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Probably just the usual provocations and deranged negotiation tactics, but, I'm just gonna go ahead and say it: The US President-elect is a freakin' moron. Not that we didn't already know that, but America walked right into this lunacy with eyes wide open, fully aware. We deserve everything that's coming.
If what scientists are saying about upcoming shortages of fresh water, Canada and Greenland would be brilliant moves...
Not that I expect Trump is the slightest bit aware of this issue:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/threats/water-scarcity
"Climate change is altering patterns of weather and water around the world, causing shortages and droughts in some areas and floods in others.
At the current consumption rate, this situation will only get worse. By 2025, two-thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages. And ecosystems around the world will suffer even more."
Gee if only there was a way for countries with a surplus of one resource and a deficit of another to exchange their own surplus at some rate for what another country has.
Perhaps even treaty agreements about the rates. The nations could maybe agree on shared intermediary token representing value.
TRump could perhaps even name such a new visionary system of exchange after himself: "TRade"?
We could further honour him by naming the negotiated parameters a "TRade agreement"?
I dunno. This is some fucking bleeding edge international relations concepts, I'm certainly not equipped to wrap my head around such forward thinking.
Getting water down from Canada ain't easy.
But Canada is up and water likes to flow down... Where's the problem?