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Tucker Carlson’s Canada Invasion Rhetoric and the MAGA Fracture (primerogueinc.com)

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On December 12, 2025, American commentator Tucker Carlson delivered a series of explicit, uninterrupted statements during a live interview with Matt Walsh that collectively amount to an open endorsement of coercive action against Canada. In the span of roughly three minutes, Carlson engaged in an unprecedented narrative assault on Canadian sovereignty and legitimacy, asserting that:

Canada is “not even a country” – overtly delegitimizing Canada’s status as a sovereign nation.
The Canadian government is murdering “tens of thousands” of citizens each year – accusing Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program of essentially mass state murder, including of children, and “harvesting the organs” from those killed.
The U.S. should consider invading and occupying Canada on human rights grounds – explicitly framing a hypothetical military intervention as morally justified, and repeatedly insisting “I’m not joking even a tiny bit” to underline the seriousness of his advocacy.
Canada is “way worse than Maduro” and even “worse than China” – claiming Canada’s alleged crimes outstrip those of Venezuela’s Maduro regime and the Chinese government, thus positioning Canada among the world’s most egregious human rights violators.

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[-] sixpaque@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

I'm doing research for my blog on "when and where did the US start hating and out-and-out showing hostility towards Canada. No doubt the present US administration is smoken bad shit, and they're presently the culprits with the hostile takeover talk. This is life-changing and dangerous rhetoric for both sides of the border. However, through research, I found that this type of insult from the US appears to have a long history. Now I have to research why? One answer could be: They're still pissed that we nearly burned the White House down hundreds of years ago?

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

However, through research, I found that this type of insult from the US appears to have a long history.

To quote Trudeau (the elder) when responding to something Nixon had said about him

"I've been called worse things by better people"

I prefer it when the US ignores Canada.

Things seldom go well for Canadians when they pay attention to us.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Everyone is better off when the states don't pay attention to them. They only pay attention when they can exploit

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Don't forget that the reliant nature of our economy has been a work in progress policy of the US for decades. Trump wouldn't have the leverage on us that he does if NAFTA were never signed, for example. Trump is especially virulent and too stupid to keep his mouth shut, but the US has never been a friend, they've always been trying to get us into a submissive position. Previous administrations were just wise enough to keep it quiet and friendly-seeming on the surface.

[-] snowfal@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

From what I've experienced here, it's just ego and not being able to handle hearing that another country might be better at something than America. I don't know how well known the burning of the original president's house even is here. I've only ever heard it talked about a handful of times, and always as a random bit of history trivia from a long time ago, I've never seen anyone get upset about it. But I've watched right-wing Americans get very defensive around the topic of Canadian healthcare my whole life. "That's communism, it doesn't work, did you know that Canadians pay half their salary in taxes and whatever other made up bullshit about Canada that Fox News told me." Narcissists don't like hearing that someone else is better at something than them and would rather start attacking than defending their position.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't normally correct on this because it's a fun story, but since you said you're doing research, look into the burning of the White House. It was done by British Redcoats based out of the Caribbean.