexation definitely don't "troll"

[@TomJakobW]

@@nothankyou7729 people are so brainrotted and internet-brained they think a head of state of a global superpower with command over the world’s second largest arsenal of nukes (and probably strongest in actual usable strategic firepower) “trolling” is funny or harmless and not something outrageously unacceptable and catastrophically destabilizing. Nixon tried to play the Madman for his geopolitical doctrine - Trump actually is one.

[@Starving_Wolf]

Puerto Rico watching 3 people and a seal in Nunavut get congressional representation before they do: >_>

[@sergio-179]

😂😂😂

[@korokseed1619]

:(

[@JacenSolo645]

Puerto Rico can become a state anytime they want. They keep voting not to be one

[@daviddavidp1522]

​@JacenSolo645 there has been a small Pro-statehood majority in Puerto Rico for a couple decades now, their legislature has petitioned to join the union on several occasions. Turns out it takes an act of congress for a territory to become a state.

[@oklanime]

@@JacenSolo645 Not true at all, they've voted for statehood several times in the past 10 years. But Congress has the final say on who becomes a state, and Congress has chosen to ignore Puerto Rico.

[@Crashpunk]

We in the Fallout timeline boys

[@strawberin0]

I don't want Nate "The Rake" to perform acts of civilian terror on my favourite Canadian livestreamer 😔

[@bw9382]

Is that a bad thing? Our decedents get the possibility of walking around listening to the radio in power armor.

[@konger6069]

@@bw9382 except with way more music

[@16floz]

Our timeline is much dumber than fallout's

[@TomJakobW]

@@16floz it really is the dumbest way to go out for the human species…

[@pliskin101]

GET READY TO LEARN FRENCH, BUDDY

[@MrVovansim]

Quebec: the Louisiana of Canada ;)

[@agibitable]

@@MrVovansim "cajun" comes from "acadian" so this is very true

[@nhasirduck3500]

@@MrVovansim funny how its the opposite

[@xChimkin]

@@MrVovansim quebecois don't even have an actual distinct cuisine, they eat the same things the rest of canada eats

[@Dindonmasker]

​@@xChimkinit's the other way around lol

[@SRMkay]

This whole election has been a long play to get NL into American elected office and eventually run for Presidential Minister in 2040

[@Ant12468]

NL " I would vote against it" You think you're getting a vote brother?

[@dean_l33]

A shame since we're deploying Nate the Rake

[@votecthulhu9378]

American NL be like: McDonalds is actually really good and deserves a michelin star

[@skullha66]

This is regular NL

[@jedidiahgrooters]

two michelin stars

[@NotAnotherMagpieMafiaMember]

​@@jedidiahgrooters buddy make it 3 cuz im mclovin' it

[@oreganoed8913]

Americans do say that.

[@zadovrus1624]

My Subway boycott was a mistake

[@bio6588]

+2 incoming when the 51rst state ends up being a Drama Romance Thriller instead of a Horror for the billionth time 😵‍💫

[@antiabsurdist]

First thing I thought about when Trump announced this, embarrassingly, was what northernlion’s thoughts would be on the matter.

[@zombifying]

"we already got the ottawa senators, theres like 24 of those guys" brother

[@hohohomie1000]

Go sens go

[@obsidiancrow450]

The labyrinthine health care industry get ready to learn it

[@MaxwellKasper]

Catch me playing Mario Bros so fast your CEO would spin. (My lawyer has advised against this joke)

[@4rtie]

Canada could maintain its nationalized health care if it was a single state, or if the states it was split up into formed interstate compacts to fund their healthcare service.

