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Let's start by demolishing the central premise of Trump's geographical fantasy. The idea that the US-Canada border is somehow artificial or arbitrary reveals a stunning ignorance of centuries of distinct historical development. This isn't just about geography—it's about fundamentally different cultural, political, and social evolution that created two genuinely separate nations.

The story begins in the early 1600s, when French settlers established a completely different colonial system in what would become Canada. While English colonists to the south were developing traditions of town meetings and representative assemblies, the French were transplanting a pre-revolutionary feudal system centered around the Catholic Church and direct dependence on the crown. Quebec was founded in 1608, Montreal in 1642—and they weren't just building trading posts. They were creating an entirely different civilization.

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