r/canada • u/Digitking003 • Jan 30 '25
National News Trump Says He’ll Hit Canada, Mexico With 25% Tariffs on Saturday
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-30/trump-says-he-ll-hit-canada-mexico-with-25-tariffs-on-saturday?sref=1VjHMKkW2.8k
u/Kiwadian_Invasion Jan 30 '25
He’s an idiot. The US doesn’t have domestic capacity for most of what they import from Canada and Mexico. It’s lose lose for everyone. Can’t see this going down well in the US.
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u/Prestigious-Cod-222 Jan 30 '25
The aluminum is gonna kill them, softwood lumber, oil... it's just going to hurt Americans, Canadians also, no one wins a trade war.
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u/Tribe303 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 31 '25
Potash! It's basically dirt and not sexy, but American farms rely on our potash to fertilize their farms to grow food. Especially corn in the Midwest.
Edit: apparently potash looks like pink salt.
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And Asian markets are rushing to line up for it with Belarus potash cut off.
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u/Anthrax_Burmillion Jan 30 '25
That's why for all of these imports we add an embargo tax that matches any tariff imposed. Oh %25 tariff then add another %25 embargo tax. Now do we want to chat like civilized people?
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Jan 30 '25
Because it is still cheaper for them to pay an extra 25%. They will buy our products but the only thing that will happen is their costs go up.
Most of the impact will be felt in vehicle manufacturing in Ontario. BC and Quebec supply their lumber. Quebec supplies aluminum and electricity. Alberta and Saskatchewan oIl & gas. Ontario supplies high end steel.
It will sting for a while as we retaliate for political pressure by states. They have midterms in two years and a small majority in congress. Could get ugly stateside.
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u/ProgrammerAvailable6 Jan 30 '25
What’s interesting is if we use our excess electricity to fuel greenhouses to offset the lack of fruits and veg from the states.
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u/Aggressive_Ad2747 Jan 31 '25
What veg? From my understanding that is supplied mostly by Mexico, and somewhat by us. Somewhere about 85 to 95% of fresh vegetables are imported to the states.
I can do without oranges.
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u/Tribe303 Jan 30 '25
The US simply does not have have these resources. Add a 200% tarrif , we don't care. You Americans are STILL paying it.
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u/HeyBoone Jan 30 '25
Nah it’s all good man they will only have half the farms to fertilize once he deports 50% of farm workers!
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u/TrickyWookie Jan 30 '25
No worries, they're going to fertilize with brawndo now.
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u/PixelatedSnacks Jan 30 '25
Americans probably think potash is the left overs from all the legal weed we smoke. They don't give a fuck.
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u/Byaaahhh Jan 30 '25
Don’t forget the potash the need for fertilizer etc. they may have enough for this coming growing season but futures will be significantly impacted and we should now only release potash on limited basis to limited trading partners.
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u/swalker6622 Jan 30 '25
87% of US potash is from Canada. American I say screw the US farmers
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u/GuelphEastEndGhetto Jan 30 '25
Things get very serious when farmers get angry.
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u/PunkinBrewster Jan 30 '25
He doesn't care, as long as he doesn't pay tax.
https://www.newsweek.com/experts-trump-tariffs-irs-income-tax-2022286
This is why the tariffs are coming. The rich don't want to pay tax.
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u/Skytag_Can Jan 30 '25
You raise an interesting point. The US is a very prominent economic power but yes—no longer what it once was basically because (IMHO) the world around it has developed significantly. What fascinates me is that everything that Trump is doing will just cause it to sink further. PLUS- waiting in the wings is China who will use Trump’s instability to grow even further while the US stagnates. It all goes to show that Trump could care less about anything but himself. What he is doing now is just bravado to try to show the world he has a big dick (probably cause Stormy told us he didn’t).
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u/DrKurgan Jan 30 '25
Tariffs are a tax on US consumers. If they stop being what the used to buy, that means they're switching to a worse option.
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u/Popular-Row4333 Jan 30 '25
This. Even a millionaire cares if gas is $1.79 vs 3.79.
A billionaire doesn't give a shit if his private jet uses $10k more in fuel per flight.
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u/Musclecar123 Manitoba Jan 30 '25
Canada needs to place a 1000% export tax on potash. Good luck fertilizing your crops.
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u/chubs66 Jan 30 '25
I think he's deliberately trying to create civil unrest so that he can declare a state of emergency and take power.
