Canada, The 51st State of USA?

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Making Canada the 51st state of USA is easier said than done. Even if a referendum is held, the majority of Canadians will say no. Besides, do you think King Charles would approve it? OK, hold a referendum to reject the Monarchy and make Canada a Republic. If successful [ I doubt it ], then hold another referendum to join USA as the 51st State. 

Do you think Trump would actually invade Canada and annex it by force?  And UK would do nothing to help Canada resist Trump's invasion? Trump himself said no, he would take over Canada only by economic force, not military force. 

Anyway, no, I don't think Trump will succeed in making Canada the 51st State of USA. He only has 4 years to achieve his political "pipe dream". 

 

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Is America Declining?

Is the United States of America (USA) declining? Yes, just look at these slogans used by Donald Trump and Joe Biden: Make America Great Again (MAGA), Build Back Better (BBB), Save America!  

The world is changing and changing fast. Uncle Sam can no longer be the hegemon of the world.

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US Election 2020

In 2016, I predicted that Donald Trump would win and he did. This time, I don't know. However, I think that if Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden, he would not concede defeat. There would be riots and chaos, even civil war, some said. The whole world is watching.

To wear or not to wear?

To wear or not to wear? That's the question in fighting the Corona virus. Not only an issue of wearing a mask or not, just about any issue big or small would provoke American fights and arguments. ___________________________________________________ This used-to-be great country called the 'United' States of America has become very 'divisive'. It is no longer united. No thanks to Trump and his gangster-like but worse administration, America is not becoming great again. Instead, Trump is quickening the decline and possible collapse of the US of A. Trump is not making America great again. He with his China-bashing team has been trying to stop or slow down China's becoming great again. ___________________________________________________ Not only has the US become very divisive and unstable, so has the world. Whether you are in America or not, tough time is lying ahead. Take care! ___________________________________________________ Edi Lee for Peace *** Fast Edi Thoughts and Comments

Is China richer than America ?

China is now home to more wealthy people than the U.S. According to Credit Suisse’s global wealth report of 2019, out of the hundreds of millions of people that make up the wealthiest 10% of people on the planet in 2018, 100 million lived in China and 99 million lived in the United States. _________________________________________________ The U.S. is not a poor country, but the reality is that a few rich people own a very large amount of the country’s income and wealth, while the common people own a very small amount of it. In other words, the wealth gap is huge. The rich are getting richer and richer, but the poor are getting poorer and poorer. While the middle class in China is growing, the middle class in the U.S. is declining. _________________________________________________ This article is not an argument on whether Capitalism is better than Socialism, or vice versa. It is to point out the fact that China has been very successful in lifting hundreds of millions of Chinese people out of poverty. _________________________________________________ China describes itself as a socialist country with Chinese characteristics. Whatever you think of it, China is no longer weak and poor. While Donald Trump wants to make America great again, Xi Jinping is making China great again. Instead of fighting against each other, I wish the U.S. and China would work things out in their trade negotiations. War is a problem, not a solution. For stability and world peace, a good U.S. / China relation is very necessary. _________________________________________________ Fast Edi Thoughts and Comments.

John Bolton

John Bolton, the widely known American warmonger has been fired by President Trump. Peace !

Steel and Aluminum

Donald Trump is an agitator. He has been stirring up all kinds of political, economic and military storms everywhere, and then his words and positions are ever changing from one day to another. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trump is not only against China in her so-called unfair trading, but now he is also against Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU). So far it appears that he is good at breaking deals, but not making deals. I am waiting to see what he is going to do with the upcoming summit with Kim Jong-un of North Korea. I still wish him success in bringing peace to the Korean Peninsula. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regarding Canada and U.S. relations, it just doesn’t make any sense for Trump to say that the U.S. is under threat and security risk of Canada. Why subject Canada to steel and aluminum tariffs? Please don’t give me a stupid answer of why not.

U.S. Iran Nuclear Deal (2)

On July 15, 2015, I wrote about the U.S. IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL in much detail. Now, the majority of people are against Donald Trump's withdrawal of this deal . I still think that a peace deal is better than no deal, but a few people like Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and the U.S. neo-con war hawks would say that no deal is better than a bad deal. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A deal is a deal; good or bad, a deal has been made, so please think about the meaning and consequence of the U.S. withdrawal by Donald Trump, the current POTUS. I don't have a good feeling about it.