[@obsidiancrow450]

@@4rtie Probably true. This whole idea is insane though LOL

[@4rtie]

@@obsidiancrow450 oh yeah, it's batshit, but the healthcare bit is like, the only upside. Could make other states go "oh shit, right, we have that power" and get us some universal healthcare

[@RevenantNeverDies]

@@4rtie The US government would just remove the universal free healthcare so they make more money there is absolutely no reason for them to annex an entire country and then decide to completely remove their income from the healthcare "industry" and big pharma, They would lose too much money

[@LoudWaffle]

On one hand I would hate to be an American. But on the other hand it would be extremely funny because adding Canada to the US would swing the voter base so significantly to the left-wing (even with Canada’s rightward push right now our conservatives are faaaaar more left than Republicans).

[@komare5344]

Or canada will just become a bigger puerto rico lmao

[@ThyN00bly]

@@komare5344 “you exist and are part of us but don’t actually matter”

[@SBroproductions]

Literally just adding a second, MORE left leaning California to the union. It would be hilarious.

[@AeyakS]

Honestly, instead of Canada being dominated by the US, this happening might actually be what normalizes and fixes a lot of the problems in the US instead because of culture change. Not advocating for this for obvious reasons, but if in the insane event of this happening, I'd be really curious to see what happens.

[@Biglax]

I'd hate to be canadian, I hate the french

[@harryb12993]

I can’t wait for him to lose his “I’m not American!” card.

[@hydra5758]

7:02 I once did a month long study abroad thing in Romania, and they don't eat beef there. But this one Canadian kid on the trip was so crazy for a burger that he legit managed to convince the local mom and pop shop next to the group's motel to *import beef* and cook their first ever hamburger just for him. You can't convince me that he is the only burger crazy guy in all of Canada.

[@ngwoo]

Bro should have just made a lamb burger they're delicious

[@Elemenoful]

No way he wasn’t from Alberta

[@fruitpunchsamurai4837]

People absolutely eat beef in Romania, they just don't usually consume it in the shape of a hamburger

[@mopanda81]

@kjarakravik4837 as an american this news is blowing my mind... what do people do just gnaw on it raw?!

[@hydra5758]

@fruitpunchsamurai4837 Not in this part of Romania. We were in Transylvania, and over the course of our month long stay, we had the opportunity to eat at a dozen or so local restaurants (and a nice local woman's residence, who fed us on work days). There wasn't beef anywhere on the menus, only chicken and pork. The locals themselves said they didn't eat beef.

[@Canoflegumes]

Imperialism is all fun and games until it happens to you LOL all the canadian maga reactions are hilarious

[@Origin820]

Like a typical fascist, trump makes it so that if you want to support him, you have to cut away all other loyalties until it’s only him that ur loyal to. Maga Canadians will soon be supporting the anschluss of Canada and US, some already are.

[@geordanmuether5739]

We’re not so different spider-man

[@24get]

4:03 Ukrainians thought the same about Russia even after 2014 till 2022 hit still remember when it all started and foreign friends were asking "what's happening?" - the only parallel I could tell was "imagine if US invaded Canada" doesn't sound that ridiculous anymore

[@Nothingseen]

I think this is much different. Ukraine had been slipping out of Russia's influence, and the annexation of Crimea happened so they could maintain a vital port. The international community largely ignored it because, well... things were different, Russia was still considered a vital part of managing Syria and dealing with ISIS. Then there was a slow buildup of "separatist" military action, with Russia basically waging a covert war in Ukraine for close to a decade. The invasion was such a drastic and strange move because it didn't seem like he NEEDED to do it, his shit was already working. Trump talking about turning Canada into the 51st state through economic warfare has come out of basically nowhere and is not reflective of a long-term plan by anyone or anything. It'd be a drastic reversal of the relationship we've had for basically centuries, rather than a telegraphed plan based on the idea of keeping hold of a country that Russia believed belonged to them.

[@dealerman5955]

6:41 nl upon being informed british columbia will be grouped with alberta

[@JStack]

0:25 I love that he picked the only fixed number in political representation (State Representatives in the Senate) which is just two each lmao

[@rettwoods]

Each state has 2 senators, but representatives are decided based on population.

