Thus far, Trump has not raised the possibility of sending actual troops to Ontario. Instead, he seems to believe he can achieve this Canadian Anschluss by simply crushing Canada’s economy and leaving it no choice but to join the US.

But Canada in 2025 is not Austria in 1938. “Canada will never, ever be part of America,” declared newly elected Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney last week, making the country’s position crystal clear. And, last month, the Canadian Armed Forces announced that after years of declining enrollment, it had seen a surge in enlistments since Trump took office, with about 1,000 more applicants than last year. (Canadian officials couldn’t attribute the new rash of interest to Trump’s threats, but they didn’t rule it out, either.)

Given that Canada will never voluntarily join the US—which it is adamant about—would Trump try to use force to annex it? And would Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth go along with this crazy plan?

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As an American even I don’t have that faith in our military to do the right thing.

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There’s a good chunk of them that are indoctrinated in MAGA philosophies, and they are trained to follow orders. More likely that the pushback would come from leadership, however I certainly would not want to test it.

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It has to be tested. This is war. Its a human duty beyond national pride.

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No different than Canada’s military forces. Since Trump was elected over 1000 people have volunteered, and I bet 10% are right wingnuts who’ll be shooting at Canadians trying to defend the border.

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These are weird as fuck times, no? It boggles my mind to be at odds with our allies. I’ve spent a lot of time in Canada working through the years and love it as a country. Breaks my heart tbh.

I fucking loathe everyone that enabled this shit to happen.

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In this situation, they would be court marshaled, so they have to follow orders here.

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Since Vietnam, supposedly they have a duty to disobey illegal orders

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But here’s the fun part, if the laws are rewritten, they are legal.

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