What is the best Canadian response?

@Lilymoon NO Lily don't gooooooo
it's only four more years

@Lilymoon Wascally Wabbit!

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow


What a joke.

Prove it commie boy

@Thrust Not my problem you have no idea how your economy works. I get that failing high school is a badge of honour on the right and all.

@pikminboy
There's where your misunderstanding lies. Canada does not have a fragile economy but the USA does. Even if Trump imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods entering the USA and nobody in the USA buys it, Canada has already made alternate trading plans with other countries around he world to trade with since Trump took Office in 2016. In addition to that, only BUY CANADIAN! Don't buy anything that is made in the USA and the BS will soon stop between Trump and Canada.

@Pretzel Sounds costly. A million squirt guns filled with pee would be more effective.

@SW-User pew pew pew!

@Pretzel p.u.

@Heartlander Canada’s healthcare system in particular and social safety net in general are superior to America’s. Any American lucky enough to move to Canada won’t miss Social Security or Medicare. The same obviously would not apply to any red states seeking to secede and reform the Old Confederacy, as was discussed when Biden became president.

@JPWhoo If they move to canada and not return, they may forfeit all their contributions to SS and MC. If they do return to the states the years they were contributing to the Canadian systems is lost, and the missing years can have a big effect on their US retirement entitlements. There is even a possible scenario, though rare, where someone may contribute to both US and Canada systems and not qualify for either.

Comparing the two systems, just on pension plans ...

Average CPP (Canada) retirement benefit = $816/month, maximum $1,364 per month
Average SS (US) retirement. benefit = $1,784/month, maximum $4,873/month

Personally,I'd prefer to get $1,784 a month rather than $816 a month, regardless of whether it's in Canadian or US dollars :)

@Richard65 nominating your response for Best Answer!

@Roundandroundwego Everyone welcome everywhere is a lofty goal.

@SW-User it's basic human decency and international law since 1948.

@Pretzel
I thought the same thing at first, but then took a step back and actually wondered if Trump's plan to clean house would make things better or much worse for Americans?

The problem is, it will take more than 4 years to fix or dismantle what needs to be addressed in US government, but if the next POTUS after Trump doesn't continue in that same direction, then nothing Trump does to clean things up actually comes to fruition because little of it will have been brought to completion in only 3 years, realistically speaking.

Now things would be in a real mess because how does the next Administration after Trump put it all back together so that it's a functional government?

What I honestly believe is that Trump will not do anything dramatic insofar as his threat to dismantle the government agencies he feels are redundant is concerned, because like a house of cards, the whole thing will just collapse if that dismantling process is attempted in the incorrect order (whatever that is).

@swirlie I think we agree on the ultimate outcome. it's like holding your hand up and trying to stop a freight train.

He is the head of only 1/3 of the government. And while he has handpicked several of the justices in the supreme court - they still have to go by the law (ostensibly).

the civil service is gigantic. the Congress will have to go along with a lot of the changes - and they would have to kill lots of jobs which would increase unemployment.

I can imagine a lot of unrest in the Congress since they are about evenly matched and just a few "defectors" could kill a republican initiative.

yeah, these will be interesting times.

There have already been two attempts to assasinate him - and the recent United CEO murder...show people are getting antsy. And we aren't even into summer yet.

@Pretzel
If Trump starts to make changes quickly, I mean tangible changes that people can actually see, then I think he will calm the angry masses before they get too far out of control. But I don't think he has any time to waste because as you've inferred, the natives are getting restless.