FACT: It has been over 60-years since Canada purchased a submarine. FACT: Canada has never built one. FACT: Currently the Canadian military have ONE operable submarine out of a fleet of four used ones previously purchased. FACT: Canada recently proclaimed themselves as the North American defender of the Arctic.
Now, put all those facts in the overlay of the December 2024 meeting in Mar-a-Lago between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. President Trump was demanding that Trudeau increase their NATO spending and develop a working Canadian military.
Someone recently asked in the comments section why I have an issue with Canada, specifically why a new level of distain for our Northern neighbors. Quite simply, there is a level of lying that exceeds my tongue bite capacity; that level of deceit comes when fabricating lies is accompanied by pretending. The Canadian government is the worst type of political abuser. They willfully pretend and simultaneously lie to the Canadian people. That’s the answer.
Today, the government of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announce that German industrial shipbuilder TKMS will be awarded a contract for “up to 12 submarines” valued between $20 and $30 billion {source link}. Now, let’s not pretend.
First, the submarine contract is intended to get Canada back into reasonable position on their NATO obligations.
In reality, it is quite remarkable to think about the Canadian nation with only one currently functional submarine. “Canada hasn’t purchased unused submarines since the 1960s, during the Cold War, and has never ordered anywhere near 12 at once. Canada currently owns four subs, all of which were purchased second-hand, and only one of which is typically operational.” {citation} Now, think about that Mar-a-Lago conversation again.
Second, Canada can’t build their own submarines?
Wait, I’ve been told my statements about the absence of Canadian industrial capacity were mistaken. I’ve been told that Canada can produce heavy industrial equipment, and my statements about their heavy industry as functionally obsolescent were overstated. I’ve been criticized for saying that Canada has deindustrialized their economy in the past 30+ years because they have worshipped the altar of “global warming” or “climate change.”
Those two points above are directly connected, and those are the exact points that President Trump was talking to Justin Trudeau about very strongly.
Trudeau said there was no possibility of correcting this industrial lack of ability, and the U.S would just have to accept Canada’s high-horse pontificating position. That’s the core of the 51st state counterpoint.
[NOTE: You cannot have an industrial economy without the ability to create iron, steel, aluminum and various compounds of molten metal. You cannot make metal with windmills, solar or nuclear energy. You must generate massive amounts of heat. That heat is measured in joules because joules are the measurable unit for energy, and they provide a universal, precise way to quantify the energy transferred as heat. Industrial manufacturing takes joules, which creates carbon emission in the process.]
Keep in mind, the USMCA (CUSMA) is going to get terminated. As a consequence, it is easy to see the U.K and EU trying to provide the financial backstop to protect Canada (a commonwealth action). What Carney is doing with this submarine contract is offshoring $30 billion CAD to Germany at current rates, so that Germany can (a) offset their own industrial economic implosion; and (b) position to return a financial favor in the near future.
GERMANY – […] As panic spreads among German manufacturers, layoffs are rolling through formerly prosperous towns and villages with no living memory of a downturn. The moment could become a political turning point for a country whose wealth was largely created by the Mittelstand, or “middle-class”—shorthand for the inner core of Europe’s largest economy.
For the first time in decades, Germany now imports more advanced capital goods from China than it exports there. Manufacturers are suddenly on the defensive, not just in China and elsewhere, but also at home. (more)
Remember the “coalition of the willing” that Mark Carney injected himself into? The U.K, Germany, France and now Canada. They swim together or sink alone.
Oh, things are going to get really ugly. We underestimate when we say, “there are trillions at stake.”
UPDATE: This is the best short explanation of what Trump and his administration are doing. It’s a must view if you want to understand USA. You can read into ‘the British System’ what you want, meaning who controls that? Despite the many distractions in the world today, Trump appears to be resolutely pursuing revitalization of the American System. For this reason alone, he is worth supporting. Elites that profit most from the ‘British’ System will be the ones who complain the most and who spend the most money advertising their POVs. So beware of who is saying what and who is paying for it and what they really want. Go USA! ABN
Trump has run the same play his whole life: he gets rich while the people who believed in him go broke. His financial disclosure was released today. All 927 pages of it. Turns out, all of you who bought Trump’s meme coin got wrecked while he cashed out big. Let’s start with the crypto. Part 1: Crypto Crypto is now Trump’s #1 source of income. Bigger than every hotel, tower, and golf course he owns COMBINED. Last year Trump personally made ~ $1.4 BILLION from crypto, but the regular people got crushed: – His
$TRUMP meme coin collapsed from $75 to $1.68. In the first weeks alone, about 813,000 wallets lost roughly $2 BILLION. – His World Liberty token fell 80%+, and most small buyers were LOCKED and couldn’t even sell while insiders got out. – For every $1 the insiders made in fees, small traders lost about $20. Red flags identified so far:
He and his partners control ~80% of the meme coin supply. The house always wins. He’s literally treating it like his bankrupted casinos.
