THANK YOU... DONALD!

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Dear President Trump,

As a Canadian, I would personally like to thank you for the tariffs and disrespect you have directed at Canada. I haven’t seen Canadians so cohesive in my lifetime. As a Canadian, I hate to say it, but it is all because of an American = you!

For too long, Canadians have allowed the US to take the lead in our economy and our politics. our trade, our culture and our foreign policy. For too long, Canada has been content to suckle at the hind teat of America for our defence, at the expense of our own military industrial capability and NATO commitments. We have been laggards.

For too long, easy commerce between our nations has made us complacent about developing new trade partners. Your tariffs have awakened our listless nation to a world of possibilities -including the People's Republic of China. Personally, I think moves in that direction are a bad idea (even Russia quit importing Chinese cars), but only your zeal has pushed us in that direction, as it surely will with Europe.

For too long, we have ‘ripped and shipped’ our raw resources to the U.S., only to purchase them back as manufactured products which could have been made in Canada.

For too long, Canada has allowed American and other global investment concerns to purchase our industries rather than encouraging Canadian investment in Canadian innovation, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

For too long, we have allowed American culture in film, TV and news to dominate us with American stories while we studiously ignore our own war, scientific and sports heroes’ stories, condemning us to the clumsy efforts of the CBC.

There is just so much more to write about than I could possibly include in this brief letter. Thanks to your foresight, I now see a glimmer of hope for Canada, which has not existed since the Second World War. 

NO Canadian leader has ever had the gumption to call Canada to greatness... to finally grow up and do things on our own! 

Yet, as ever with Canada, an American leads the way!

If a Canadian could vote in the US, you’d get my vote.

A grateful Canadian... Allan's next-door neighbour... George!

Canadiana vs Americana!

 Guest Post by Chris Agro

Canadiana vs Americana

Two Nations, One Border, and a World Apart

You can stand on one side of the border and see the other, just across a thin ribbon of water or land. 
The stores look the same, the accents almost match, and both sides order coffee that keeps them moving through long winters. 
Yet beneath the surface, something shifts. The rhythm changes. The tone softens. The difference between Canada and the United States is subtle, but it runs deep, like the difference between a solo and a harmony.

Americana and Canadiana share geography but not identity. 
Both celebrate freedom, pride, and home, but how those values take shape reveals everything about who we are. 
One culture was built to shine. 
The other was built to last.

Americana: The Performance of the Dream:
Americana is big, bold, and cinematic. It is fireworks bursting over a county fair, a muscle car roaring down Route 66, and a jukebox playing Springsteen in a roadside diner. 
It is the dream of reinvention and the belief that if you work hard enough, anything is possible.

It celebrates confidence, independence, and individuality. The cowboy, the rock star, the self-made entrepreneur. 
They are all part of the mythology. Americana tells stories about standing tall, chasing more, and aiming higher. It is neon and denim, fast food and freedom, a culture that thrives on energy and ambition.

Americana is nostalgia with swagger. It reminds people of where they came from, but always with an eye on where they are going next. 
It is about the open road, the open sky, and the endless possibilities that come with both.

Canadiana: The Quiet Strength of Belonging: 
Canadiana hums instead of shouting. 
It is found in the sound of a screen door at the cottage, the smell of a wood stove, the clink of a hockey puck on frozen pond ice. 
It is the warmth of a toque pulled down in a snowstorm and the quiet satisfaction of helping a neighbour shovel their driveway.

Where Americana celebrates individuality, Canadiana celebrates connection. 
It is about community, kindness, and the simple idea that we are all in this together. 
It values humility over spectacle and empathy over ego.

Our stories do not chase the spotlight. They are told around kitchen tables, in small towns, and through songs that ache with honesty. 
Canadiana is not about being the best in the world. 
It is about being the best kind of neighbour.

It is not a marketing campaign or a slogan. 
It is a feeling. 
It is the comfort of knowing that someone will hold the door open when your hands are full, and that no matter where you go, there is always a place that feels like home.

How It Shows Up:
The contrast between the two cultures appears everywhere. 
Americana is built on image. 
Canadiana is built on feeling.

Where the United States has Route 66, we have the Trans-Canada Highway with fewer diners and more silence between radio stations. 
Where Americana plays to the crowd, Canadiana nods to the familiar. 
Where they have Nashville’s glitter, we have the bittersweet poetry of Blue Rodeo.

