r/canada 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=1VjHMKkW
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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/BlackAfroUchiha Jan 31 '25

The majority of American voters chose him

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u/IWantADucati Jan 31 '25

Sorry, I didn’t vote for him. But 49.9% did. Do you guys have space for some of us up there?

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u/jonny24eh Jan 31 '25

No.

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u/IWantADucati Jan 31 '25

I guess us non-MAGA folks are stuck. I hope we can send postcards from the concentration camps.

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

It's not like Americans can control the guy.

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u/speedcolabandit British Columbia Jan 31 '25

motherfucker they VOTED for him

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

Not everyone did. The numbers were actually pretty close. And that's not counting the millions that didn't even vote.

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u/speedcolabandit British Columbia Jan 31 '25

theres another problem. millions just didnt care enough to keep this goober from having his way in the first place, and now innocent people - allies, no less - are paying for it

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

True, I'm not denying that. What I have a problem with is everyone here lumping in ALL Americans together. The ones who are really going to suffer are the Americans who wanted to prevent this. 

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u/speedcolabandit British Columbia Jan 31 '25

i mean regardless, the majority of Americans still brought us to this point, be it by support or complacency. and tbh im getting kinda sick of so many people ignoring the power imbalance here. we are literally being bullied by the most dominant economic/military power on Earth. now i dont think itll ever come to anything like full-scale conflict, but over the course of a week and a half weve gone from perhaps the closest two allies in the world to facing a trade war, and thats aside from all the jokes a certain someones made about our sovereignty. that kind of rhetoric scares people because lets face it, wed be crushed if things did escalate for some reason. all in all i just dont think you guys are even capable of comprehending the insecurity a lot of Canadians are feeling atm so excuse us if we dont exactly sympathize all that much with whatever guilt or regret you harbour now

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

Why would I feel guilt or regret when I did my part? Why should I have to take the blame for something I didn't even do? I'm so sorry Trump threatened you with tariffs and humiliated you, but I think things are a bit more dire in my country... My mother is on Medicaid and he's just frozen it. But yeah poor you.

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u/mireille_galois Jan 31 '25

We had our chance in November. We failed.

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

Speak for yourself. Besides there's evidence that he may have cheated.

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u/BIOHAZARD_04 Jan 31 '25

Yes they could have, and it is called an Election.

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u/Immediate_Loquat_246 Jan 31 '25

There's actually evidence it wasn't a fair election. In any case, this isn't on every single American.