[@gilbertbeilschmidt4129]

I love how he starts talking about it like it's a done deal, comedic genius

[@calumryan6328]

Ranked ballot voting would have been the best possible thing for Liberals, so many people would vote for the conservatives in last place that theyd never win, the only reason they do is because the two left leaning parties split the vote.

[@szephyr]

I feel like part of the reason Trudeau DIDN’T do election reform is because he thought he wouldn’t be elected again due to his increasing unpopularity. Or it could be that he felt it couldn’t get done with the government he had. Either way, he fucked up majorly in not doing election reform as he promised.

[@gabes1733]

the point of the liberal party is to gatekeep the left from coming into power, at least in the US

[@ngwoo]

People talk a lot about immigration being his legacy but the failure of electoral reform will be his legacy to me. It was such a no-brainer and would guarantee the Liberals either a major voice in a centre-left coalition government or a kingmaker position from now until the end of time but they just decided to... not?

[@0salum0]

First past the post voting is so anti-democratic

[@fugyfruit]

​@@ngwoo obviously the Conservatives are well aware that if the voting system was fair they'd never win so they would never let a real voting reform happen under any circumstance

[@joshuajinsu2559]

The fate of Canada and the US will be decided with the most competitive hockey game to exist.🔥🔥

[@HeavensBane53]

The funniest bit is that if trump, by some miracle, did actually manage to turn canada into a state he'd be completely shooting himself in the foot. It'd basically be adding a second, slightly bigger, california in terms of house of representative seats and electoral college votes, which would make republican control of the house or presidential wins extremely difficult. You'd only get 2 senate seats though (because of course having canada and rhode island get the same representation makes sense) so less impact there, but with how razor thin the margins are that'd still make a difference.

[@TomJakobW]

The whole 2-senators-for-every-state makes a lot of sense - when we’re talking about a confederation of *fully* independent and sovereign entities. Americans thinking their 250 y/o constitution is still state-of-the-art is the real funniest bit.

[@jackzilla321]

@@TomJakobWEven contemporaries to the constitution being written (Madison especially) thought of the senate as just another institution meant to protect slavery/southern interests. It was always about power for tyrants.

[@orangesilver8]

@@jackzilla321 That'd be a really weird position to take considering the southern states had decently high populations and it was the tiny northeastern ones that benefitted. I heard that quote once relate to the electoral college using representatives number which also means electoral college votes get boosted by slave population. But that's not senate.

[@SamuelHydeker]

It wouldn't since they'd be a territory and have to apply for statehood

[@Unova39]

Everyone's a gangster until Bloc Québécois gets filibuster rights.

[@prancer8934]

"Americans watching one of their biggest cities burn to the ground for totally preventable reasons* "I see water up there."

[@grantwallace8371]

Oh my god, through all this I can’t believe I never asked myself “what does Northernlion have to say about this”

[@Zooropa_Station]

and I'm lovin every mander of it, gerry

[@douchopotamus3755]

Canada will be a state before Puerto Rico

[@sergio-179]

😂😂😂

[@samgaswa]

All we have to cope with these forsaken times are our +2s

[@adamcrook4611]

God we are in for the dumbest shit ever, and 2024 was already pretty dumb.

[@Rigatoni-d7k]

I mean part of the reason why Republicans are getting so volatile is because it's becoming increasingly difficult to win anything other than national elections. The current like 2 seat majority is really the best the Repubs could possibly do in the House due to the growth and progressive shift of urban areas. US senate is silly and arbitrary but urban areas are basically the only places in the US with real population growth, so adding the entirety of Canada, a country with a population that's only has 2 million more people than California and 82% of people live in urban areas would basically guarantee that liberals would control both chambers of Congress and then be able to sit around and still do nothing.

[@JohnSmith-wl7gf]

Republicans literally control house and senate what are you on

[@JohnSmith-wl7gf]

And the Supreme Court for next 40 years

[@CaptnMarvelous]

Yeah IDK bro Repubs kinda control all three houses RN and won a really strong majority. Maybe at a local level but at a state/country level Red-side kinda has it owned rn.

