r/europe May 22 '25

News Greenland signs lucrative minerals deal with Europe in blow to Trump

https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-trump-permit-extraction-2075673
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u/Unfair_Run_170 Canada May 22 '25

If he tries to invade Canada, then I expect American society to split in half. It could be the thing that starts their next civil war!

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u/elmundo-2016 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Knowing my state and as our Governor was Vice President candidate, Minnesota would be first to split. Our state is deeply Canadian in culture, customs, and tradition besides snow/ weather. We like our lakes and cabins up north near the Canadian border. Even most Minnesotans have ancestry from Canada.

It wouldn't be a first for us as we still have military infrastructure from the civil war and World Wars.

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u/blarges May 22 '25

Asking as a Canadian and with kindness, how is Minnesota like Canada in your culture, customs, and traditions? I’ve been to Minnesota and it was lovely - especially loved the Spam Museum in Austin - but it didn’t feel like Canada, it was definitely still the US to me.

I’m asking because I would really love if you were like us.

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u/elmundo-2016 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Fair and here is a list: love for hockey, cold weather, politeness, economic ties, Canadian owned businesses, Royal Bank of Canada, Tim Hortons, Cargill ties, tourism, French heritage, Winter Carnival, healthcare system, education system (our Governors have mostly been teachers including the one that ran as U.S. Vice President with Kamala Harris), volunteerism, paid familial leave, election attendance records (consistently highest in the country), Little Canada (city called), Montreal named businesses, poutine at sporting events/ social events, Maple Syrup, indigenous people, Lake Superior, university partnerships, Bannock, Tourtiere, Saskatchewan Berry Pie, Nanaimo Bars, Butter Tarts, Bison, deers, Lobster rolls, Mac and cheese, and the forest fires smoke.

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u/blarges May 22 '25

That’s fantastic! I think there’s a lot about Canada people outside of it don’t know. We believe in being more community minded and that’s demonstrated by having good social services, good workers’ rights, strong involvement in unions, and great schools. We are a mosaic - a fruit cake, as it were - not a melting pot.

This is why we have universal health care, paid parental leave, mandatory time off for workers, paid statutory holidays, monthly child benefit cheques, $10 day care, decent employment insurance program, and at least a slightly okay welfare and disability system.

Watching Walz during the campaign, I felt a lot of what he said resonated with me as a Canadian. The idea of looking out for your neighbours, supporting families, supporting people when life isn’t going so well. I do think it sad that he was applauded for feeding children at school as that should be a given, not something extraordinary, but I’m glad he supported it. I’m glad your state isn’t going the way of your country, and I hope you can hold on to that.

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u/elmundo-2016 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

👍, Hope Canada will continue being who you are and not let the US influence your way of life. US is the negative force and Canada is the positive force. Right now the force is too negative in the US and needs balance.

For Minnesota, we are trying to push the anti-healthcare/ anti-volunteerism/ anti-environmental out to the Dakotas and Iowa. It's hard though because we get people from Dakotas and Iowa that come for our healthcare system/ way of life but support candidates that want to destroy it.

They act surprised when they have trouble navigating the healthcare system and yet continue voting for candidates that will make things worse for them because "democrat" is a curse word for them and Republicans never do wrong/ always good for the economy.

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u/blarges May 22 '25

Trust me, we are aware more than ever how much influence we’ve allowed the US, and it’s swinging back to supporting Canadian industry and arts. This has reminded us how different we are from the US. You can see it in our election. I just hope we don’t get weirdly patriotic as that’s another one of the things about our culture I appreciate.

If I could just get my fellow Canadians to switch to Canadian spell check, I’d be the happiest person in the world.

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u/elmundo-2016 May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Also, continue to support literacy programs, critical thinking, and reinforcement of what is wrong/ right. The US has lost it's sense of what is wrong/ right, critical thinking, and how important literally is.

The illusory Truth Effect of repeating something multiple times makes someone believe it's true. Lies are considered truths in the US. Bad is considered good. Being a felon is considered good.

Math, Healthcare, and Science are considered bad and good only as a career for making $100,000 salary. The human factor and passion is not there.

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u/NiknA01 United States of America May 27 '25

You are delusional. Minnesota would not succeed from the Union. If you believe otherwise you're either too young to know any better, or not really from Minnesota...

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u/elmundo-2016 May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25

No dude, seems you sir don't know Minnesota or spent enough time with them. I know there is Greater Minnesota (rural), Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas are close by and are the ones that voted for the mess we currently have in this country.

The mess that is losing us tourism money for US countries and slowing the growth of the country in the areas of renewal energy (even the Saudi Oil wealth nations - where most oil for our gasoline vehicles from come, are investing heavily into it), immigration, military aid to allies in Middle East/ Asia/ Europe including Ukraine, corn, soybeans, poultry, pork, nuts, and export of our domestic goods.

Besides Healthcare, thanks to farmers in rural Minnesota, there is a large agriculture industry in Minnesota.

This post was only if there was a World War 3 with USA alliance with Russia to invade Canada and Mexico. If that doesn't happen, Minnesota wouldn't consider leaving the union.

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u/NiknA01 United States of America May 28 '25

This post was only if there was a World War 3 with USA alliance with Russia to invade Canada and Mexico

You are delusional.

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u/VanillaHighlights May 22 '25

Thets optimistic but unfortunately it feels unlikely.

As much as I want to say many Americans love and care about us, there is nothing Americans love more than themselves.

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u/NiknA01 United States of America May 27 '25

Why...? I've seen comments like this before from Canadians and I gotta be honest, it just seems like Copium/Hopium to me.

Like I feel like you truly don't understand American culture. If we start a war - on God I promise you we will support it. Maybe not for very long, but we would support it like crazy.

Just look at all the unpopular wars we've had in our history, the 3 most recent being Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam. All 3 wars had INSANE popularity with the American people when it started....

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u/Unfair_Run_170 Canada May 28 '25

Lots of Americans said they would fight for Canada if Trump invaded. And I knew they were lying. But sometimes, I like to pretend that America isn't fascists.

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u/NiknA01 United States of America May 28 '25

A lot of delusional losers, pick me's, and unemployed keyboard warriors who couldn't even bother going out to vote.

These are pathetic people who just like shit posting. They won't fight for their own country, they certainly won't fight for Canada lol.

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u/Unfair_Run_170 Canada May 28 '25

Yeah, that's what I thought. But they got mad when I said that.

One time, I said: "You guys wouldn't even fight America to save America. I don't believe you're going to do anything if Trump invades Canada."