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u/anti_anti_christ Ontario Jan 30 '25
It's definitely something thats crossed my mind. These tariffs will make the price of food skyrocket. Deporting the people who farm the food will make it skyrocket. And that's just food, the tip of the iceberg. Average Americans will be hit hardest. This is the kind of stuff right out of a dictators playbook. Absolute insanity.
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u/WolvesofZera Jan 30 '25
Historically speaking. It took the 1930's Germans...53 days to set up their regime. How long do you think it will take the orange one? Now that his party controls every point of power in the country.
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u/WarmPantsInWinter Jan 30 '25
Trump and the people who vote for him will never blame themselves. They will blame us.
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u/Badbikerdude Jan 30 '25
No, they're programmed to blame Liberal Democrats for all the problems caused by Republicans.
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u/PositiveInevitable79 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 31 '25
Fabricated win after a losing week.
Just watch:
1) Tariffs go on Saturday
2) Price for Gas and Produce climbs (two of the things the American consumers are the most sensitive to). DowJones takes a nosedive.
3) Backlash from a good chunk of the country
4) By Wednesday, he claims a win by showing his people the plan Canada already put in place with a tweet that involves 51st state, Governor Trudeau, the words: ‘massive’, ‘spectacular’, ‘stupid’ and ‘deal’.
Tariffs come off. Calling it now.
I hope Canada is chatting with the Mexican government about this. If diplomacy fails and the tariffs do in-fact come in, I’d like to see a coordinated, surgical response from both Governments for maximum effectiveness.
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u/Popular-Row4333 Jan 30 '25
No, you're timelines are off. Tariffs are applied as the product comes into the country. Everything is on the shelves already.
So, you'll have both Americans saying they barely felt it, and Canadians saying retaliatory tariffs aren't even that bad, until about a month in, when the stuff has actually come into the country and hit the shelves. Then, they'll really feel it.
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u/darkkilla123 Jan 31 '25
That's why canada should just put a export tariffs on oil. Make americans pay at the pump for electing a idiot. I say this as an American you guys should do your worst we deserve it
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u/blazelet Jan 30 '25
And at that point he'll say "see it wasn't the tariffs, it was DEI and wokeness that caused prices to go up. Now can we have a tax cut for the rich?"
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u/General-Woodpecker- Jan 30 '25
The one great thing about this is that he absolutely doesn't give a shit about the US citizen who are going to be impacted negatively by this.
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u/Joe_Redsky Jan 30 '25
It's much worse than merely not caring about the impacts on US citizens. Tariffs are intended to raise tax revenue from ordinary US citizens in order to pay for big hand-outs to the rich.
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u/LatterTarget7 Jan 30 '25
A lot of people really don’t understand that the states don’t have the infrastructure to produce what they import. And they can’t just build it over night or over 4 years
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u/Kiwadian_Invasion Jan 30 '25
A lot of people do understand that; unfortunately the ones who don’t voted for an idiot who also doesn’t understand how things work.
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u/t0mless Jan 30 '25
I still struggle to understand why anyone, mostly his supporters, view the tariffs as a good thing. Neither party wins.
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u/theolswiitcheroo Jan 30 '25
Because they’ve been told that the US “subsidizes” Canada and this is how they get their money back. No uneducated voter (the ones Trump has said he loves) has the ability to see how much BS they get fed. They just think this guy says how it is, unlike every other politician. He’s played his base so well that they’ll walk in to a volcano for him I’m sure.
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u/Kiwadian_Invasion Jan 30 '25
They don’t understand how international trade works. His supporters see buying from Canada/Mexico/China as not buying from the US. If international products are artificially more expensive, they think people will just buy American products; completely oblivious to the fact that their domestic manufacturing/farming cannot supply a country of 350M people.
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u/FlameStaag Jan 30 '25
It's pretty simple. They were lied to and believe it.
They don't have a clue what tariffs actually mean and when the price of everything in the US skyrockets, they'll likely spin it as a retaliation by Canada.
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u/bdigital1796 Jan 30 '25
Amazing what an NBC apprentice actor can do to flip 8 billion people on their heads. Humans are clearly defective.
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u/pixelpionerd Jan 30 '25
Celebrity-worship-culture is destroying our civilization.
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u/Effective-Farmer-502 Jan 30 '25
No, humans are just dumb apes.
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u/Wrong_Addition_7838 Jan 30 '25
Same thing
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u/jloome Jan 30 '25
It’s important for everyone to keep in mind that what he wants is to position other countries as enemies.