[@AeyakS]

Yeah, I think you're more describing the flip-flop situation that's been happening, but this is not a reflection for what's actually happening at the moment in the US. Repub controls lower and upper congress with majority in senate and house of representatives. Obviously, they have the executive branch on lock, and lastly, Trump has appointed like 4 conservative leaning Supreme Court Justices in his last term, allowing for majority control in all areas of government. Beyond this, Trump has made and iterated again and again his campaign promises to dismantle parts of the executive government so that protected federal offices that were previously untouchable by the president would be based on appointment; obviously, this would get rid of many of the checks and balances that keep the US president from being a complete authority in his branch of government. It really means that the US is being set up to become far more centric and authoritarian based on our national presidential elections rather than it being balanced, which is pretty concerning.

[@hescamping5982]

Trump won the popular vote as well regard. Lmao, stay in your bubble wondering why you lose over and over.

[@taitfraser8727]

Bro I can't even watch a Northerlion clip without being reminded about Travis Hamonic on the Sens

[@Spremington]

Canada would get 2 senators like everyone else. It’s a totally logical and efficient system that makes perfect sense.

[@hastyscorpion]

Of the two houses of Congress which is the more measured and functional. What's that? The Senate? Hmmm seems like it's doing something right. Also if Canada joined the US it would join as one state. Each province would be its own state.

[@jekanyika]

How many electoral votes though?

[@Spremington]

@@hastyscorpion dude you got no idea what you’re talking about. First of all for every bill the house passes, they almost always die in the senate. The senate is always gridlocked and doesn’t do shit these days. Second, the point I’m making is that the system is illogical. Its a rigged system that’s massively tilted towards the conservatives just like the electoral college. Why should all these deep red states in the mid west that have like 500k population each get the same representation as a single blue state like California that has 39 million population. It’s completely in favor of republicans and not representative of the people whatsoever.

[@indra8188]

I mean California has 2

[@dengar96]

​@@jekanyika canada has a similar population as california, so likely as many as cali gets

[@Random_Fanguy]

Trump would sweep Canada if he promised to put just one more Costco in every major city.

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

You bet your ass he hates Costco and loves like OHIO mall

[@Porook]

Trump is probably more of a Sam’s club guy, and that is why the Canadians will never surrender.

[@johnsonnash]

Costco is the best, offer some up and their resolve will crumble like Pompeii. You can't beat the $1.50 bro (refill too!?!), along with the ice cream man. Those prices just can't be beat, especially for Candaydians. Yes, I am a U.S. plant specifically bought out by intelligence agencies, but can you say I'm wrong? They'll see the truth.

[@SeeMyDolphin]

NL: The Big Mac is the perfect meal Also NL: Hamburgers are overrated

[@JStack]

Canada joining EU to prevent American expansion is the 2025 plot twist we need

[@berkeleyisonline160]

man i was really hoping for the reverse where canada annexes the north and mexico gets the south and hawaii gets to do whatever

[@epictacosamich]

Canada, the US, and Mexico, all fall under the iron umbrella that is the Allied Islands of Hawaii

[@deryell]

All this talk about annexation has me worried ngl

[@FancyKerbloops]

It's too much.

[@ryanbompane3959]

It's insane, I can't believe we're here, I really can't. It's disgusting.

[@catfactsvids]

Please consider time away from all screens. ​@@ryanbompane3959

[@v1x4570]

He probably won't actually do it but the fact that this is even being discussed is utterly insane

[@indra8188]

​@@ryanbompane3959we do a little trolling

[@shyguypro9876]

I get NL is just making light hearted jokes about this, but as Canadian I genuinely would rebel if the USA invaded. Fuck that shit.

[@SillyBillyMale]

Yeah I'd say that goes for most sane people living in different countries and seeing the shit that goes on in US. Only US mf's that have never stepped outside their own country could think it's actually a good place to live for anyone in the first world.

