Fortress North America?

It’s as bizarre as Britain annexing Ireland or Germany seizing Austria (both of which did happen in the Bad Old Days), but that’s what the current U.S. administration has in mind. For the moment, at least, it intends to do it non-violently, by crushing the Canadian economy in a trade war and picking up the pieces.
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to 'annex' Canada and make it the 51st state of the United States of America.

LONDON, U.K.—“Today the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 4. “At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia. Appeasing Vladimi...

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