Summary

The White House claims Canada has “misunderstood” Trump’s new 25% tariffs as a trade war, while Mexico is cooperating.

Trump justified the tariffs by citing trade imbalances, illegal immigration, and fentanyl trafficking.

Canadian officials view the move as an economic attack, while Trump insists it is a negotiation tactic.

  • @[email protected]
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    1701 month ago

    Sure,

    That’s why Trump won’t even take Trudeaus calls. He just wants to negotiate.

    Fuck America, enact a full trade embargo. Nothing in, nothing out; including oil and electricity.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    If it’s a negotiation, not a trade war, then how is this not just them giving a counter-offer?

    • @[email protected]
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      1 month ago

      I mean, one thing to keep in mind is that the Republicans stopped caring about optics once they secured the govt. They can now say and do what they want with little to no repercussions.

      So, calling out their hipocrisy is good for documentation sake, but sadly, that is about it.

  • Justin
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    981 month ago

    The Trump regime is lying. Full stop. Don’t analyze it further.

  • @[email protected]
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    771 month ago

    Lmao.

    Trump - We fired a shot at them.

    World - over their bow you mean? A warning shot?

    Trump - no, directly into them

    World - do you understand how this works?

  • aramis87
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    711 month ago

    He’s scared because stocks were down a bit this morning, he’s been fielding calls from panicked CEOs all weekend, and someone actually stood up to him. Good on you, Canada!

    Edit: FTA:

    we’ve noticed is that Mexicans are very, very serious about doing what President Trump said

    Ugh, sorry, Mexico!

    this is going to be one of the biggest supply-side positive shocks that we’ve ever seen

    I don’t think that word [positive] means what you think it does.

    • @[email protected]
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      331 month ago

      He’s scared because stocks were down a bit this morning

      Never mind that the police roaming the streets will have orders of magnitude larger impact on it than the tariffs.

      Ugh, sorry, Mexico!

      Nah, don’t be. Trump is lying about it.

      I don’t think that word [positive] means…

      The entire phrase is meaningless. He just wants to sound smart.

    • @[email protected]
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      201 month ago

      He’s scared because stocks were down a bit this morning, he’s been fielding calls from panicked CEOs all weekend

      The cynic in me says this is all by design. His rich buddies are buying stock on sale this week before the market corrects again.

      CEOs might be temporarily unhappy, but the true wealthy are making moves.

      • @[email protected]
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        91 month ago

        The market corrected within hours of opening. The arbitrage opportunity is already over and was so small that only people operating with large scale portfolios made any real money off of it.

  • Optional
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    521 month ago

    Fuck the White House - Canada please go all 1812 on it.

  • Rhaedas
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    311 month ago

    Maybe it was presented badly. I thought this guy was great at making deals?

    • @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      Obviously Canadians are just better at snuggling drugs without getting caught than Mexicans.

  • palordrolap
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    291 month ago

    “No, see, the rule of the game is that I get to hit you with a big stick, it’s not fair if you get your own stick and start hitting me with it.”

  • @[email protected]
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    261 month ago

    Trump will keep moving the goalpost and try to shape our domestic policy. Keep fighting, do not negotiate with terrorists

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    1 month ago

    Negotiation tactic for what? Mfer didn’t state any reason for them from what I’ve read. There doesn’t seem to be anything to negotiate except for a problem he knowingly created.

    • skulblaka
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      51 month ago

      That’s been the conservative MO for decades: create a huge, super fucked up problem that would never exist if they didn’t force it into being, and then sell you the solution to it.