[@blackmage1276]

I would be looking for moving to somewhere in Europe

[@ardabaser1349]

You should. No healthcare? A non-democracy? Nah, you guys should hold out strong until the US implodes.

[@TruthAndReconciliation]

It would be funny though

[@volynx]

You do not want our government much less the insanely arrogantly ignorant people

[@WhatsTheBuzz_]

we're so cooked brother

[@AMVmushroom]

4 years of this

[@TomJakobW]

@@AMVmushroom 4 years? I’d say that’s optimistic…

[@ckorp666]

smoke em if u got em

[@dovekillz]

random travis hamonic stray at 1:38 LMFAOO so true

[@Meow_F]

I think if the US takes Canada, the US should still identify any trips over the US/Canada border as international trips so NL will have to follow the normal process to go on his Disney trips.

[@TheBestGamer43]

Thank you for the English (Canada) subtitles. Don't know how I would be able to watch it without it.

[@matthewhilliker]

I think people in Canada are already on edge with the trumps reelection, threat of tariffs, and now trudeaus resignation, but just the idea of annexation, even if completely impossible, is worrying people. Trump will probably find a new "thing to get mad at for one month" and move on, but unfortunately, it's hard to know considering how sporadic that senile old man can be. Also, horrible take from NL, even if he is just doing a bit. Nothing ever happens.

[@jane_atreides]

it doesn't exactly feel good as a Canadian minority seeing Americans joke/talk seriously about an armed invasion that would kill a fuckton of people

[@catfactsvids]

Trudeaus resignation is incredibly popular in Canada actually.

[@aenpien]

You're underestimating how many Canadians would want to join the US

[@farsalor2627]

@@aenpien A lot of em would want the gun rights lol

[@misterroboto1]

​@@aenpien18%. Not that high. It's about the same climate skeptics. The Venn diagram of those two groups looks like Elon Musk's eye after his last dose of Ketamine.

[@haiperbus]

I think the big guys upstairs in America really REALLY want all that fresh water and mines

[@Gumunista]

Dont talk to brazilians about the 51 Huge deal over there

[@tehSupernerd]

I think you mean the 7 1 😂

[@scouthatesrainbows]

@@tehSupernerdBRA71L

[@Gumunista]

@tehSupernerd you better pray i never find your address

[@flayncele]

as a brazilian i have no idea wtf you're talking about, the only thing that comes to mind is the drink lol

[@kakugowaii5854]

​@@flayncele I think he means the PSDB, or specifically Bolsonaro, who's number is 51

[@ZeekarPRIME]

Is it sunk cost fallacy for Mario party at this point

[@douchopotamus3755]

Is this a question?

[@videowatching04]

It’s never occurred to me how much NL sings until I started watching the librarian and getting hit with these end credit songs

[@tylerpollock9783]

Get ready to stop learning, buddy!

[@tylorbarker9287]

NL is a master at almost saying what he thinks and then immediately U-turning back into the approved narrative. It's hilarious.

[@personperson5697]

Show them the good o'll Shawinigan Handshake

[@Invictus_Mithra]

If we do get annexed, I'm going to be giggling like a schoolgirl when the Americans have to deal with the Quebecois

[@thechatter7102]

we're closer to nuclear winter than we were during the cold war and nobody seems to fucking get that.. vtubers are more important.

[@hacer_kun]

the voice of the nation has spoken

[@wyldenites]

Congrats on the 10 minute mark Librarian 😂❤

[@Maelthorn1337]

Wait till he hears that we might take military action to take Greenland.

[@aerostorm_]

Eh. That was more of a bait question by the press. Trump ain't gonna storm the beaches. He'll just sanction Denmark to force their independence and then negotiate with Egede.

[@ngwoo]

The obvious solution is for Canada to annex Greenland first

[@Maelthorn1337]

@aerostorm_ I know it's a 0.00001% chance, but him essentially saying "It's possible" when asked if he would use economic or military pressure is LUNACY.

