Trump's annexationist designs on Canada were the central issue [14] in the country's elections [15] this past week, which saw a victory [16] for the intransigently anti-Trump candidate, Mark Carney. While this seems surreal after a generation of economic integration under NAFTA, the vast resources of Canada—especially hydrocarbons [17], water [18] and energy [19]—provide a long-term goad of conflict [20] between the two giants of North America. The Pentagon does in fact have a contingency plan [21] for an invasion of Canada [22], dating back to the 1930s [23]. In Episode 276 [24] of the CounterVortex podcast [25], Bill Weinberg explores the strategic and corporate agendas behind Trump's bellicose bluster [26].
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