The Art of the Deal.

With a pilot, apparently.

It does sound really weird, however, the way I see it is both countries are under obligation for defense forces anyway, and already go into each other's air space in order to do this. So, by Canada not buying the jets( Which I agree with that decision at this point because the US has heavily dropped the ball while increasing prices.) that doesn't change the fact that they were counting on those jets for coverage, which means that they need to gain that coverage from somewhere in order to uphold current agreements.

The ambassador was just stating that they will need to attempt to alter NORAD's deal with them because if Canada isn't going to supply the coverage, then if they were to keep the same coverage, the US would have to send more jets in which he is complaining about.

Honestly, the title of this article is clickbait to the point where I don't even think the article title itself is accurate to the article anymore. It's borderline misinformation at this point

Duh. That's how extortion works.

You think the mob ever delivered anything on time and under budget?

This is how the mafia works. Its the only business trump knows.

Stupid motherfuckers haven't learned anything from the past year. They actually think they can just bully and harass everyone into submission. They're losing more and more influence every day.

There isn't one, the only stealth fighters are in the US or Russia/China. If you don't have stealth fighters at all you will lose very badly in an air war against someone that does. That's just how it is, you have an overwhelming advantage if you can shoot your enemy but they can't even see you at range.

It's extortion, the only thing trump knows...

In his narcissistic mind, everyone else is just there for him to exploit. He literally can not comprehend any other way to do things.

Would be great if they shot them out of the sky when they crossed over.

I mean, they weren't supposed to be there. So who did the act of war first?

Pretty much, yes. They just don't get over there?! Whoohoohoo!!!

Isn't that similar to the shit that got Turkey kicked out of the F35 program?

Sounds like free delivery.

For free(dom)

I hate this timeline, but that's funny

He said if I didn't, he'd forcefeed a slurpee down my throat, at his expense.

Nobody reads.

But why isn't Canada allowed to use whatever other jets it buys for that? Why does it have to be American made f-35s?

You are right. The title is so misleading and I can't believe someone with the title journalist on their resume wrote it.

Sir, this is Lemmy. We thrive on clickbait headlines here :(

Seriously though. For all of Twitter's awfulness, I think Lemmy could use a similar “reader added context” bubble right below the headline text. A corrective comment doesn’t really fix the engagement the headline gets.

“Such a nice airspace you have here, it would be a shame if something would happen to it” Also doesn’t say they would invade… still it’s a clear threat.

Putting a correlation on “more fighters jets in your airspace” on them buying more planes that cannot really be used to protect from the US (for software limitations) sounds a lot like a threat.

But, sure, you are technically correct

This community really needs a clickbait title flagging process.

Is that what the pundits said about the president and his appointee threatening canada again? Yeah he threatened them but what he meant was best friends forever! Kind of a hard sell at this point I'm afraid. The US is the enemy, they are deeply hostile make no mistake, in league with Russia to blow up Nato, and in a confrontation with the west over territory could trip the kill switches they have in high end military gear they sell, bricking those jets.

Thanks for this. Was scrolling through the comments looking for a reply I could get behind.

NORAD already has shared skies provisions. US jets can fly into our airspace as needed to intercept foreign attackers. We can do the same with them.

None of this constitutes a threat, despite Hoekstra's weird, fumbling attempt to deliver it like one.

He basically said "If you don't give us your business, we'll have no choice but to protect your airspace even harder!" Oh, wow, scary. No, please, don't do that.

Not even close.

They’re suggesting that Canada won’t be able to defend its own airspace so US will have to be able to operate more freely in Canadian than they already do. They are saying that the NORAD agreement would need to be updated to accommodate this.

I will continue to post this every time someone insinuates that someone else should murder Trump/ICE Agents/ etc. Do it yourself or better yet, you can focus on protecting you and yours instead.

In the US we have the Second Amendment. The fascists have been the ones screaming and yelling about the Second Amendment, but the truth is that all Americans have the right.

Owning a gun isn't enough. Driving to Cabela's and picking up a vermin killing .22 is not enough. You should buy a proper rifle, a pistol, and a knife or baton. (Bonus points for a shotgun) Then you need to train with said rifle, pistol and knife/baton. Go to a range and shoot. Look for local self defense/hand to hand combat with a weapon classes and train.

I am not advocating for violence...far from it. But I am advocating for knowledge because owning a weapon and not knowing how to use it is a recipe for disaster.

PS: If you can afford it, buy suppressors or active hearing protection. Especially for your rifles. Suppression for the common citizen isn't about stealth like in the movies, it is about protecting your hearing. Guns are LOUD. Much louder than you expect. At the bare minimum, make sure you have quality active hearing protection.

Sort of a joke that these planes can't fly in anything but the most ideal conditions

This is the exact real world tactical case F35 was built for!
(Also the only one it was built for.)

pretty classic US negotiating technique, actually; just normally used against "brown" countries.

It’ll just go to employ more ICE