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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days ago

Senior Canadian diplomat compares Trump's Golden Dome missile program to a 'protection racket'

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Senior Canadian diplomat compares Trump's Golden Dome missile program to a 'protection racket'

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 12 days ago
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Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations has compared U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense program to a “protection racket” after Trump said his northern neighbor can pay $61 billion to join the program or it could be free if the country agrees to annexation.
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    What is a “protection racket”? Is that like Unions?

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      Think more like organized crime. Pay us money and we’ll “protect” your business (read: bribe us and we won’t fuck your shit up).

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      It’s like the fire department pulling up to your house and going “Nice house you got there, shame if something were to happen to it, know what i mean?”. “Good thing you got us here to put out the flames, should they spontaneously ignite purely by happenstance.” *knowing grins all around

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket

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