Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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Anyone wanna take a crack at how this is not insane? Best case scenario, Trump tries to extort concessions with this (by reneging on the USMCA).
At worst this is a hard economic decoupling.
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Yeah, this is stupid.
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Trumpigula has now even managed to lose his biggest fan in Canada, the one who controls the valve on the oil and gas heading into the USA:
Right now she says she has no plans for a surcharge on oil and gas exports to the US or cut back on energy deliveries but the internal pressure from the general public and more recently industry, for her to put an energy surcharge on the export product is growing steadily.
As far as I’m concerned she just forget the surtax and start turning back the valve and let the MAGAt rabble start paying the new market price for their gas at the pumps.
Stay tuned folks, we will stand up to the school yard bully and its extortionist foreign policy.
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At this point it's possible he's trying to think of a way out of this without looking like a complete knobhead.
Too late, I think.
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Trudeau called him Donald and said this was dumb. Probably felt satisfying and it played well in Canada…. But I agree @Doctor-Phibes, you need to leave an off-ramp open for Trump here.
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He's managed to make Trudeau look good. There really is nothing Trump can't do.
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Trump actually managed to elevate the thoroughly despised and discredited Trudeau just after the inauguration. So much so, that he destroyed any real chances of the Conservatives forming the next government in Ottawa.
Trump is so stupid to go down this path. No justification whatsoever. He tore up the trade deal he himself signed and bragged was the “greatest in history”. An Idiot surrounded by sycophant imbeciles.
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Trump actually managed to elevate the thoroughly despised and discredited Trudeau just after the inauguration. So much so, that he destroyed any real chances of the Conservatives forming the next government in Ottawa.
Trump is so stupid to go down this path. No justification whatsoever. He tore up the trade deal he himself signed and bragged was the “greatest in history”. An Idiot surrounded by sycophant imbeciles.
@Renauda said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Trump is so stupid to go down this path. No justification whatsoever. He tore up the trade deal he himself signed and bragged was the “greatest in history”. An Idiot surrounded by sycophant imbeciles.
He really needs somebody to tell him when he's being an idiot. It does appear they're all just cheering him on at this point. And not just them, of course. I guess we'll see if any of them suddenly decide to resign.
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My guess is that Rubio will soon either be the first to resign or run the risk being thrown under the bus when Trump himself finally realises that Putin all along has actually been giving him a series of Liverpool kisses disguised as stage directed hugs of fraternal affection over Ukraine’s future.
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@jon-nyc said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
FoxNews talks to a PA car dealer.
The last 20 seconds were cringy with that lady trying to somehow explain how building cars here would sell more in India. LOL
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@jon-nyc said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
FoxNews talks to a PA car dealer.
The last 20 seconds were cringy with that lady trying to somehow explain how building cars here would sell more in India. LOL
The last 20 seconds were cringy with that lady trying to somehow explain how building cars here would sell more in India. LOL
555 is right.
Stupid is what stupid spins to justify the unjustifiable.
Makes me think of putting on Emerson Lake and Palmer’s album, Brain Salad Surgery. It had a track tune called “Karn Evil 9 Second Impression” that described political theatre like we are seeing in Washington right now. Lyrics were by the late great Pete Sinfield. Worth a listen, incomparable virtuosic rock/jazz/classical keyboard and percussion work. Should be on YouTube.
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@jon-nyc LOL
As has been discussed many times here, businesses and economies want some sort of certainty. This is the opposite of that.
Maybe we should start a separate forum pool on the first cabinet minister to leave (or be kicked out).
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Not sure we need a "China Tariff Situation Gets Its Own Thread" (at least not yet! LOL), so will post this here.
China has warned the US it is ready to fight "any type" of war after hitting back against President Donald Trump's mounting trade tariffs.
The world's top two economies have edged closer to a trade war after Trump slapped more tariffs on all Chinese goods. China quickly retaliated imposing 10-15% tariffs on US farm products.
"If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we're ready to fight till the end," China's embassy said on X, reposting a line from a government statement on Tuesday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmd3g2nzqo
I dont get it. Pardon my language, but piss off your friends, piss off enemies. I guess the next step is to piss off people in your own country.
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Trump just posted these two statements following a telephone conversation with the Dauphin on his Truth Social Platform:
Justin Trudeau, of Canada, called me to ask what could be done about Tariffs. I told him that many people have died from Fentanyl that came through the Borders of Canada and Mexico, and nothing has convinced me that it has stopped. He said that it’s gotten better, but I said, “That’s not good enough.” The call ended in a “somewhat” friendly manner! He was unable to tell me when the Canadian Election is taking place, which made me curious, like, what’s going on here? I then realized he is trying to use this issue to stay in power. Good luck Justin!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114111155189097825
Followed by this one:
For anyone who is interested, I also told Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada that he largely caused the problems we have with them because of his Weak Border Policies, which allowed tremendous amounts of Fentanyl, and Illegal Aliens, to pour into the United States. These Policies are responsible for the death of many people!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114111166145299229
My sole comment on first tweet/post is that Trumpigula must have no clue whatsoever on Canada’s parliamentary system operates. I don’t know whether he is clueless out of choice, badly briefed, doesn’t want to be briefed or just suffers from ignorance borne of stupidity.
I believe it to be ignorance borne of stupidity.
Again the straw man fentanyl and illegal aliens argument. Always playing the victim, the lying bastard he is.
Si diabolus mendax et homcidia non esset!
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This constant referral to Governor Trudeau is so childish. Does the silly twat honestly believe people are laughing along with him every time he repeats it?
I was only joking
