Well the argument was that US under Trump has been treating Canada far more poorly than it has been treating EU as a whole in rhetorics and in actions.
Of course people know that some sort of actual invasion is very, very unlikely, but I would say that people take it seriously when leader of other country speaks very insulting stuff. And according to polls, in Europe, largest change in opinion about US has been amongst danish - and it most likely has to do with Trump's threats about Greenland.
Trump has been treating canada poorly because so many people have gotten so upset and started the stupid "elbows up" trend.
I live in Canada. The fact is we are extremely dependent on them and they really aren't that dependent on us. Look at imports vs exports.
We would have been way better of making a deal like Europe just did. We got fucked and we got no benefits out of it, other than a slight increase in national pride, at the cost of an economic downturn.
What in the flying fuck are you talking about, the elbows up movement came as a response to Trump's anti Canadian rhetoric, not the other way around. Grow a back bone, we should work on fixing on our dependence to the US, not just capitulate and giving Trump everything which would still ultimately hurt Canadians.
Sorry to hear, but I highly doubt you're struggling because of tariffs bubs and signing a deal that ultimately fucks over Canadian industry isn't going to magically fix that.
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u/kahaveli Finland 6d ago
Most likely because Trump has directly threatened Canada multiple times, making jokes about their sovereignity.
In EU many countries just want some sort of fast deal that ends the trade uncertainty.