Canadian retired vice-admiral Mark Norman a grim warning issued About the relationship of Canada with the United States and urges his country to seriously reconsider his dependence on his neighbor.
Write for The National PostThe former Vice chef of the Defense of Canada argued that recent statements by US President Donald Trump – who spoke of Canada who became the 51st state, repeatedly referred to the departing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “Gov. Trudeau” and imposed on and then temporarily created a rate of 25% for all imports from the country – were a ‘real threat’, not alone rhetoric.
“When the leader of our close neighbor, ally and trading partner says he can destroy us with the stroke of a pen – and repeat his willingness to do this – it is more than just an expression of observed superiority or hyperbool, it is a Real threat, “Norman said.
“To reject it if a little less would be irresponsible and naive,” he added.
Norman suggested a number of potential retaliation measures, such as the cutting of oil, gas and electricity stocks to the United States. He also spoke about collecting other countries to stand next to Canada in combating American aggression.
“In this growing fog of rhetoric and attitude it is difficult to decipher the fine line between threat and attack,” recognized Norman, which in 2019 received an official apology of the Canadian House of Commons after a failed persecution about a accusation of Trust.
“Faced with such an ambiguity, we can either continue to wait and respond step by step or we can act decisively,” he added. “I indicate that we are being attacked and more important, so is the global system on which our safety and prosperity are based.”
Trump has been talking about the absorbing of Canada in the US for months now, in addition to his other comments about grabbing the Panama Canal, buying Greenland and Gaza to develop the war zone to the “Riviera of the Midden -East . “
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Critics have hit Trump’s apparent expansionist prospects as in contrast to his “America First” agenda. Commentators have also predicted how his desire for Canada can ultimately work spectacularly and De Gop.