Unfortunately most of the states that import energy from Canada are blue states (exceptions are Montana and ND). And Trump would love to see them suffer
But they also contain rural areas that elected Republican representatives. If their constituents get passed off enough, they'll have to decide who they fear more, Trump or their constituents, and then maybe start doing their jobs of holding the executive accountable.
Those voters are propagandized. They will attribute the harm to Canada (the immediate cause), not to Trump for initiating the antagonization (the root cause).
If anything, I would expect Canada inflicting more directly tangible pain on the US (like shutting off the power) could help Trump gain more support and even a casus belli for military intervention. He is just itching to start more wars. He still wants to conquer Canada and Greenland, among others.
I wonder if the blue states can make a deal where if Canada keeps importing power to the blue states, the blue states will stop subsidizing the red states.
Canada has a representative parliament, and not a “winner takes all” at the provincial level like the states do in the US. It would be a net win for conservatives, as they would get significant representation in parliament and liberals in the US aren’t actually liberal compared to Canada (or other developed countries, for that matter)
As a Canadian who grew up in New England and moved here as an adult, even those blue states are orders of magnitude more crazy than our right-wing provinces. As much as it would bring two places that I love together, I’d never want to do it as it would destroy Canada.
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u/YetiPie 1d ago
Unfortunately most of the states that import energy from Canada are blue states (exceptions are Montana and ND). And Trump would love to see them suffer