- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
A top White House official has threatened to redraw the Canadian border amid Donald Trump’s ambition to turn the country in America’s “51st state”.
Peter Navarro, one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, is pushing US negotiators to discuss reworking the border with their Canadian counterparts, The Telegraph can reveal.
“Navarro recommended revising the Canada-US border, which is just crazy and dangerous,” a source close to negotiations told The Telegraph.
OMG, I’m going to be too embarrassed to move to Canada.
If we put the revised boarder far enough south, you won’t need to move
That’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works
This is, actually, how it works. See: every other border dispute.
Can’t arbitrarily redraw an international border without negotiation
The United Nations Charter prohibits the annexation of a state’s territory by another state through the use of force. Annexation is considered an act of aggression and a violation of international law
Bigger army diplomacy is a remarkably effective negotiation strategy.
From William Spaniel
The Madman Theory - The Scientific Art of Negotiating with a Possibly Irrational Opponent
We live in an era where multiple major world leaders have the perception of behaving irrationality. How should the opponent of such a leader negotiate in such cases? It turns out, what makes the situation more interesting is how a rational leader should behave if others think he may be irrational. This is known as the “madman theory” of international relations. Today, we take a deep look into it and see that the benefits of being a perceived madman are fleeting.