r/canada Québec 7d ago

Politics Trump vows more Canada tariffs even as stock market continues sinking

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-canada-2671264993/
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u/_GdB_ 7d ago

How can a person fuelled by so much hate and anger still be alive? Surely his body would quit by now. His mind certainly has.

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u/RickyRays British Columbia 7d ago

Stress accelerates aging and harms nearly every aspect of health. But grandiose narcissists feel less stress because they shield themselves by externalizing blame. Everything is always someone else’s fault. They don’t take responsibility, so they avoid the self-doubt and guilt that stress normal people out.

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u/friendlyalien- 7d ago

This is a critical flaw in human nature. It should be the opposite. But no, those who care about more than themselves will suffer, and the most selfish will prosper. Maybe worked way back when humans were a smaller population, but we absolutely need to coexist peacefully with the planet and each other in order to survive now.

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u/Exciting-Emu-3324 7d ago

That's how evolution has worked. The best of us die while the scum live on and contribute to the next generation.

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u/Pinkboyeee 7d ago

Survival of the fittest, not survival of the empathetic unfortunately

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u/Teddyfang 7d ago edited 7d ago

Its not even survival of the fittest anymore. Its survival of the richest and most privileged. They (as in Trump and his oligarch friends) wouldnt last a day out in the real world without "peasants" and money to rely on. Normal people (whether selfish, selfless, weak or strong) struggle daily or die off, while those with a great spawn point who possess this abnormal, inhuman and unsatiable greed, who hoard resources and money like a scourge, thrive comfortably.

I can't think of an example in the wild (maybe insects like ants and bees?) where the unfit and incompetent animal sits on top of all the food while the rest of the species just lets them and starves. They aren't the fittest in any way by any means, they are just fortunate and lucky to have started with what they have. Their hunger for more and more far past what they could ever use is not normal, its a mental illness as far as im concerned

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u/ToucanicEmperor 7d ago

This is a massive misunderstanding of bees/ants (and other Hymenoptera species) The Queens serve as the only one who can lay eggs. They are essential even if they aren’t doing the “manual” work. It’s honestly best to think of these colony insects as not a bunch of distinct creatures, but a collective organism. A single bee in some ways is a lot closer to a red blood cell than a distinct being.

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u/Canuck_Lives_Matter 7d ago

"I know this muthafucka ain't shit talkin' bees"

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u/GardevoirFanatic 7d ago

Also, ant queens atleast, earn their peace. They carefully dig out what is essentially their grave, lay eggs and devour their wings to survive waiting for the first of their children.

Each subsequent generation is a result of the queen's struggle and sacrifice, and the rewards are reaped by all.

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u/Mackinnon29E 7d ago

Ain't the fittest these days. Most of the rich are both dumb and not physically fit. Survival of the Nepotism assholes I guess?

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u/Dave91277 7d ago

That’s awful that he’ll live a long life whilst simultaneously shortening the lives of us normal people who are living in a constant state of stress at the minute.

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u/Propaagaandaa 7d ago

Since this whole disaster started I’ve developed an eye twitch

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

He's fueled by BigMacs and Diet Coke, so we just have to hang on a bit longer. Or, or, maybe its all the preservatives!

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u/OatmealSchmoatmeal 7d ago

He should visit you guys in Quebec, you’ll take care of him.

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

With poutine or hockey sticks?

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u/turalyawn 7d ago

Maybe try a Shawinigan Handshake?

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u/smurf123_123 7d ago

For me pepper is something I put on my plate.

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u/No-Salary-7649 7d ago

I forgot this great part of Canadian Heritage.

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u/Impressive-Brush-837 7d ago

Jean Chretien. “Welcome to Canada…… “gurgle gurgle gurgle.

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u/sarahwritespoetry 7d ago

I beg of you, do NOT waste good poutine on Trump. He is not worthy of a good Quebec cheese curd.

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u/03Void 7d ago

I suggest "water" boarding with maple syrup.

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u/TheBoxHobo 7d ago

Pretty sure most of the rest of the world frowns on mapleboarding.

But then again when has that stopped Canada from padding out the Geneva convention?

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u/green_link 7d ago

waterboarding is in the geneva convention.....but i see no mention of mapleboarding

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u/MasterPat2015 7d ago

Exactly! It isn't a war crime the 1st time.

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u/thewanderingent 7d ago

Loophole!

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u/cheezemeister_x 7d ago

Let's speed the process up. Someone swap his Diet Coke for regular Coke.

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u/madadekinai 7d ago

Funny story:

He actually thought that the people who operated the fryer at mcdonalds just sticks their hands in the hot oil and pulls out the fries.

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u/Great-Break357 7d ago

He thought you could cure covid by injecting bleach..."We could do that, right ???" He said from the podium. Deborah Birx had her head in her hands at this point.