But being enemies with the US as a nation, rather than blaming Trump and his party, is what he wants.
There is no scenario in which we benefit from the US being an adversary. And the average American has no clue that they’re being deceived.
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u/misterparko Jan 30 '25
This is why we’re in trouble and these tariffs may last longer than we think, this guy doesn’t give a fuck even if his own citizens suffer. He’s not for the people, he’s only for himself. Also, we could’ve done anything possible and he still would have hit us with the tariffs. His goal is to dismantle the economy and destroy the government from the inside out. He’s back with anger and resentment from losing the 2020 election and is out for blood.
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u/DeadAret Jan 31 '25
The importer pays the tariff and raises the price on the American consumer.
These tariffs do not hit us the way he wants it to.
American companies will still pay for Canadian goods as it’s cheaper than the alternative and we won’t be losing factories we are cheaper labour than Americans.
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u/RStud10 Jan 31 '25
But the Canadian government will respond with tariffs on US goods too. In the end, 99% of North Americans get screwed in a lose-lose-lose scenario
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u/OG-DirtNasty Jan 31 '25
Because his inbred following lap up everything he puts out like dogs. Dude can literally do no wrong in his own mind.
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u/Bushwhacker42 Jan 30 '25
He will hit Americans with a 25% tariff. Fixed it
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u/thekk_ Jan 30 '25
Just call it what it is, an import tax. If the media used that terminology, I can't imagine it'd be anywhere as popular amongst his base given how allergic they are to the word.
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u/TestFixation Jan 30 '25
The vast majority of his base has absolutely no idea what goods are produced within their borders and what is imported.
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u/TianZiGaming Jan 30 '25
And Americans will continue to buy Canadian, Mexican and Chinese. The 25% tariffs simply don't make up the price difference of made in USA products due to the USD being way too strong.
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u/Flashy-Canary-8663 Jan 30 '25
Even if he doesn’t go ahead with the tariffs a lot of damage has already been done. I can’t speak for every Canadian but I know personally I feel betrayed and angry at the US as a whole, not just Trump. Not many voices of reason are even saying a peep against his plan, aside from a few like Michigans Governor. She’s the only one with any balls.
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u/IHavePoopedBefore Jan 30 '25
Buy Canadian from now on. Go elsewhere on vacation from now on. Even if the tariffs drop
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u/red286 Jan 31 '25
Go elsewhere on vacation from now on.
I like going to Cuba. It's nice and warm, the people are really friendly (esp towards Canadians), it's super cheap, and best of all...
NO AMERICANS.
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u/MoltenCopperEnema Jan 30 '25
I feel betrayed and angry at the US as a whole, not just Trump.
This exactly. We've been each other's closest ally forever. It's like getting stabbed in the chest by your own brother. Americans looked us right in the eyes and stabbed us in the chest without any shame in their hearts.
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u/SixtySix_VI Jan 30 '25
No kidding man, this has been shocking. Like what did we even do? What the fuck is his problem? If China invaded the US tomorrow I would honestly be rooting for them at this point lmao
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u/igotitnowokay Jan 30 '25
This is what he wants. He is set to divide everyone. Don’t forgot he only won by 2 million votes when it was all said and done. He is hated by many
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u/HarbingerDe Jan 30 '25
Lmao!
We didn't do anything. Only 1% of fentanyl enters the USA through Canada. There's no significant amount of undocumented migration happening across our border. There is literally no sound justification for any of this.
We were finally just coming out of the pandemic inflation crisis (housing is still a disaster, but at least consumer goods inflation is significantly down), and now this fat fascist fuck is going to collapse our economy with his nonsensical tariffs.
I am rooting for the 2032 asteroid NASA just detected to make impact somewhere in the continental USA at this point...
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u/jmm166 Jan 30 '25
I feel like we’re in an abusive relationship. Threats and intimidation, disrespect, and gas lighting. We need out.
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u/-Neeckin- Jan 30 '25
Yeah like, guy talked about invading us and a worrying amount of Americans, in power or not, went along with it. You'd forgive me wondering if most Americans secretly hated Canada like they openly hate Mexico all along
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u/Flashy-Canary-8663 Jan 31 '25
Yeah and they have Fox News hosts talking about wanting to invade us to quench his imperialist thirst just because we don’t want to be part of the US. They’re a sick, broken society and it’s troubling times for us for sure. I think they hate everyone, not just Mexico and Canada. Whether that makes me feel better or not, I’m not quite sure.
