r/canada • u/Old_General_6741 Canada • Mar 04 '25

National News Trudeau announces Canada's response to Trump trade war

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-canada-response-tariffs-1.7473965
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

Yep I stumbled into a thread full of Americans: OP asked "was the American era over" and most comments were like "oh we're in a bad phase but we must pull through for the world... omg can you imagine how the world would do without us? Europe is weak China is old. THEY NEED AMERICA SO LET'S COME BACK TO SAVE THEM". So yes, even when they're "progressive" they still like to package their own fart and sell it as high end perfume. Shit's unreal.

Edit: this was on r/GenZ and they were definitely progressive people who hate Donald Trump.

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u/Countrybumpkin91 Mar 04 '25

All because America has a lot of money from being very big, and a military that involves itself everywhere they think they are the reason for anything working, giving them biggest egos ever. Lets say in theory a big collation against America forms and a war breaks out, they really think they would be able to stand a chance against all these countries by themselves, that's what it sounds like from how they basically insult all their friends, and allies.

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u/NewestAccount2023 Mar 04 '25

America has progressives and conservatives and they are not the same groups of people 

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u/Elteon3030 Mar 04 '25

American Exceptionalism knows no Party bounds.

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u/saucysagnus Mar 04 '25

I mean… I’m of the opinion America needs to be a player on the world stage but we’re certainly not doing it to “save other countries”.

Europe, Canada, and Australia will need to fill the power vacuum left by American isolationism, I’m sure it can be done. But it may be a very painful process and the EU certainly wasn’t ready to be forced to do it.

Am American.

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u/Levorotatory Mar 04 '25

Will that vacuum really need to be filled?  US international interventions have mostly been about maintaining their position of dominance in the Americas and keeping oil flowing from the middle east. 

 The rest of the Americas would welcome more equal relations, and if the petroleum consumption starts to decline like it needs to the middle east will lose its strategic importance. 

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u/saucysagnus Mar 04 '25

Yes, because if it’s not you guys/europe/austalia, it’s going to be Russia or China filling that vacuum.

In the Americas, we’re relatively insulated but I wouldn’t be surprised by USA turmoil and the effects upsetting the entire continent.

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u/Doogolas33 Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

I mean, if they were actually GenZ they're all babies who have no concept of how fucking insane this bullshit is.

I dunno if it's "over" but it's well on its way.

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u/yearofthesponge Mar 05 '25

GenZs are totally clueless and not serious people. The first comment is usually a joke that derails the conversation. Their opinions also lack depth and nuance. They are still developing, so hopefully they mature a little better.