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Swede

(38,469 posts) Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:28 AM 4 hrs ago

If only there was some kind of defensive treaty that would prevent Russia from invading Canada or Greenland.

The president has intensified his criticism of Canada in private conversations with aides in recent weeks over what he sees as the country's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-latest-western-hemisphere-fixation-canada-rcna254552

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1. trump and Putin singing--You and Me Against the World

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 12:38 PM

3 hrs ago

I think Putin has given trump the green light to carry out the plans they made in Alaska last year.