He pocketed ~$320M in trading fees off the same people losing their money.
He personally deregulates the exact industry paying him a billion dollars a year.
And one of the most alarming ones to me. It’s a foreign cash pipe. An Abu Dhabi state fund ran $2B through his stablecoin, and 3 of every 4 of his top coin holders are foreign. So, anyone, anywhere, can pay the president anonymously using this structure. It’s the same man with the same pattern as all previous bankruptcies, just new victims with a new scheme.
In my opinion, Tucker Carlson is no longer an option for the intellectually honest or stable-minded person. In the past several months as he has increased his anti-MAGA efforts Carlson and/or his production team have intensely avoided any guest who might challenge the outlandish nonsense he has been creating on his podcasts.
Occasionally CTH glances to see who Tucker is interviewing and generally check in on Carlson only to gain an understanding of the political network he represents. I find the dishonesty in his monologues now repellant. However, that said, President Trump Social Media Advisor Alex Bruesewitz stated he appeared on the Carlson podcast in order to finally push back against some of the malicious narratives the former Fox News host was promoting.
I watched to see how this ‘confrontation’ might unfold.
This is a first-rate overview of politics today in USA and the forces guiding it. Highly recommended for its brevity (especially considering the subject) and its completeness. If you have any interest in American politics and how our media-manufactured ‘reality’ positions its various parts, this essay is very much worth reading. ABN
Take more than a few thoughts to appreciate the moment. The gift within modern technology is our ability to witness and absorb inflection points as they arise – in real time.
Europe has been collapsing. Slowly at first; then, suddenly all at once. Political capital has been depreciating at an unsustainable scale.
Across Europe, President Trump has reset relationships, forcefully delivering an exacting pressure – not by forward influence, but more by creating an excruciating void they must fill themselves.
The result: weak economic growth, rising defense expenditures, a collective state assembly that can no longer deliver positive individual outcomes.
European leaders are all facing the same pressures. Look around and witness history repeating. The British Empire in chaos, the U.K Prime Minister on the point of resignation. The German industrial economy now feeling the full weight of its own short-sighted energy policy, while being stripped slowly by Chinese parasites.
As the body of the system begins to shrink rapidly, they look urgently toward Rome for moral support; they need to believe in their superiority. But Giorgia Meloni cannot get beyond her vanity. President Trump exploits it. It works.
At the exact moment when nationalistic defenses are needed most, the Spanish people find themselves facing the sunlight upon corruption within their socialist body politick. The timing is almost too perfect.
I hope and pray Trump is working the same magic in the Middle East by totally sidelining Israel’s preposterous and irremediable fantasies of controlling the entire region (and eventually the world), much as it appears to be controlling USA today. If Trump can disabuse USA and the world of the Jewish Supremacist parasite that infests the entire West and ME, he will go down in history as one of the greatest leaders ever. ABN
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) – Britain’s Observer newspaper said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was expected to resign on Monday and set out a timetable for his departure, though a government source said Starmer remained focused on getting on with the job of governing.
The threat to Starmer’s position, which has been building for months, increased sharply on Friday when his rival Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament that would allow him to launch a formal leadership challenge.
More than 100 elected lawmakers in his party – roughly a quarter of all Labour representatives in the House of Commons – have publicly said they want Starmer to quit or set out a timetable for his exit.
Better than most Trump interviews. He discusses power and who he thinks are the best world leaders. Some statements on the Iran War, Venezuela and what might happen with Cuba. ABN
Delivering a statement via Truth Social from the G7 in France. Trump has suspended the nomination of SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, cancelling Wednesday afternoon’s SSCI hearing on the nomination.
The late-night timing appears to be due to Trump focused on the G7 discussions and now turns his focus back to the domestic agenda; DNI, Save America Act and FISA (702) reauthorization.
Trump outlines in the Truth Social post that FISA (702) renewal must be attached to the Save America Act, and Jay Clayton’s replacement, Jamie McDonald, must be confirmed to replace Clayton in the SDNY prior to the DNI nomination moving forward. This position puts Bill Pulte’s appointment as Acting DNI back into the mix.
None of these back-and-forth moves would be necessary if Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune were aligned with the Republican President. Alas, with Thune representing a dysfunctional wing of a Senate UniParty, his priorities are in alignment against the President.
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