Us should invade canada

So the cost is minimal. Their leaders will be deposed and no longer able to say mean things about our extremely nonsmart president, protecting the jobs of important American media figures like myself.

So forget tariffs. Today, Canada. Tomorrow, the world! Analysis: Trump's trade moves threaten 70 years of global agreements ». China says trade deals are off if U. These words proved immediately laughable. Hull briefly laid siege to Fort Malden but soon withdrew after warriors under the leadership of Shawnee chief Tecumseh intercepted his supply train. British commander Isaac Brock then chased the Americans back across the river and began launching cannon fire at Fort Detroit from the Canadian side.

Brock arranged for a bogus document to reach the Americans that told of large numbers of Native Americans approaching Detroit. He also mentioned to Hull that he would be unable to control his Native American allies once the fighting started. Hull was later court-martialed and convicted of cowardice and neglect of duty. Further east, U. But U. Roughly Americans were killed or wounded in the battle, while the British suffered some casualties. In the third prong of the attack, U. Their goal was to capture Montreal, but once again state militiamen refused to leave the United States.

After some minor skirmishes, including one in which Americans accidentally fired on each other in the dark, the force retreated without ever entering Canada. The United States pulled its act together in with the help of an improved navy, a larger army, new military commanders such as future President William Henry Harrison and more experienced troops. Over the span of a few months, American troops destroyed the British fleet on Lake Erie, took over strategically important Fort George near the mouth of the Niagara River and reclaimed Detroit on their way toward winning the Battle of the Thames with a bold cavalry charge.

The Americans also captured York now Toronto and burned several government buildings there, an act the British reciprocated the following year in Washington, D. Nearly one in five Americans polled 17 per cent said they support the invasion idea. More than 40 per cent were in favour of trying to buy Alberta. One in five were all for building a wall, while more than a quarter of Americans supported positioning troops near the border. Conversely, 15 per cent of Democrats think the U.

On the question of whether Trump has done a good job managing relations with Canada, 93 per cent of Trump voters approved, compared to just 19 per cent of Joe Biden voters. When Americans look overseas, the same political divide prevails. Make America Great Again? Between the bullying, name-calling or threats, nearly three out of every five Americans—including 20 per cent of Republicans—say Trump has made America weaker as a nation.