[@jeremy85]

@@Maelthorn1337 no it's not, as commander in chief, preemptively taking it off the table hurts your bargaining chips when you are trying to win for your nation.

[@Maelthorn1337]

@@jeremy85 Buddy it's not 1940.

[@MasterMemo]

Ayy Pittsburgh mentioned

[@Happe44]

7:57 no joke his voice is so hot…

[@ElSuperNova23]

Unironically I do the "butcher a bulk section of meat" thing, saves me like 50% on steaks

[@BikoFactory]

Librarian putting the tweet of Trudeau's "graduation" LMAO

[@hoodiegaltf]

Thought this was going to be about greenland lul

[@atlasstoned]

Love that Apollo was most confused about the literal easiest question of all: "how many senators would Canada get?" ... two

[@xtraweivy]

as a Sens fan, that Travis Hamonic line hit hard

[@emmettbrown3463]

6:45 chatter with "hate from Toronto 🖕" lmfao

[@bboppppppppppppp]

god i love the senators joke

[@meatchuckg]

Something tells me if you had to experience our healthcare you would definitely be playing as Luigi.

[@amedeomodigliani4389]

We got Manifest Destiny 2 before GTA VI

[@generalmazur]

As an Albertan the disappointment with Alberta is extremely relatable

[@satyropodobny101]

Sleeper agent E.G.G. activated

[@EMETRL]

If Canada was absorbed into the union (which won't happen anytime soon), it'd probably be split up into the states have already been operating as provinces. I'm not too sure about the territories but they'd probably become individual states too. So that's 13 new states for a total of 26 senators. That's just how the senate works. As for the rest of Congress, that's more of a mystery because an acquisition as big as Canada might finally see the House expand instead of keeping the 435 count. If it were up to me, just go up to a clean 500. In terms of population that would be about right anyway, considering california has 52 representatives. Of course you'd need to redistribute the seats, but it's way easier to arrange an election that adds seats than it is to remove seats, and if you go up to 500 with Canada, that would still mean you have to slightly increase the number of seats per state. What that means in practice is a few more in each of the bigger states, maybe one more in the medium states, and no change at all to Wyoming.

[@bogregz]

Maybe I'm biased because I'm québecois but I think Québec is a little overcriticized by the rest of Canada even though the sovereignty shit is stupid. I feel like a lot of our influence on the federal level used to make sense and I feel like we lean politically not that much more right wing than Ontario. Maybe I'm just ill informed but it just feels that way. Ig it's just a result of the "us vs them" mentality so I can't really blame y'all. Just a shitty situation.

[@moshhk]

You could definitely make the argument that Ontario was left leaning even upto 3 years back, its definitely more conservative now. The whole Quebec slander seems silly when we have someone who puts bike lanes just to rip them out to save 5 seconds in traffic.

[@bogregz]

@@moshhk Yeah I mean, to my knowledge, every province has some huge issues. Alberta is pretty right wing and conservative, Québec is defined by its wish to be sovereign which can lead to bigotry and Ontario has a very conservative leaning government. All the lesser populated provinces aren't doing the best to my knowledge either overall. B.C. I don't know enough to say, they seem fine in terms of politics but like everybody, they're affected by the Canadian housing market sucking ass and the whole country turning more and more conservative as part of a broader worldwide reactionary movement as well as in reaction to Trudeau. Plus there's the treatment of First Nations. I just feel like everyone has their issues so it's weird to focus on Québec's flaws so much.

[@Travmann777]

Quebec is 100% over-criticized by the ROC. People are just angry that they live in provinces that don't prioritize the people who live there.

[@knoathing]

As someone from BC who just recently moved to Quebec, 100% this. The way people talk about Quebec has always made me feel super uncomfortable. Just a bunch of super unnecessary hate that honestly just works to perpetuate the divide it's making fun of in the first place. Even with mainland France, it feels like everyone has just decided that the French are the one case everyone has decided where it's okay to use an entire nationality/people group as the collective punching bag

[@tabula_rosa]

The thing that keeps me locked in about Quebec is that ur never like "oh ur Canadian? What part" and THEN you find out they're from Quebec.

