Comments by "WaterspoutsOfTheDeep" (@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep) on "RJ Talks" channel.

That makes no sense. Canada and the USA are the biggest trade partners in the worlds history, with the biggest most successful trade deal in human history. With economies that circulate and feed each other, support each other, and are symbiotic resources>production. What Trump is doing specifically and only in regards to Canada is the most absurd nonsensical action to distance the USA from Canada when it quite literally is what would fuel his industrial revolution and help uplift it and be uplifted as a result benefiting both countries because of the regulation cuts and new investment returning. He is doing the opposite of what he should in regards to Canada. Tarrifing Mexico and China sure, but Canada?
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@ The reality is Canada doesn't need defense. It's one of the few nations on the planet that has such unique geography. On top of it the USA by relative extension having Alaska is deterrent enough. Atlantic it's EU no hostile nations. Water invasion is almost impossible east coast, it's why the USA had so much trouble because of the geography when they tried it. It would have to be by water on the West Coast. But it's just all around nonsensical. The only threat is potentially from the USA itself. Look at WW1, Canada joined with only a few ships and ended with the 4th largest navy in the world in a few years. Canada can do military it just has no reason to that's why so much of it was decommissioned. It started the peacekeeping division of the UN and did that which is why it's the only military to ever get the Nobel peace prize.
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that would never happen, that's literally saying Canada would give away for free it's hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of the worlds biggest and most important resource reserves like oil and potash. You know the energy the world runs on and the one mineral in short supply for industrial food production. Buying Greenland literally would be more than giving away Canada as the 51st state it's nonsense. Every Canadian would need to be given like a million dollars or more for a buyout and even then that's probably too little.
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control what? and you used to be able to cross the border just with a drivers license like 20 years ago.
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@ trudeau is already out though that was before trump took office...
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@ I mean that's a bit of a stretch assuming direct attacks on canada in the middle of the ocean thousands of km from virtually all other countries, with a lot most of the population quite far inland.
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@Bizeecentral Exactly though what about it? In totality what about it in every way, think about all the different aspects, what about it? What makes it worth mentioning at all? Canada would need protection of Alaska belong to Canada but it doesn't, the rest make it totally unfeasible for any concern. I don't think you realize how barren and harsh the tundra is. Then after that it's dense forest with no access to rest of an urban part of the country for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of miles. There is no blitz or pressing concern of any kind. Canada would almost have years to address such an invasion lol. USA own Alaska changes everything that would be the only part realistically prone to take over. Everything to the right of it in the north is a tundra shield.
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@ Substantiate how it's a non-argument. Lets not forget the context is drugs, guns, and criminals from the USA are disproportionately going into Canada not the other way around. Canada has not been the one having the border issue, the USA has both with their people in Canada and their southern border. Canada is not the one that degraded trans national travel, the USA is. You sound like one of those Americans that can't even find your country on a world map.
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@ I just established my point, Trump would buy greenland not get it for free. Why would Canada which is worth hundreds of trillions be free? Lets not forget also the gdp produced from Canada which would be part of the USA all of a sudden too not just the resources. And water rights, and real estate and so on. Why would that be free?
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Trump is lying they need and have used Canadas oil for the last two plus decades it's what allowed the USA to screw around with OPEC and the middle east without worrying about gas prices because Canada had their back literally propping up the energy of the USA. Not only that the USA needs Canadas oil to fuel it's proposed industry revolution. Furthermore Canada is the largest reserve and one of the very few that produces potash which is you know literally required for industrial farming. Canada produces more than basically all other nations on the planet combined and the USA uses so much they basically use the whole yearly production from Canada in mass. Think if that was cut off. Food and energy last time I checked are kinda vital lol.
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@ Beyond not needing the non-existent defense the USA is providing for Canada. You act like Canada is Israel or Taiwan. Beyond that Canada subsidized the whole US war efforts in the middle east propping up and securing US energy with it's oil why the US could play games with the middle east oil supply and do whatever it wants with OPEC. That act alone should warrant honor beyond measure by the USA for Canada supporting their whole war effort, economy and country giving it stability to play big boy internationally. Canada was the daddy that had their back letting them bully and threaten whoever they wanted without meaningful consequence. Food for thought.
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@ Beyond that Canada subsidized the whole US war efforts in the middle east propping up and securing US energy with it's oil why the US could play games with the middle east oil supply and do whatever it wants with OPEC. That act alone should warrant honor beyond measure by the USA for Canada. Canada was the daddy that had their back letting them bully and threaten whoever they wanted without meaningful consequence. Food for thought.
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@antbelicheck6339 If it is it wasn't just a few years ago and likely just because of cheap consumer goods like temu and garbage on amazon and other cheap consumer products. Exactly the type of goods Trump is complaining about ending which would quickly change that back to Canada solely because of reversal of production in USA meaning resources and energy needed again and in larger amounts than ever from Canada.
