US accuses Canada of election interference ahead of midterms
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So do you suppose Trump is allowing Russia or Isreal to interfere in our elections for him? Considering every accusation is a confession with Republicans but especially Trump.
Every accusation is a confession.
So you're telling me the person who...
Recently had his administration hack a voting machine
Desperately tried to force the SAVE act which would all but strip away voting rights
Tried to meddle with the USPS so much to invalidate mail in ballots...despite himself voting by mail for florida primaries
Is actively arresting "suspected" non-citizens in blue states who were born in the US
Has openly leaked potential for martial law to suspend elections
More leaked information about deploying iSSe to voting locations
...is accusing Canada of interfering in US elections?
The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v US that anything that the President does while in office as an official act he has absolute immunity from, and that specifically includes insurrection against the government, as long as he believes it's in the best interest of the United States.
So, under US law (I'm not exaggerating) those things are all legal.
It did not include the insurrection, which is why the case was never dismissed by the Court.
One of the most damning pieces of evidence that's rarely discussed is that Trump had his personal and campaign lawyers in the meetings surrounding the attempt to change the election, but specifically excluded the official White House counsel. That means he was acting as Candidate Trump and not President Trump.
I'm not a lawyer, so if you want to point me to a source that would be interesting, but going off just the Wikipedia page it seems to specifically include the insurrection within the scope of this decision
The evidence that the White House counsel was excluded from the meetings while his personal and campaign lawyers were is why Smith was able to re-file. It was evidence that Trump was specifically acting as a candidate and not as the President, so it wasn't covered by the official acts immunity.
Yup.
He has dictatorial power. Bummer that we didn't elect people who'd actually oppose this in 2004 after Dubya got the dictator train rolling.
Hacking a voting machine isn't a big deal on its own; it's just penetration testing.
The problem is the order to not share any vulnerabilities that are found.
After Argentina, Hungary, Colombia, Brazil, and Alberta, that's rich.
Add Germany
"Only I can do it, no fair if others do it too!"
Every accusation, an admission with this lot.
you forgot Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador and France
Also germany, multiple times.
France's election hasn't occurred yet (though Trump will surely continue trying to interfere in favor of Le Pen), while the situation in Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran is non-electoral interference.
While I think right-wing victories in Ecuador and Peru are more-so a misguided positive view of Trumpism in South America rather than direct interference to the extent as is now occurring in Brazil, another example of such interference would be the Trump administration fueling far-right movements in Europe, contributing to the heightened success of AfD in Germany.
Iran and Iraq and Afghanistan and Laos and Cambodia and Korea and Vietnam and
And germany
...and plenty others
Translation: The US is doing it's damndest to interfere with Canada's elections.
Man, America has gone so far off the deep end...
Fascists have gotten their claws in deep and won't let go
All they know how to do is project
They were just literally responsible for a referundum vote on Alberta seperation from Canada. They arent hiding the fact they had discussions and provided financial help to the seperatists and made commitments of support, and then they have the balls to say we are interfering?
What is wrong with America? Get your damn country in order.
it's called deflection, and offender-victim reversal. he simply learns from his buddy
We’re stupid
stop cuckholding and get a grip. learn how to vote properly. just pretend like youre a canadian and less stupid.
US accusing someone of election interference is THE definition of hypocracy.
Man child thinks "no you" is a valid argument outside of kindergarten.
Always an oppurtunity to place this in majority of the pedophiles headlines.
Its kind of sad that this image is so applicable to everything he does that any Trump article its posted in it receives many upvotes.
Epstein, Cohn and Trump, pieces of shit sticking together.
I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA
Successfully conscripted
DAMMIT
I sometimes feel like the rest of the free world is not ready to face the disturbing reality of the new US quite yet. I said it before and I stand by it: Europe has to prepare for war with America.
Shit, you think Europe has to prepare? I live in Canada...
I would be less worried as a Canadian to be honest. Almost everyone in the US has a Canadian family member, or knows people who do. A war with Canada would also be a US civil war in my opinion.
It's much easier to bomb places you can't see everyday.
I bet almost everyone in the US has a US family member too and it hasn't stopped any of them from letting this shit go on.
Sorry, but as a Canadian I have absolutely no faith in you and your populous to not fuck us over.
You might want to learn about the relationship between Ukraine and Russia before the war if you think family ties and friendship offer protection.
Or, say the US Civil War
Yeah, they do that.
I have absolutely zero confidence in the American populace to do the right thing, should their government decide to invade us. They are allowing their own government to dismantle their democracy. Why would they suddenly jump to action because they start a war with Canada?
In Northernmost-Westernmost-Europe, my brother.
We have a land border about 40% of the time...
Considering the above type of accusations and the fact that the US and Russia are funding the European far right, spreading disinformation and disrupting supply chains. Europe is already at some form of hybrid war with the US.
Russia is running hybrid operations in Europe for at least a decade now, the only thing to create a hot war with the EU is a pullback from NATO by the US. The Trump regime has been signaling such a move for a long time.