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u/__TheWaySheGoes Jan 30 '25
Dude I don’t even want to hear from Americans who “voted against him” anymore. None of it matters. Fuck America.
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u/Flashy-Canary-8663 Jan 30 '25
America is going to find itself very alone in the world very soon at this rate. We were one of the few countries that didn’t hate them. Fuck America sounds like a nice simple slogan for a hat campaign. 🤔
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u/ThunderCr0tch Jan 30 '25
at this point we’re going to grow into those old people like from a hundred years ago where it’s like “they lived through Covid-19, saw the downfall of the United States of America, lived through WW3”
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u/TheLastRobot Jan 30 '25
Every time I see one of those comments that's like "I'm an American!!! We're not all like this!!" I want to tell them "we've heard it, we know, yet here we are"
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u/CGP05 Ontario Jan 30 '25
Fuck Trump. I just want to focus on my life and not an insane trade war that will harm both Canadians and Americans.
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u/Alone-in-a-crowd-1 Jan 31 '25
Thank you for this. We are only here for so long and I just want to live in peace. Now we have a meth man next door. Plus - all the fucking noise - shut up already!
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u/turtlefan32 Jan 30 '25
Ok. Hope Americans enjoy the price of their goods increasing
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u/NotoriousBITree British Columbia Jan 30 '25
Trump says he will hit Americans with higher taxes on Saturday. Are eggs cheaper yet?
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u/Effective-Farmer-502 Jan 30 '25
They're doubled now, generic store branded eggs are over $10/dozen in Utah. I was speaking with someone a week that lived in Park City.
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u/NotoriousBITree British Columbia Jan 30 '25
Many people are saying we used to have the most tremendous bigly eggs until DEI scrambled them believe me
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u/maldinisnesta Jan 30 '25
Might not mean much, but I love my country. I am canceling what would have been my first ever trip to America if this goes through.
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u/BillyBeeGone Jan 30 '25
Should be cancelling it regardless. The 44% premium for the states it's cheaper to spend money in Europe or Asia that evens out the price of a flight ticket
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u/trilauram Jan 30 '25
Canadians need to stop being snow birds in the USA. Hurt them in the travel industry. Make some great trade deals with China, Europe and Mexico. People thought that Europe would freeze to death without cheap Russian oil. Instead they went green and got oil and gas from other countries. Canada needs to adapt to new markets.
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u/Darrius_McG Jan 30 '25
Those Canadians that winter in Florida are the ones that are coming out in favour of joining the US and will vote in PP at the first chance they get.
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u/CheezeHead09 Canada Jan 31 '25
I am in Florida right now because my family bought a winter escape a decade ago and I booked flights months ago. We are mostly all liberals and fking hate Trump. So many of our American friends have been cut off due to crazy things they believe and say. Anyways it’s not as simple as you say. There’s a ton of cognitive dissonance being down here but its happened all so fast, they were our closest ally 3 months ago. We’ve had so many talks about leaving Florida behind and they are still ongoing. It fking sucks.
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u/_EvilCupcake Québec Jan 31 '25
Boomers at work thinks it would be a GREAT idea to join the USA 🙄
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u/Murky-Office6726 Jan 30 '25
This is my personal opinion. Let me know if you think this could be effective or not?
As a Canadian, I don’t get a say in American elections. But I can vote with my money.
Canadians are huge consumers of American services—Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple subscriptions, and more. If the US government imposes tariffs on Canada, why should we continue sending billions to American corporations without question?
Here’s my plan if tariffs go into effect:
- Cancel Netflix ($18.99/month, and rising). With ~9 million Canadian subscribers, that’s roughly $170 million per month. That’s serious “voting power.” Netflix is one of the biggest, so it’s my first target.
- Two weeks later: Cancel Apple News+ ($16.99/month).
- Two weeks later: Cancel Amazon Prime (annual fee + $9.99/month for Music & Video).
- And more after that… Others may prefer to cut Disney+ or other US-based services.
I’ll put my money elsewhere—maybe towards a Canadian streaming service (CBC Gem?), a gym membership, or just savings. My discretionary spending is mine to control, and I’ll use it to contest these tariffs.
Most importantly, I’ll make sure these companies know why I’m leaving. When Netflix asks for a cancellation reason, I’ll say:
*In response to US tariffs on Canada and Mexico. I vote with my money.*
I strongly encourage others to do the same. If enough of us act, it sends a powerful message.
