“Standing Up to Trump? Or Selling Us Out?”
By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
June 22, 2025
“Canada Strong,” they said.
“We’ll stand up to Trump,” they promised.
“A new economic and security relationship,” they pledged.
But less than two months after Canadians elected a Liberal government based on those very words, we now see something far more familiar: political theater hiding strategic surrender.
🧾 What Really Happened
During the election, Liberal leaders warned that our old relationship with the U.S. was over—that we needed to rethink economic integration and military partnerships. Canadians voted with the belief that our country would chart its own path and resist Trump’s dangerous agenda.
But that didn’t happen.
Instead, reports reveal:
- Private negotiations and secret calls between the PM and Trump
- A refusal to retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs
- A quiet reversal of federal policy to join Trump’s $500B missile defense scheme
- Mark Carney—once presented as Canada’s principled global statesman—now calling Trump a “transformational leader”
💣 What This Means
This isn't just a policy shift. It's a betrayal.
- We were promised independence, and got deeper entanglement.
- We were promised courage, and got complicity.
- We were promised peace, and got missiles.
Canada is now more tightly tied to the U.S. war machine than at any point in recent history—without public debate and without accountability.
🕊️ Why This Should Scare You
Joining the U.S. missile defense program:
- Makes Canada a target in future wars
- Forces us to share military intelligence and technology with a regime acting without international oversight
- Aligns us with pre-emptive strike doctrine—yes, the one being used right now in Iran
Instead of standing up to Trump, we’re arming ourselves alongside him.
💬 My Thoughts
This makes me feel sick. It makes me feel lied to. But it also makes me feel more determined.
Because we can’t keep quiet while peace is traded for profit.
We can’t accept that secrecy and submission are the cost of diplomacy.
And we won’t forget when the next conflict breaks out and our leaders tell us, “we had no choice.”
🚨 Final Word
We always have a choice.
And right now, our leaders are choosing the wrong one—quietly, behind closed doors, hoping we don’t notice.
But I do.
And I will keep speaking out.
— Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
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