Even in humour, the difference stands out. American comedy punches up, sharp and bold! 
Canadian humour leans in, self-deprecating and warm. 
We laugh not to win, but to connect!

Americana wears its symbols proudly: The stars, the stripes, the dream. 
Canadiana prefers the quiet icons: the maple leaf, the canoe, the sound of loons at dusk. 
One invites you to chase the horizon. 
The other invites you to sit by the fire.

The Beauty of the Borderline:
Neither one is better. Both tell powerful stories about identity and pride. 
Americana gives the world energy, ambition, and innovation. 
Canadiana offers empathy, balance, and reflection.

The two often blend in fascinating ways. 
The Canadian musician who finds success in Los Angeles. 
The Hollywood film that was shot in Toronto, pretending to be Chicago. 
The coffee chain that became a cultural symbol both here and abroad. 
The border separates geography, not imagination.

But the stories we tell ourselves are what keep us distinct. 
The American story is about standing out. 
The Canadian story is about standing together.

In the End:
Canadiana is less a brand and more a way of being. 
It lives in the fog over the Atlantic, in the northern lights, in the first sip of coffee on a cold morning. 
It is stitched into hockey jerseys, maple leaves, and the kindness of strangers.

It does not need to shout to be heard. 
It just needs to be lived.

That is the quiet magic of being Canadian! 
But maybe that’s just my opinion!

SATURDAY MORNING CONFUSION ABOUT TRUMP:

If there ever was...or is... confusion about what other people think about the United States of America... then this 'looooong' letter will put it all into "Perspective!" (God, I love that word!) 

- From Quora!

Q: We all know the USA is the greatest country on Earth & no other country comes even close, let alone be comparable to the USA... but still... would Americans be willing to allow Canada to become a part of the USA... if the Canadian people wanted it?

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A: (By S.D. Hargreaves!) I tried really, really hard to pretend I didn’t see or read this incredibly offensive, delusional and stupid question, ...but there was no unreading it, no unseeing it 

Even if it’s just a troll, I feel the need to answer these kinds of stupid questions, just so Americans reading it know that Canadians have a backbone and we refuse to be bullied. 

You don’t have to like Canadians! 

But you will respect Canadians! 

***

I’d like to know who exactly ‘we’ is? 

I’d also like to know who calls the USA the greatest country on earth (besides overly loud, arrogant Americans) because from what I’ve seen, every other country on the face of the earth begs to differ! 

Let’s call out the ‘we’ for who they really are in this case...  MAGA! (And the remaining Americans who actually believe this type of utter bullshit!) 

You see, if you actually did live in the greatest country on earth, you wouldn’t feel compelled to run around arrogantly proclaiming it to everyone who will listen... because they would already know that you are! 

***

Not once, in my entire 50 years on this planet, have I ever thought of the U.S. as great. 

"It sounds to me like there are a whole lot of Americans on Quora trying to convince themselves that their country is anything but the horrific, morally rotten, dystopian hellscape it's becoming under the dick-tatorship of the felon, Donald J. fucking Trump."

What does it say about the MAGA morons who elected a vile, morally bankrupt, serial lying, racist, rapist, two-bit grifter and multiple-time convicted felon, Trump, as their president? 

It says you believe in the same ‘ideals’ as him, and you celebrate it!

You’re nothing more than an evil, twisted cult, comprised of sociopaths and sycophants, where idiocy and ignorance reign supreme. 

You mirror your sick president’s morally reprehensible qualities and beliefs... and vice versa! 

When anyone calls you out on it, you respond by blaming everyone else and resorting to bullying tactics. 

There is nothing remarkable about that! (You’re spineless cowards!) 

MAGA [including the pimple on the ass of humanity, Trump] should be ashamed of themselves... but you’d have to have a conscience to feel shame! 

Do the other half of Americans, who don’t support Trump and his authoritarian regime, need to lynch him and all the other republicans for treason? (Hang him from one of his new flag poles that he loves so much!) 

When will you dipshits finally see the snake-oil salesman for what he truly is? All we hear from toxic MAGA is more hateful rhetoric, more false propaganda and more pathetic denial!

There is nothing great about the U.S. right now! 

It’s a predatory country... deeply divided by hate, derision, intolerance, racism and corruption!

Your demented, orange, grease-painted clown of a president - and MAGA as a whole - is a plague on Americans who don’t support or condone his evil actions, policies, and his desire to "spread the faith...!" 

And that’s the crux of the matter for Canadians!