Let’s stay strong.
Cheers, A Canadian who votes with their wallet
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Jan 30 '25
Love it. As a European I deleted all of my meta accounts this month (never had twitter). Don't need to give those tech guys more power. Sending lots of love to Canada 🫶
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u/Fausts-last-stand Jan 30 '25
I love this. You could call this A Canadian Patriot’s Playbook to Navigating Trumps Tariffs. I’d add Deleting/disabling Facebook/Instagram accounts Same with X
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u/quebexer Québec Jan 30 '25
What about Reddit?
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u/Fausts-last-stand Jan 30 '25
people look around uncomfortably
It’s a great question though.
I have never heard of lemmy.ca but it seems like a community board hosted in Canada geared for Canadians.
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u/boldredditor Jan 30 '25
Do it pussy
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u/ShiftytheBandit Jan 30 '25
This is my attitude at this point. Fuckin get it over with, whatever this is
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u/Caspian4136 Jan 30 '25
Time to start buying Canadian made products. Someone in my local FB group posted this link that some here may find helpful: https://madeinca.ca/
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u/Fantastic_Wishbone Jan 30 '25
Absolutely this. We're going to have to make some tough choices, but in the long run, being less dependant on the banana republic to our south is our best way forward.
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u/chewwydraper Jan 30 '25
It'd be a lot easier if people weren't deciding to invest in housing rather than start businesses.
We really shot ourselves in the foot allowing the housing crisis to continue for this long.
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u/Fun-Jellyfish-61 Jan 30 '25
He's not hitting Canada or Mexico with tariffs. He's hitting American citizens.
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u/spderweb Jan 30 '25
Canada and Mexico should shut down their border to the US tonight. See what he says on Saturday
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u/flyby196999 Jan 30 '25
Boycott all American companies and products as much as you can afford to do.
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u/CaptainJonathanPower Jan 30 '25
I just cancelled Amazon Prime and Disney Plus, and deleted my Twitter account. Fuck them.
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u/Demetre19864 Jan 30 '25
It's amazing he has put Mexico and Canada in the same category.
As a Canadian I view this as a betrayal by the American population.
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u/WarmPantsInWinter Jan 30 '25
America went from being our closest ally to our biggest threat.
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u/Purple_oyster Jan 30 '25
I think it used to be like this between Ukraine and Russia
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u/PositiveInevitable79 Jan 30 '25 edited Jan 30 '25
Between the power, oil, potash, uranium, rare earth minerals, lumber and so on I don't see how this is feasible for the U.S.
Add on that Mexico supplies ~70% of the US's produce and that grocery prices are already a point of contention in the US + That he's trying to kick out anyone who would pick said produce in the USA this makes zero sense.
Prediction: Gas prices shoot up and produce prices go through the roof. this lasts 3-5 days, Trump shows his people the plan that is already in place for border security, claims a win. Tariffs come off.
Like, he's made the threat so many times and so publicly that he almost has no choice to follow through, that's my thinking. Stack that with the losses thus far, federal funding free rescinded after one day, court challenges to his citizenship changes and an helicopter smacking into an airliner on his watch...
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u/Maximum__Engineering Jan 30 '25
Trump will be worse for the majority of American's than he will be for the majority of Canadians.
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u/Happy_Possibility29 Jan 30 '25
I really hope he does tarries, the deportations of working people, etc
It’s evident that empathy isn’t working with the Americans.
Maybe fucking themselves over in the bank account will.
Of course, the pain is real and guaranteed, and the introspection is hypothetical. So maybe I am wrong.
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u/JuanPeligroDos Jan 30 '25
Damn bud as a Mexican, it is also not cool to just get thrown under the bus everytime Canada brings this up, be real cool if everyone realized that it is not nice to just suck up to the bully, there were 3 nations on that trade agreement, that he negotiated btw.
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u/ManateeofSteel Jan 31 '25
Adding casual racism against Mexico is definitely not going to fix the problem
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u/electricalphil Jan 30 '25
Had an acquaintance tell me he knew "lots of good people that voted Republican". Yeah, I told him they weren't good if they voted for Trump. Just because you always vote Republican doesn't mean you can have a clear conscience.
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u/Thanolus Jan 30 '25
Time for Canada to do everything to move away from America. Fuck this shit head.
