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‘Freudian slip’: Vance calls Canada a state when criticizing its trade relations with the U.S.

Speaking to the trade negotiations that fell apart over the weekend, the vice president said he thought the two North American countries had reached a deal, but then Canada “came in with a bunch of unreasonable last-minute demands.”

He did not specify what those demands were but said negotiations are “still ongoing.”

It was actually the US that imposed the "unreasonable last-minute demands". They wanted restrictions on Canada's ability to negotiate trade agreements with other foreign countries, and to lift bilingual labeling requirements on US products sold in Canada.

These fucks can go fuck themselves, if they think they can force Canada to only do business with them, all while beaking off about how much Canada "needs the US". And Canada is a bilingual country, so having both French and English on products sold in Canada, is non-negotiable.

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Trump Declares Canada 'Will Be Treated Like a State No Longer' as He Announces 50% Tariffs

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That would require these actions to be included in Title 18 of the US Code.

Meaning, there would need to be specific legislation written to describe both the crime and the punishment. This would require an act of Congress to correct, so if you want to see this happen, you'd better elect the right people to represent you in Washington...or at the very least, write or call the ones you currently have, and push them to make this a priority.

Most of what Trump is doing are not criminal violations and so have no direct punishment attached to them. They are simply "not legally allowed" under the conditions outlined by the Constitution.