Braid: Fox News is insulted because Canada isn't begging to join the United States. Premier Doug Ford takes the patriotic blast.
calgaryherald.com
Watters started off with a hurt and offended tone, asking Ford: “What’s your problem with the United States absorbing Canada?”
Ford declared his love for the U.S. He also said we aren’t for sale. When it comes to trade, he added that he wouldn’t want to sell our goods and resources to anybody but the beloved Americans.
Watters said, “You say this isn’t for sale, but everything has a price . . . can you think of this more as a merger instead of an acquisition?
“Don’t think about being taken over. Think about this as a coming together.”
Ford still failed to put hand to heart and sing The Star-Spangled Banner.
Watters suddenly escalated with breathtaking hostility: “You say that Americans don’t have a problem with Canadians, and we don’t, but it seems like you have a problem with us.
“Because if I were a citizen of another country and I was a neighbour of the United States, I would consider it a privilege to be taken over by the United States of America.
“For some reason, that’s repellent to you Canadians, and I find that personally offensive, premier.”
After a few more comments, Watters concluded: “Right, so this might just have to be a hostile takeover.”
The bolded part pretty much sums up the American outlook - we are wonderful and everyone would leap at the chance to be one of them.