Peace in Korean Peninsula

There is hope for peace in the Korean Peninsula. Moon Jae-in,President of South Korea(ROK) will meet with Kim Jong-un,Supreme Leader of North Korea (DPRK). Kim has gone to China to meet with Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. Then Donald Trump, President of the United States of America(USA) will meet with Kim Jong-un. This kind of direct meetings is of the highest level between countries. ____________________________________________________________________________ Although I am hopeful for peace, I don't think that we should expect all the problems can be resolved in one go. The Korean war is still technically not yet over. The 1953 agreement was only a truce. It was an armistice agreement, not a peace treaty. Although South Korea was not a signatory to that agreement signed by the U.S., China and North Korea, it should now sign a peace treaty with North Korea, to officially end the Korean War. ____________________________________________________________________________ Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a serious matter. I don't think North Korea is willing to give up its development of nuclear weapons as the U.S. demands, unless its security can be guaranteed. To put it bluntly, Kim Jong-un just doesn't want his country to be invaded and destroyed by the U.S. like what happened to Iraq and Libya. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine that Donald Trump will agree to withdraw all 26,000 U.S. troops in South Korea. One would ask this question: now that both ROC and DPRK want peace, why is the U.S. still here? Shouldn't the U.S. troops go home? It seems clear that the problem is not so much between the two Koreas, but rather between North Korea and the U.S. ____________________________________________________________________________ I think this whole thing of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and working for peace cannot be achieved without the inclusion of the U.S. and China. Donald Trump has been saying that Xi Jinping has helped him a lot in dealing with North Korea. Indeed China has a peaceful foreign policy; there is no reason that President Xi would be against a peaceful Korean Peninsula. ____________________________________________________________________________ As said earlier, we should not expect all the problems can be resolved in one go. If a peace treaty is signed between the two Koreas, backed by the U.S. and China of course, then I'll consider it a success, a first step towards permanent peace. I'm sure that Donald Trump would claim merit, but let him. I would even nominate Trump, Xi, Kim and Moon for a Nobel Peace Prize. If they won, Donald Trump would be able to proudly show Obama that he won due to his competence, while Obama had been undeservedly given the peace prize even before he started to work. Yes, I think there is some kind of personal dislike and vendetta between Trump and Obama. ____________________________________________________________________________ Let's hope for Peace!

You Are Tillersoned

Most people know that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been fired by U.S. President Donald Trump. __________________________________________________ Firing people is what Donald Trump good at. Before and after he became the U.S. President, he has been firing many people one after another. When you heard the name Trump, someone would be dumped. __________________________________________________ In this case, Rex’s last name ‘Tillerson’ has become a verb. If someone is dumped or fired, you can say that he or she has been ‘tillersoned’. Rex, I’m sorry that you have been ‘tillersoned’!

Donald Trump's Conflict of Interest

A friend in Facebook posted a news article titled ‘Trump’s Biggest Potential Conflict of Interest’. The headline refers to Donald Trump’s tenant on the 20th floor of the Trump Tower, namely the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), in which the Chinese Government has a majority of ownership. _________________________________________________ These are my thoughts and comments: If my memory is correct, the conflict of interest law in the U.S. does not apply to the U.S. President. In the U.S., much corruption is legalized or made legal. Lobbying is in a sense legalized bribery. There are so many ways to bribe a politician in the U.S., such as making huge political donations, giving ridiculously high speaking fees, and doing inside trading by members of Congress who are immune from prosecution, etc. etc. _________________________________________________ There are people in this world who are above or beyond the law, like the Pope, the kings and queens, the world leaders such as George Bush, the former U.S. President and Tony Blair, the former UK Prime Minister who invaded Iraq and caused the death of tens of thousands if not millions of innocent people. Who has the guts and means to bring these people to justice, if they did break the law? _________________________________________________ But then what would you do if you were Donald Trump? Tell his tenants to move out of the Trump Tower, let the rental space stay vacant and give up all the lucrative rental fees? To close and sell all his businesses? Is it even workable? What would you suggest? _________________________________________________ All said, we should understand that U.S.A. is not a socialist country. Capitalism and Individualism are high American values. In their extreme forms of ideology and selfish practices, Democracy in the U.S. is not so much about the politicians, the elites and the rulers helping the common people but rather helping themselves and supporting the rich and powerful. _________________________________________________ The U.S. is a republic, yes, a democracy in political system, ideology and appearance, but its socio-economic and political reality is rather more like a Plutocracy and Oligarchy. Power to the rich, money to the powerful, and if you are one of the common people, then sorry, you are on your own!

