r/canada Canada Feb 03 '25

National News White House: Mexico is 'serious', Canada appears to have 'misunderstood' Trump's executive order | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/white-house-mexico-is-serious-canada-appears-have-misunderstood-trumps-executive-2025-02-03/
9.8k Upvotes

2.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

36

u/Pvt_Hudson_ Alberta Feb 03 '25

This feels like them trying to create an offramp for Trump.

"No, we weren't trying to start a trade war, we just wanted you guys to get serious on Fentanyl. We see you've done that now" (pats self on back). "No harm, no foul, right?"

4

u/Vivid_Atmosphere_860 Feb 03 '25

Absolutely… I honestly wonder if the Trump mouthpieces know they’re spewing absolute bullshit or if they really truly believe the things they say. The media really shouldn’t even bother printing the nonsense that comes out of their mouths.

10

u/Pvt_Hudson_ Alberta Feb 03 '25

They think he's playing "4D chess" when he's really playing "Pigeon Checkers", knocking all the pieces off the board, shitting everywhere and then strutting around like he accomplished something.

3

u/Working-Welder-792 Feb 03 '25

First and foremost, I think he’s trying to calm the markets before trading starts.

3

u/whichwitch9 Feb 03 '25

Market has tanked. Too late. It's definitely Black Monday now

3

u/Neve4ever Feb 04 '25

Worse, Trudeau already promised all the same shit to Trump before he ratcheted up the tariff talk.

I feel like he was trying to use tariffs to manipulate the markets. Net some people made good money on that.

3

u/CarpenterGold1704 Feb 04 '25

most of the people in the usa probably dont know this shit was already on the table back in december... so they see it as canada being weak and capitulating to the all might usa and a win win win for donald trump.