How do you get a bunch of Canadians out of the pool. According to an old American joke, you say: "Will everyone please get out of the pool." President Donald Trump evidently believes the formula is applicable to international relations and he has only to declare Canada the 51st State and Canadians will abandon their independence and sovereignty.
That is childish nonsense. But it is not to say that Trump will be deterred from pursuing his territorial ambition by means other than mere persuasion.
History it has been said repeats: first as tragedy, then as farce. But whether Trump's Hitlerian lust to assimilate Canada ends in tragedy or farce is far from clear. Trump has openly mused about taking Canada by force, an option he has not taken off the table.
In face of this threat, Canada's government has not been idle. Trump's aggressive utterances have lost America her closest ally and greatest trading partner. They have driven Canada into the arms of the EU as a primary partner in both trade, under The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and defense, under the recently signed Security and Defense Partmership. In addition, Canada is negotiating a free trade agreement with both the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and South Korea.
Trump's Hitlerian territorial ambitions have placed the World at risk of a Third World War.
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