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Here some of my thoughts about America taking over Canada. How about this scenario?

Trump pulls out of European NATO but promises to maintain the American/Canadian pact, with American and Canadian military working together. Obviously America would dominate, and would propose to finance the installation of military bases and garrisons across the Artic.

Trump puts up and endorses a pro-America Canadian leadership candidate with substantial funding and the full resources of American political advisors and media manipulators. This candidate would propose closer economic ties with America to boost exports and jobs, reduce the costs of imports, attract inward investment and increase tourism.

Trump privately tells his oligarch friends he is going to tank the American economy, so they can cash in their American investments, short sell before the crash and watch as the markets collapse. Obviously the Canadian markets and share prices would collapse too.

Then the oligarchs buy everything back at 10cents on the dollar, taking control of all the key American business sectors - they now control the government, the military and all the key industries. They do the same in Canada, ending up with ownership of all the Canadian mining, energy, manufacturing, shipping and food production companies.

90% of Canadians live within a couple of hours of the American border, because that is where their income comes from, one way or another. If Trump imposes strict sanctions and a closed border, and a new pro-American candidate proposes a deal with closer ties, no sanctions and open borders, how many Canadians would reject it?

So de facto, America now controls Canada; its politics, its economy, its border policies, and its military.

What did I miss?

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