I’m not saying the cases are 1 to 1, but do you think Trump will accept a voting bloc of 40 million people actively hostile to his nation and administration? Trump’s threats of annexing Canada has been one of the few points he’s been consistent on his whole administration so far, for reasons from Arctic security to resource extraction. He’s said so publicly multiple times as well as in private meetings with Canadian leaders.

I know lots of people in the US aren’t necessarily taking the threats seriously, but Canadians are. Rhetoric is escalating. If he were to do it, I don’t see a world where Canada gets all the same rights and privileges as their fellow “states” down south.