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I realize you have a narrative you’re pushing but it’s a tweet, you can quote the whole thing:

> I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. @NORADCommand shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object.

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1624527579116871681

Without the selective quoting that seems far more understandable: the joint military responded, the better aircraft did the job, and “I ordered” most likely means that in the absence of a clear, significant immediate threat they let the leader of the country the thing was over make the call.

I'm not pushing a narrative. His tweet reads like someone flexing control over US resources. How many average people know that NORAD is bilateral? They just see "wow Trudeau ordered something and the U.S. scrambled their jets" If you don't see how the average person would interpret his language then I can't help you.

The only reason anyone is talking about Trudeau is because you’re trying to push a story about him being egotistic. His tweet made it clear it was a joint response, which is no doubt why you removed that part in the port you quoted.

Him having a huge ego is the context that serves as the backdrop supporting my statement. You're the one putting it front and center the "story that I'm pushing." If he didn't have a huge ego, I'd read his tweet the same way, but more inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Anyways my original post was about the usa being perceived as weak, not about Trudeau, so that really blows a hole in your theory about "my narrative."

> The sentence was obviously crafted to show power

Your partial quote is highly misleading. The first two words in "Canadian and U.S. Aircraft were scrambled" changes the meaning quite dramatically. NORAD is bilateral.

> Knowing Trudeau's giant ego adds a ton of context

Oh, I didn't realize you were just here for the personal attacks.

It doesn't change the meaning "dramatically." Trudeau ordered, US aircraft were scrambled. Ask a person on the street if they know NORAD is bilateral. Half of them can't even tell you how many states there are.

Your expectation of the Canadian Prime Minister is that before he tweets out news to his fellow citizens, he thinks about potential American ignorance and whether he needs to craft his words carefully so as not to give them the wrong impression?

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