canada doesn't want to buy a half trillion dollars of american capital infrastructure, unless they want to sell us the refineries. that deal makes no sense to us, even as it makes sense to japan and is a windfall for germany.

however, if it's what's on the table, canada could look at it pragmatically. we could buy up auto factories, pipelines and other infrastructure that stabilizes our investments. is that really being floated? that kind of investment could more seriously flip the 51st state rhetoric on it's head.

...because this is what's in front of us. we don't want to compete, but if they're forcing us to, we ought to play to win. right?

if trump is legitimately demanding we invest that kind of money, we could capitalize off his mistake. he's forcing us to take advantage of him. i mean, that's what the germans just did, even if the context is different.