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"When Canada confronts a bully, tit-for-tat is best"

Meaning; "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Regardless of the right/far right in Canada, simple fact is we/the western world really do NOT need the United States for .........anything.

We do not need the States in NATO, without the Americans the said defense force has a combined military budget of 300 billion dollars, a 18  trillion dollar economy and a population of 420 million, facing off against the Russians with a military budget of 60 billion, an economy of 2.3 trillion and a population of 140 million 

Trade? We import 350 billion dollars of American goods pr year, the Americans import (wait for it) 350 billion dollars of Canadian goods.

UN/Paris Agreements? Oh please, get the obstructionist far right lunatic fringe Americans out of  there. Space travel/exploration? Go private or go Russian. 

Get real/realistic, we/the world don't really need the Americans for anything. Lets act that way.

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