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[US Treasury Secretary] Bessent Makes Tone Deaf Claim Canadians Want to be American (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promoted the idea of the province of Alberta voting to exit Canada as his boss lusts for U.S. expansion.

The top Trump officials leaned into “rumors” during an interview on the right-wing streaming channel Real America’s Voice.

“Alberta’s a natural partner for the U.S. They have great resources. The Albertans are very independent people,” Bessent said. “Rumor is they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not.”

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[–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

It really feels like they're trying to pull a Crimea. They've already been amplifying (if not outright fabricating) the voices of the very few sincere separationists to make it look like it's a majority position. Now they're setting up a referendum, which will likely be accused of being rigged if it fails or used as pretext if it passes, because it's obviously not legally binding.

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