Donald Trump is a Moth

A friend in Facebook posted a news article which said that an evolutionary biologist Vazrick Nazari has found a new moth with golden hair and a small penis. The moth is of the genus Neopalpa found in Southern California and Northern Mexico. He named it Neopalpa donaldtrumpi after Donald Trump. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These are my thoughts and comments: Donald Trump has been the President of the United States of America (USA) for one year. There is hardly a day without any news about him, mostly negative, in the American and Global media. In this case, it is not a political satire, criticism or complaint. Nor is it a joke. It is a scientist who named a moth after Donald Trump based on his orange hair and supposedly small penis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe Vazrick Nazari thought a lot about the orange golden hair of the moth similar to Trump’s. Maybe he did not think too much about the moth’s small penis similar to Trump’s. What was Nazari thinking when he named the moth after Trump? I just don’t know, but who does? In any case, it begs the question on how did he know that Trump actually has a small penis? Sometimes, not only fake news could make one’s head turn. Even real news could become annoying. To me, this news article is neither funny nor inspiring. What do you think?

Great Again

October 1st is the national day of the People's Republic of China. While Donald Trump has been saying that he'll make America great again, Xi Jinping has been working hard to make China great again. Who do you think will succeed? Peace !

Korean Peninsula

It is very dangerous to play chicken. Threat is not a good tool for peace. The US insists North Korea to stop its nuclear missile development as a precondition for peaceful dialogue. North Korea wants the US to stop its hostile policy and military exercise with Japan and South Korea near its border. China tried to arbitrate and bring peace, suggesting that both Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump should stop all threatening language and action, but it was rejected by both Kim and Trump. Who is crazy, Kim or Trump, what do you think? Threat would only elevate the danger and provoke a military conflict, even a break out of war and chaos in the Korean Peninsula. We must think, talk and act Peace.

CNN is Anti- Trump

A friend from Hong Kong was on holiday and said he enjoyed watching CNN news about Donald Trump in his hotel room. This friend in Asia has a very negative view about President Trump. I gave him my thoughts and comments about T.V. News in the U.S.: .......................................................................................................................... CNN is pro Democrats. Fox News is pro Republicans. American news media have long lost their neutrality or balanced news reporting. They have become non-stop political debate and propaganda. CNN is anti-Trump before, during and after the election. Oh America !!!

Trump Reality Show

With Donald Trump being the President of the United States (POTUS), the whole country has become a dramatic reality show in real life, not just on T.V. Do you agree that the United States is not a very united country at the present? Do you agree that the people in power and out of power, the elites, the common people and the media in the U.S. have all become very divisive? How can the United States of America be great again if it continues to be so divisive? Something serious to think about.

The Trump Tsai Phone Conversation

In the news, Tsai Ing-wen, the pro-independence president of Taiwan had a phone conversation with Donald Trump, the president elect of the United States of America. Needless to say, it has stirred up much controversy and debate in the world. My opinion is that president Tsai is playing a dangerous game. The chance that she'll win and make Taiwan separate from China and become truly independent is 1%. The chance that she'll lose is 99%. Nobody can change the One China reality, not Taiwan, not the U.S., not the U.N. where China has the veto power in the Security Council Permanent Membership. In any case, I'm all for peace. No violence, No killing, No war !

President Trump

As I predicted, Donald Trump has won. He will be the next President of the United States of America. The American people have spoken.

Trump or Clinton - Who Is Worse?

I don't take side with Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Neither is a good candidate. Anyway, I am a Canadian, so I can't even vote. But here is the truth: private women talks about men are not always super clean either.

Trump is a man of bad words, but Clinton is a woman of bad actions. Trump's bad words didn't cause any death, but Clinton's bad actions (for example in Iraq, Libya and other places) did cause the death of many. If I were American, I would vote Bernie Sanders. Unfortunately, he was forced out by the powerful Clinton force and NDC.

It is a sad political situation in America, that you don't try to choose who is better, but to avoid who is worse. Who is worse? You decide. Good luck !

US Political Drama

Former US Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts, said that Clinton is too valuable to the powerful interest groups that she serves to be indicted. No matter what she does, like her e-mail fiasco, or arming  jihadists in Syria, including the Islamic State to fight President Assad, she just won't be indicted.  

Rumours said Donald Trump might drop out of the race, but I doubt he would. Suppose Hillary won the election in November, what if Donald Trump would not concede, or even take legal action to sue Hillary and who-knows-whom, that the election was rigged and a fraud?

Is it wrong to say that the US political drama is more than crazy right now?