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@Kilowatt420 We buy roughly 30% more from Canada than China. And furthermore it's significantly more important than goods from China as it's energy and materials that enable our economy. We literally would not have agriculture without Canada's massive production of potash we probably could never even get anywhere else and be up a creek.
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@Tinks82 "Canada does not really import anything from us"? Canada is literally the biggest buyer of US exports... There is a saying about the iq of Americans... Can you find the USA on a world map?
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I don't know how think Trump magically thinks the 40% or 60% of the oil the USA uses from Canada and potash they can't grow their crops without is magically gonna come from to fuel and feed the industry revolution and his people if Canada cuts trade and redirects it to other nations. The fact is it would hurt trade big time with Canada immediately but is recoverable as these are the two most important resources on the planet. Yet the USA requires in mass the resources Canada gives it, especially if Trump wants to have a industry revolution in his lifetime as in the next ten years. There isn't much of a long game at his age. He is playing with fire.
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@ In other words you weren't alive then and it's specifically addressing the border and security and national relations. Basic comprehension is a skill worth developing in life kid.
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@ In other words you have nothing.
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Canada has literally the most and most important natural resources on the planet, largest oil reserve, and one of the only and largest potash reserve in the world you know literally whats needed to grow food. Just think for a second why would Canada ever just give away hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of natural resources for literally nothing, less than greenland no less as USA would have to buy greenland!
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@shingoku999999 canadian dollar was more than the us dollar awhile ago, it's almost like currency prices change
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omg that's actually insane! 250 billion and they do nothing but give it away to private universities largely when all these teachers are having to buy school supplies for their classroom and don't have a living wage. That's nuts.
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@ You act like Canada is Israel or Taiwan. Beyond that Canada subsidized the whole US war efforts in the middle east propping up and securing US energy with it's oil why the US could play games with the middle east oil supply and do whatever it wants with OPEC. That act alone should warrant honor beyond measure by the USA for Canada. Canada was the daddy that had their back letting them bully and threaten whoever they wanted without meaningful consequence. Food for thought.
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@ Beyond that Canada subsidized the whole US war efforts in the middle east propping up and securing US energy with it's oil why the US could play games with the middle east oil supply and do whatever it wants with OPEC. That act alone should warrant honor beyond measure by the USA for Canada being daddy stabilizing their whole economy while they could bully the world without consequence.
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@ canada refuses to protect itself? lol from what and where is this protection the usa is giving? protection for our polar bears from russia? lol come on
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@ I mean sure but it can't be for free if that's the case. There needs to be a buyout and a lot more than greenland and it going directly to each and every citizen in some way.
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@ You do realize Canada is known as the peacekeeping nation of the world, and founded the peace keeping division of the UN and has the only military of the world given the nobel peace prize. Along with being one of the most geographically isolated and safe countries in the world flanked north and south by the USA protecting themselves which would be a security threat if Canada was invaded. Where do you get Canada needs protecting lol?
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@mjf609 What you said is written incoherently. Yes WEF said half of Canadas government is a part of it, that's a massive problem and I want something done about it but what can be done other than voted out or USA taking over Canada then having a leadership change...?
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@CountryMusicFF The crazy thing is his whole dream is a boom in American industry but that needs Canada to enable it with a inflow of cheap readily available energy and resources. It would take a long time for the USA to utilize fully only their oil and at increased levels for that boom. Trump would possibly not even be around anymore I mean he is old. So I wonder if he is even serious with the tarrifs... He must know all of this.... right?
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@antbelicheck6339 I just checked USA has almost 30% more trade with Canada still than China, you were thinking Mexico which USA has increased trade with as apparently Mexico has started production of many goods in last 10 years or so. My point still stands the type of trade is significantly less important for the USA as it's consumer goods not resources and energy.
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@jeffersonhenn1086 little too early for that call lmao
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@Bizeecentral There is a lot more I never mentioned. There is one highway that connects to the north and to alaska through alberta. So any issue and it just gets taken out then good luck invading. There is also the rocky mountain range to block a pacific invasion the road would just be taken out there. The st lawrence river that goes from the atlantic into the heart of usa/canada to the great lakes there is a big shelf elevation difference on the canadian side preventing invasion that's one big reason why the usa 200 years ago had trouble invading canada. Don't forget the northern waterways and all that stuff is highly unpredictable in the winter months freezing up. I don't know about anderson river but there is massive peat bogs somewhere over in east coast and if there that could be really hard to get through. I'm sure there is more.
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that makes no sense. Trump BROKE the trade deal he created and put tarrifs on Canada the country Trump made the biggest and most successful trade deal in human history with. This is not a Trudaeu issue it's a Trump issue. It's nonsensical.
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