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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Canada is seeking new friends
Date: 09/15/26 2:17 PM
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When it comes to NATO it IS all about Trump.

Not really. Trump didn't tell the europeans to essentially spend zero dollars on their militaries since the Berlin Wall fell until about a couple of years ago. That's on them.

Ask yourself this. What if Argentina decides it wants the Falklands. What's the UK going to do about it?

He has decided to halt all military aid to Ukraine,

Sure about that?

cfr.org - How much US aid going ukraine
Is the United States still providing aid to Ukraine under President Donald Trump?

Since Trump returned to office in January 2025, there has been no legislation or other authorizations of significant new aid to Ukraine. However, a substantial amount of the aid appropriated under the Biden administration is still in the pipeline, and deliveries of aid packages have continued, although on two occasions the Trump administration temporarily paused some deliveries. As of March 31, 2026, the U.S. had disbursed 59 percent of the $195 billion in spending related to the conflict (U.S. spending is first appropriated, then obligated, then disbursed). The lack of new aid commitments means that U.S. aid deliveries are running out.


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Trump has allowed the sale of U.S. weapons to Ukraine through a plan known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), in which NATO allies pay for U.S. weapons and transfer them to Ukraine. The program is providing advanced U.S. weapons such as Patriot missiles and is supplying the majority of the missiles used in Ukraine’s air defense systems.

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He has launched economic war against Canada

Who banned whose products first?(answer: Canada) Has Canada always been dealing fairly, or have they been less than enthusiastic about transshipments from China evading tariffs?
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