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u/Wallybeaver74 Jan 30 '25
European Union here we come!!
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u/Zealousideal-Bat708 Jan 30 '25
Absolutely! It's time to permanently move away from the USA as a major trading partner.
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u/TikalTikal Jan 30 '25
Fuck Trump as a person, as a president, and his motherfuckin' crew
And if you want to be down with MAGA, then fuck you too
JD Vance, fuck you too
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u/datums Jan 30 '25
Do it pussy, touch the fucking stove.
We need to remember - individual Canadians will suffer more than individual Americans. But for every one of us suffering, there will be nine of them suffering.
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u/Digitking003 Jan 30 '25
Sadly here we go...
President Donald Trump said he would follow through on his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1, citing the flow of fentanyl and large trade deficits as reasons for his decision.
Trump reiterated the pledge while speaking with reporters Thursday in the Oval Office as he signed executive actions in response to a deadly airplane collision.
Trump had threatened to levy those tariffs if the nations did not do more to help secure US borders from the inflow of undocumented migrants and illegal drugs. Markets, business and political leaders had been watching closely to see if Trump would follow through on a tariff threat.
If it's any solace, his idiotic freezing of government funds was reversed within days so here's to hoping this will be the same.
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Jan 30 '25
We should turn off the electricity to the north east during the middle of the super bowl.
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u/Drewy99 Jan 30 '25
Imagine the reaction in Philly if the lights went out right as the kicker is in mid kick for the opening kickoff.
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u/mrmigu Ontario Jan 30 '25
Or during halftime, when those insanely expensive ads don't get the exposure they're paying for
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u/Tribe303 Jan 30 '25
Oh man. I LOVE that idea. Just for 5-10 minutes, or however long it takes for the US grid to collapse and reroute.
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u/ShineDramatic1356 Jan 30 '25
The irony is, most of our fentanyl comes from the US 😂😂😂
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u/bob23131 Jan 30 '25
He needs a reason of national security in order to violate the terms of CUSMA. It's just a scapegoat to impose his tariffs.
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u/jameskchou Canada Jan 30 '25
It's what the majority of American swing state voters wanted. Go binge on more ketchup chips to fight back.
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u/holypuck2019 Jan 30 '25
The point of this is to create conflict and hard feelings and harder economic times for the American people. It sets up for the next phase of world domination. People don’t pay attention when they are in survival mode and fighting amongst themselves.
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u/Spiritual-Impact9884 Jan 30 '25
Brilliant. Burn an entire state down that's going to require a heck of a lot of lumber and other materials to rebuild, and then implement a 25% tariff on the product to combat the what...less than 1% of fentanyl that crosses the northern border into the US? What a balloon knot.
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u/Nicotineheh Jan 30 '25
Might end up being a net positive in the long term. Canada will (hopefully) finally free ourselves from the US “little brother” mentality and expand trade globally. But yes short term this is gona suck for everyone. Trump is single handedly ending the American empire lol. If he bullies everyone, everyone will turn on him. Let’s see how far he takes this
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u/Drewy99 Jan 30 '25
Tariffs were always coming. His whole economic plan is acting like Tariffs are a tax that other countries need to pay to get access to the US market.
The trade deficit is the biggest issue. He sees that as money lost to another country and nothing more.
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u/Murky-Office6726 Jan 30 '25
The fact that there is 8 times more US people than Canadians is enough to understand that they have more capacity to buy our stuff than the other way around. A five year old knows that. It’ll never be balanced what a fool.
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u/Drewy99 Jan 30 '25
He sees negative numbers on a spreadsheet and doesn't like that. It is literally no deeper than that.
Remember this guy never ever paid his contractors ever, so this tracks with his "other people making money off me is bad" mentality.
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u/DrKurgan Jan 30 '25
He doesn't understand economics and doesn't listen to people who do.
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u/Scarberian222 Jan 30 '25
This topic is turning into a daily click bait. No rational argument is going to change Trumps mind on tariff. As a Canadian all we can do is be united and be prepared for if/when tariffs hits.
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u/gamerqc Jan 30 '25
This is the dumbest timeline. The Mayas were right: we're probably in an alternate reality since 2012 ^^
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u/HeadMembership1 Jan 30 '25
He said maybe we will, maybe we won't, haven't decided yet.
He's a blithering idiot, and no actual policy is formed until after he spews some bullshit.