A hot war with the US is unlikely, but we have to assume they are an adversary non the less.
Whilst I agree, I think war is the very last resort.
I think Europe should just move away from them in every way. Even if it is done slowly. And stick at it even once the orange Shitnugget dies.
The same goes with Russia. Stop importing their oil, etc. Stop people coming and going from there. However as putin already started a war with Ukraine then go all in and give Zelensky everything he needs (short of nukes) to push them back until it becomes such a drain that putin shrivels back over the border and dies. Once that happens then give them nukes again to stop it happening again.
And hopefully that will give Winnie the pooh something to think about.
Things are difficult with high prices for food and energy, etc, as it is during 'peace time' so Europe may as well just take the short term hit now.
That is what everyone keeps telling themselves, but I'm afraid things could get physical much faster. With psychopaths like Trump and Hegseth at the helm, rationality is not a given anymore.
This is literally what they've been all about for their entire history. It's a country founded on genocide and slavery, lmfao.
The mask is off now but they've always been monsters.
I'm Canadian and you Americans shouldn't vote for trump, or his ilk. Is that interference?
I'm American and agree that nobody should vote for Trump or anyone he endorses or any Republican for that matter. Guess I'm also interfering with the election.
He should have been executed when he, ya know, tried to coup the government, lol.
He's a treasonous raping pedophile that attempted a coup. Yeah he should have been put in prison for life or executed, but unfortunately 1/3rd of the US population has no critical thinking skills, and a burning hatred for anyone who doesn't think like them (bigoted, racist, selfish, you get the idea). then another 3rd is entirely complacent and thinks politics are not their problem.
You guys get to watch the failure of a massive superpower in real time.
I get to get caught up in it all and likely thrown into the equivalent of a gulag because i openly express disgust and act against these fuckers. Already have had multiple shady black vans with no plates watching my home.
Least I'll die knowing I tried my best, and was on the correct side of things
It was inevitable, the history of your country is written in the blood of the innocent. Get out while you still can if you aren't a white Christian nationalist.
Yes !
Goddammit, now I’ve been unduly influenced
So…Elon must be having trouble trying to rig the vote again, isn’t he?
Canada isn't interfering with US elections, they're interfering with the orange pedo's interference of US elections
Not even. Literally all we're doing is responding in kind to tariffs. If that influences an election, it's entirely Trump's fault for initiating an unpopular trade war.
and ignoring russian interference, of course.
And Israeli. Literal political ads in iowa by and for the state of Israel
That's just part of the deal Trump has with Putin
Hey Mr Trump:
Projecting again? Americas worst enemy sits inside the borders, not outside. And id does not consist of illegal aliens or immigrants, either.
It is always projection when it comes to autocrats like Trump and Putin.
If everyone around you is an asshole, you're actually the asshole.
If everyone around you is "influencing elections", maybe you are the one doing the influencing.
US has habitually interferered with elections around the world.
This is a man shouts at sky that it shouldnt be blue moment
You mean the US where the FBI director is a conspiracist youtuber, the head of the army a host on fox news, and the attorney general a personal lawyer of the pedophile president?
Every Republican accusation, is an admission.
Every accusation is a confession.
I hope they are, they're generally quite reasonable and while they're mad at us, the worst options for them are the worst options for us
and they would know. just like they interfered with the canadian elections. and still try to what with their botfarms in russia.
And not Zuckerberg?
With what? Maple Syrup Beams?
No offence to our North American friends, but as whole, your nation is really fucking stupid. We should let the next global pandemic run wild on the older folk to bring about some kind of reset.
Part of me had cynically hoped that covid had killed more red hat wearers for their ignorance (and for a time I theorized this is why 2020 went the way it did, among other reasons), but 2024 already disproved that.
COVID infections damage your brain.
So does Fox'News' and 'News'max.
There is a significant difference between "influence" and "interference".
I accuse the us of being full of enough prejudiced, selfish and violent people, who elected a rapist twice for their top job, which shows their core values. A deep tradition of punching down and hurting others. It goes back to the assaults, murders and repeated betrayals against the rightful residents, and all the worthless promises. Liberty and justice for all, was a lie, copium to numb the pain of reality, too timid to face the truth, that there is no cosmic justice to fix the suffering of this life.
Well, we are the experts in election interference
The real question is, is Trump going to:
A. Refuse to acknowledge his defeat, pointing to non-existent foreign meddling.
B. Use the election results as an excuse to re-ignite his trade war with Canada…
C. Rage against the Democrats for being sorry losers, against the gouverneurs for not investigating the obvious fraud, and against Europe and NATO for, I don’t know..,’reasons’
D. All of the above
I’m going to go ahead and accuse the United states specifically republicans of cheating.
Maple syrup withdrawal will do that.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmn06g29522lo
Let's not rely on a source from Qatar
Why? White country's state media is more believable?