[@michaelhernandez3962]

Get ready to forget the word province buddy

[@spacevillainy]

if canada gets absorbed its francophones up top and down bottom idk if i can handle that

[@nionnex1828]

Well at least hamonic is injured now

[@Tendo67]

I like my healthcare, idk if i want anything to do with the us system

[@ValiantAMM]

Get ready to cook steak buddy

[@_i_a_n_]

Apologies from the sane americans

[@JonKimbel]

We went from president who's sane to president who's insane (Obama's middle name is Hussein)

[@XCeazyX]

@@JonKimbel +2

[@octilli]

so, majority of the country?

[@_i_a_n_]

@@octilli not the voting majority, evidently

[@octilli]

@@_i_a_n_ i mean, you’re wrong again. so not really

[@mattymerr701]

The 52nd state will be a pack of cards

[@justaghostinthesea]

Canada leans left, and has a population higher than California. If Trump somehow managed to annex the country, the House of Representatives would be _deep_ blue. It'd also be much harder for a Republican to ever get elected again, I imagine.

[@loganblevenson]

canada would have around 43 representatives and 2 senators, and since the house is capped at 435 every other state would lose representatives to make space for canada. canada would also be an almost entirely blue state.

[@willlowry2288]

Nah I don’t like this mentality. He needs to have some pride. Normalizing and sane washing the idea of annexing us and not treating it with any urgency is a bad idea.

[@dave3429]

Trump was joking. Obviously we’d give you guys 6 states and 12 senate seats.

[@SillyBillyMale]

Don't worry as soon as he needs to deal with US healthcare I think he'll feel a surge of patriotism. That shit wouldn't last two years if they ever successfully annexed Canada.

[@bogregz]

NL is mostly joking because this is not a real threat. The U.S. would lose so many allies and it would mean the breakdown of NATO. It's a laughably improbable event.

[@jamesmccomb9525]

Normally you'd be met with "We're just trying to have some fun here, no need to get all heavy", but considering he's the one that brought it up, yeah no you're completely right.

[@enider]

@@bogregz I feel like the threat against Canada is mostly a distraction from the much more real threat of Trump strong arming Greenland into being annexed.

[@oreganoed8913]

This is just like hit show Parks and rec (2009)

[@warren5383]

As an American, I have an opinion

[@reinhardtwilhelm5415]

So, the thing is that… there *is* no Republican part of Canada. When asked who they would support in an American presidential election, Alberta polls well left of California. Americans really, really do not understand how different we are from them.

[@CriticalSlowing]

If NL comes to pittsburgh he can have my house. I will give it to him.

[@joaovmlsilva3509]

52 no? They already have Israel as the 51

[@catfactsvids]

+2

[@enjorlas_]

+2

[@shiki3190]

+2

[@landonwhyshoulditellyou5552]

+2

[@teabulls]

"boom, senators" is pretty good

[@exactinmidget92]

so would Canada be one massive state? or would each province be a state?

[@chase-warwick]

Ideally each province would be a state (and almost every province has a higher population than Wyoming so it wouldn't be unprecedentedly small states). I think that's the only way that Canadian's would be receptive to the idea as individuals want local representatives, and governing bodies closer to them.

[@ssssaa2]

As An American I don't want to touch Quebec with a 20 foot pole, but I do think western Canada would benefit the US a lot resource-wise, that is where by far most of the resources are located in Canada. It would be far more developed in that sense as part of the US than in Canada where they are much less capable of developing resources and also the government seems to be opposed to the idea of extracting natural resources.

[@fullreinhard]

Wtf i swear that mario party bit in the beginning happened way more than 2 days ago

[@Zedzilliot]

I mean, bro just wants our water