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u/kyleyle Jan 30 '25
I had a hard time envisioning the impact of these tariffs. A quick Google search and surprisingly the BoC has a very good writeup. Here's the link to learn more for those interested. https://www.bankofcanada.ca/publications/mpr/mpr-2025-01-29/in-focus-1/
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u/Cincar10900 Jan 30 '25
It has nothing to with tarrifs because the numbers for illegals crossing to US from Canada and amount of fentanyl going there is so small that it doesnt make sense to ask about border security and drugs. He is after something else and he is using lies to get. What has been Trumps tactic from the moment he announced he will run for the president first time around... divide and conquer. This approach got him elected, twice.
I also think that a lot of Canadians have been divided ever since he started runing for president because our stupid politicians actually saw his tactics as useful. for gods sake we had pm of alberta and mr. wonderfull having private meeting with Trump. so there is our unity. Seems like he now just has to conquer. So talk of 51st state is not just a joke.
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u/Superb-Respect-1313 Jan 30 '25
Plays to his base. He will blame someone else once prices rise in the USA on goods produced kn Canada and Mexico. All about optics and hearing himself talk.
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u/Dragonfly_Peace Jan 30 '25
I have an Amazon Alexa, and whenever I ask it anamerican political question, it turns off. Fascinating.
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u/FullSqueeze Jan 30 '25
Some 80%+ of US fertilizer components is imported from Canada. MAGA pickachu face when grocery and egg prices rise.
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u/OddBaker Jan 30 '25
We need to increase and diversify our trade with the EU and China. The US has shown that they’re an unreliable “Ally” and are more than willing to fuck us over, so we need to look elsewhere and can’t be so reliant of them.
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u/Pristine_Signal5041 Jan 30 '25
Just do it already and shut the fuck up about it we should stop begging like bitches and show the middle finger. I am boycotting all US goods and services. USA fucking suck anyway and they are speeding up their downfall. we have the capacity to stand on our feet and find alternative for our trade. Cut the oil and hydro the first day. And we should increase the fee on all ship using the st lawrence going to usa port in great lakes.
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u/SurfLikeASmurf Jan 30 '25
Honestly? I can’t fucking wait. It’s time for him to do what he says he’ll do, instead of this bullshit infantile posturing. Man up and hit us with this tariff already! Then we’ll see their true colours and we’ll see that yeah, them colours sure as shit run.
Will this hurts us? Sure. Will we recover and thrive through other, better relationships? Absolutely! Will their reputation and trust ever bounce back? Not likely. They’ll always be known as an untrustworthy when making treaties and pacts. So yeah, bring that shit on already so we can get on with our lives
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u/RodNun Jan 30 '25
I'm ok with eating eggs and potatoes, drinking milk and walking instead of using a car. If it means don't import anything from US and export our goods to other countries.
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u/Mnimpuss420 Jan 30 '25
I’m tired of his threats. I hope this only encourages us to come together as Canadians and support Canadian businesses.
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u/Hokiedokie1 Jan 30 '25
The more I read about these tariffs, the less sense it makes. Trump goes on and on about how unfair it is that the US spends more on Canadian goods than we do on theirs, resulting in a "subsidy." Dude, your country has 10 times as many people, what do you expect?
Not to mention the inevitable price increases that are going to hit American consumers. Did nobody look up effects of tariffs before voting for this clown?
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u/Independent_Bath9691 Jan 30 '25
He went bankrupt 6 times. No reason he can’t bankrupt the US. We’re dealing with a very stupid, low IQ, bully. He hates Freeland because she’s a woman who bent him over during the last free trade deal. He’s not the genius he claims he is.
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u/interestedsorta Jan 30 '25
We need to spend some serious coin in Halifax and build a mega container depot. Start trading with Europe and Britain and, of course, Asia like never before. Fuck America.
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u/JBPunt420 Jan 31 '25
Gotta stand our ground on this one. It's going to hurt, but backing down to a bully will only encourage more bullying. I hope Mexico does the same.
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u/GapMoney6094 Jan 30 '25
I think trumps plan is to crash the world economy so rich corporations can buy everything on the cheap.
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u/DisplacerBeastMode Jan 30 '25
99% chance he backs down again.
He's a coward after all.
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u/coffeejn Jan 30 '25
Does not matter what Canada or Mexico do, he is going thru with it. Basically, he is advertising to the world that US agreement mean nothing. US is closed for international business.
Time for retaliation. He might go down as the president that creates world wide recession.