Another headline straight out of The Onion and we don’t even bat an eyelash at these anymore. Mr. Wonderful is Kevin O’Leary, a Canadian businessman and Shark Tank television personality. Evidently he agrees with Donald Trump’s insane scheme to acquire the country of Canada and merge it with the United States, thereby making the United States the biggest country in the world, bigger even than Russia. What’s more, O’Leary wants to cut Prime Minister Trudeau out of the deal. Swell. Now we know there are lunatics in Canada as well.
Not that this would ever happen, but do they realize that adding Canada to the U.S. would only decrease Republican chances of winning the presidency going forward?
— JoMo (@jtmo717) December 30, 2024
I've wondered about that… about him trying to "normalize" it. Like he's trying to make his base think this is how the world works, which is weird since they've been calling him the " no wars" president.
— JulesHasQuestions 🇺🇲 🦅 Democracy Forever! (@Julescage1) December 30, 2024
That’s why Trump is doing it, now the question remains, “Why is O’Leary getting involved in this?” Maybe because he sees how Trump has hoodwinked people in America and figures he can do the same for Canada. Maybe O’Leary doesn’t realize how hated Trump is and I don’t see how that is humanly possible. Wanting to be The Next Trump is a horrible idea for anybody. I can’t believe O’Leary is that stupid.
Or, this may simply be a publicity ploy by O’Leary. That is likely. I think it’s ill advised but it is likely.
Probably because Claudia Sheinbaum made it crystal clear that she wasn’t buying his bullshit and that crazy tariffs from the U.S. would be met with equally crazy tariffs from Mexico. Justin Trudeau, ever the gentleman and statesman, made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago and that was his mistake. Trump and his MAGA allies have been playing that up as capitulation by Trudeau, weakness by Trudeau, even begging. Trump is an insipid creature and wants people to think in tribal, black and white terms, because it suits his purpose.
We’ll see what comes of Mr. Wonderful and this pow wow at Mar-a-Lago. It’s specious and not real but it will give Trump and some Canadian a chance to fabricate a fantasy that Canada annexing to the U.S. is something other than a sheer pipedream of Trump’s. And the rest of us, in both countries, will cringe in embarrassment.
I’m sorry, Canada. We Democrats did everything we could to make this turn out different. And we’re so sorry that you got dragged in.
OR MAYBE ITS BECAUSE KEVIN O’LEARY IS A CANADIAN????
And what the fork does that even mean in context of this story? So, O’Leary’s a Canadian? What’s that got to do with anything? There are plenty of Canadians who’ve basically told Trump where he can take his idea.
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My grandmother was an O’Leary, one of 9 daughters born to Irish immigrants from.the town of Carlow. On behalf of my maternal.relatives,,allow me to apologize for the stupidity of this very distant relative. Every clan has its blackguards,,and,,apparently, he’s ours.
On the other hand my maternal grandfather is related to.James Connolly who was executed by the British in 1916. I guess it works out over time.
Kevin ran for leader of the Conservative Party and got shmiced! Apparently my country-folk see him as great for entertainment value, but don’t seem to want anything at all to-do with him as a leader in any way. Let him go to Mar go go all he wants. It will mean nothing at home other than making his political stock even lower! Again, this “Canada as 51st State nonsense” is just that, nonsense. And will go NOWHERE up here.
Oh, and Gretzky isn’t a dumb athlete. He’s a very smart one making very good money selling flu shots and other drugs in quite witty and funny ads up here. He’s liked and respected. Of course he wanted nothing to do with Trump’s idiotic non-proposal. He knows its nonsense and is obviously smart enough to know that he’s very happy being liked at home and he has LESS THAN NOTHING to gain from being evenly remotely associated with any such stupidity.