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.”
My alternate most schadenfreude-y timeline involves Alberta managing to Wexit somehow, and consequently Washington and Oregon joining Canada.
Alberta separatists never shut up about running a pipeline through Washington to the west coast.
If the west coast of the US went to Canada after Alberta separated, that would be the ultimate poetic justice. Alberta would be back negotiating a pipeline again, through Washington, but again with Canada, and now as a foreign state with all the animosity of a recent separation.
This would be: “How to shoot yourselves in the dick on an international stage, in one easy step”.