"Your commander and thief just had to go and drag Canada into this clusterfuck by stabbing us in the back and entering into an illegal trade war with us... designed to weaken our economy and leave us vulnerable to further attacks!" 

Trump’s baseless slandering of Canada doesn’t project strength; it makes him look weak and desperate. 

The U.S. has managed to make enemies out of your peaceful, quiet, unassuming neighbours... and former allies! 

And for what? 

What is your justification? 

It’s pure jealousy and resentment! 

Jealousy that Canada actually is a great country... and is generally loved and well-regarded by other countries around the world! 

Resentment that even though we share a continent, it’s Canadians who are consistently enjoying a better quality of life! (Whereas Canada routinely ranks among the top ten countries to live in... the U.S. doesn't even crack the top twenty on a good year!) 

Kind of delivers a death punch to the U.S. notion of being the greatest country on earth... eh? 

These are tangible facts, not the fabricated numbers, polls, studies and opinions that the Trump administration jams down your throats... meaning he couldn’t give a rat's ass if you choke on his constant barrage of bargain bin lies!

MAGA has been conned, brainwashed and gaslit by a fraud with a room temperature I.Q. (72?)

What truly boggles the mind is that you’re all proud of it! (A gleeful group of legitimately clueless idiots, half-wits and morons who would jump off a cliff if Trump told them to!) 

I don’t speak for all Canadians, but this Canadian would be extremely happy to shove all you MAGA assholes off a cliff. 

That’s the very least that you deserve! 

You should have left Canada out of your bullshit... we don’t take kindly to your disrespect and various threats against our sovereignty. 

Despite what your superiority complex would have you believe... Canada doesn’t answer to the U.S. 

We owe you nothing... You don’t subsidize us in any way, shape, or form... we don’t need your ‘protection’ ...we don’t want to be like you, we don’t want to be associated with you... and we damn sure don’t want to join you! 

Take your 51st state delusions and shove them up your ass! 

The spread of the filthy MAGA plague stops abruptly at the northern border! 

All of you retarded red-hat Nazi’s are not welcome in Canada! Step one foot in our country in an aggressive manner ...and you’ll immediately regret it! 

In other words... fuck off! 

Having said all of this, there are positive takeaways for Canada, one of which is that Canada has been forced to search for alternative, more trustworthy trade relationships around the world, thereby diminishing our reliance on the U.S. 

Another being the uniting of Canadians... and a renewed, fierce sense of patriotism in the face of the external threat posed by the U.S. 

‘Elbows Up’ and ‘Canada is not for sale’ movements are alive and gaining ever more strength all across Canada!

Our boycott of U.S. goods and travel to the U.S., [which are things that contribute to the U.S. economy] has cost your country billions so far... and it will cost you billions more! 

Canadians are realizing we don’t always have to be friendly and polite... we can be angry if we want, and we can play dirty if needed!

We can use diversionary tactics against the U.S. with much more success than you, because the U.S. is run by dangerously stupid, wildly inexperienced, disgraced TV personalities, traitors, douchebags and certifiable lunatics! (For example, Jewish space lasers and cyborg Biden clones that don’t exist!) 

Nobody but those dipshits is going to call the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America... wind turbine noise doesn’t cause cancer... and injecting yourself with bleach doesn’t cure Covid! 

Unfortunately, the majority of you lunatics are also anti-vaccers... but then again... if ya gotta "thin the herd" ...this is a good way to do it!

MAGA is worse than scientologists... and they're batshit crazy!

I could write a book just on the topic of how the U.S. is not great... filled with truth, fun facts, actual history and pictures... but for now... I’ll answer the odd, ignorant question such as this one, because let’s face it, bashing MAGA Americans is not only cathartic... it’s fun! 

I’m tired of Quora’s hypocrisy in deleting my answers and comments made in response to these questions, while not only allowing the original question to remain posted... but also allowing dozens of new, similar questions to be posted daily, which I find maddening! 

I’m sure I’m not the only Canadian experiencing this, so I encourage you to do the same as I am! 

MAGA, trolls... Russian bots... it matters not to me... delete them all! 

I’m not asking you... or telling you to do so... I'm strictly encouraging you to do so... with all due respect and unwavering support.

S.D. Hargreaves:

The Impolite Canadian!

(P.S. I read Quora a lot... and I have also come to the conclusion that a significant percentage of the American population... are complete and utter idiots! -ed.)

Anyone in MAGA must be two people... because no one person could be that stupid!!!!