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    Stop Analyzing Trump’s Unhinged Ideas Like They’re Normal Policy Proposals: The New York Times just ran 1,200 words gaming out the electoral math of forcibly annexing Canada. We’re in trouble.


    Stop Analyzing Trump’s Unhinged Ideas Like They’re Normal Policy Proposals: The New York Times just ran 1,200 words gaming out the electoral math of forcibly annexing Canada. We’re in trouble.

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    2. TF_dia on

      At the end of the day any calculation of electoral advantages is moot, Canada would end like Puerto Rico at best, a military occupation and under permanent martial law at worst.

    3. Lame_Johnny on

      > This kind of coverage is dangerous because it normalizes the absolutely abnormal. When one of America’s most respected political journalists treats talk of forcible annexation as just another campaign promise to be analyzed, it moves the window of acceptable political discourse into terrifying new territory.

      Enough of this BS. We tried the “don’t normalize Trump” strategy for 4+ years and it accomplished jack all. Trump’s proposals should be taken seriously by reporters because he is serious about them, and he is the president. Whether or not some blogger finds them ridiculous is totally irrelevant.

    4. LocallySourcedWeirdo on

      An episode of The Daily had a reporter calmly explaining the “logic” behind Trump’s maniacal tariff threats. It was like listening to a speaker from the government bureau of propaganda.

    5. DataSetMatch on

      Aside from the inherent absurdity of forcibly annexing Canada, what bothers me most about the discussion is that if it happened Canada would not be the 51st state, it would be 10 or 11 new Canadian states. Ignoring their existing state equivalent administrative divisions really grinds my gears.

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