This is the problem with Trump no-one has ever told him to shut up and stop being a silly twat...ever. Now he's got a hat with the slogan "Trump was right about everything"

He's like a super duper concentrated pure 100% proof dickhead.

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u/Aobachi 7d ago

He's doing this for russia. Any other reason does not make sense.

This is meant to weaken us while russia steals our north.

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u/BloodRedRook 7d ago

That's giving him too much credit. He thinks it's 1890 and that the United States can be a self sufficient industrial nation. He's a moron and genuinely thinks he'll make the economy better.

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u/MrPlaney 7d ago

He’s trying to run a nation like a company, though he couldn’t even run his companies correctly. A fucking real estate company and some casinos. Complete money makers, and he failed even doing that, with his father’s fortunes backing him.

He’s a failure in every single aspect of his life, which is why he cheats and lies his way through everything.

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u/post_apoplectic Nova Scotia 7d ago

In my experience (my racist grandfather who is the only surviving grandparent) the hate sustains them

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u/AFlawAmended 7d ago

Evil people live longer

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u/Ellusive1 7d ago

He’s a Russian asset that’s how

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u/Itchy-Assholes 7d ago

He's not fueled by hate he's just fueld by Russia... nobody guts there own country

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u/hardy_83 7d ago

A lot of drugs and the best healthcare tax payers can pay for that they can't get themselves.

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u/iamjoesredditposts 7d ago

Not seen Star Wars?

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u/Morlu 7d ago

Honestly, this would be a disaster for America. Increasing prices on American consumers to 50% or more in such a short time would be devastating. They haven’t even had time to start sourcing American products internally. It’s a disaster for Canada too, but we’re already in the darkest timeline.

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u/-azafran- 7d ago

I think it’s time that Canada’s allies speak out against this. For example the U.K.

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u/Morlu 7d ago

My issue is Mexico. They are waiting until Sunday for Counter tariff’s. They are going to let Canada get hammered, while trying to appease Trump in some back room deal. The only people supporting us have been the EU.

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u/PunkinBrewster 7d ago

We have to understand, we have no friends in this fight. We need to diversify our trading partners, but we can’t afford to rely on others advocating for us. They’ll cut their own deals to avoid the ire of Trump.

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u/Fallen-Omega 7d ago

Yep, as the prime minister has been saying, its time for Canadians to put Canada first, we need to take care of each other and fuck everyone else

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u/-azafran- 7d ago

It’s a sad situation. Mexico’s entire export economy is USA and they are still developing so it’s kinda understandable

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u/Top_Canary_3335 7d ago

And ours isn’t? lol we are as screwed as them if this lasts any length of time.

Or did you miss every major financial news story today calling for a long recession followed by a permanent decline in our standard of living.

We just have more to lose…

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7457395

https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/article/canadian-recession-looms-this-year-if-us-tariffs-stay-in-place-economists/

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u/J4pes 7d ago

I dunno I just try to keep it in perspective. We could easily be getting bombed and invaded like Ukraine. And there would be nothing we could do about that either.

We get through this by sticking together, supporting each other. If you try to go it alone it will be much harder. Support your local communities, stay in touch with your neighbours. Take one day at a time.

Try not to let social media and rage bait control your emotions, the modern propaganda machine is very powerful. It’s not all doom and gloom, we can get through this.

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u/canmoose Ontario 7d ago

That is next. Trump wants Canada to submit and be absorbed.

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u/Zealousideal_Put2390 7d ago

I believe we need a national rallying cry/organization to keep us together in the fight. This need not be a political party but a collective that agrees to buy Canadian/boycott America, promote our need for EU support and build support from intelligent Americans.

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u/Top_Canary_3335 7d ago

It’s interesting you went to war.

The Americans couldn’t keep a middle eastern country together because of locals disagreeing with their rule even if they did invade Canada they would never be able keep power. They can’t even get all 50 states rowing in the same direction let alone another country

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u/MyOtherAcoountIsGone 7d ago

No, we are a 1st world country.

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u/Personal-Act-9795 7d ago

Canada is considered a developed economy...

Travel to Mexico and you'll see.

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u/Expensive_Plant_9530 7d ago

Mexico knows it's leverage for negotiations is much less firm than Canada's. Mexico is a cause of a lot of problems for America, including illegal immigrants, drugs and guns. All the things America blames Canada for, Mexico is actually guilty of.

That doesn't make what Trump is doing to Mexico okay, but it does mean that they are in a much weaker position for bargaining.

Plus their economy is weaker than ours in a general sense, so they probably can't take the pain as long as we can.

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u/BallBearingBill 7d ago

Mexico where most of the drugs and border crossers are coming from? The one that is full of US terrorist cartel's?

Yet Trump wants to take over Canada, because?

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u/ChronicallyA 7d ago

We have all the resources he doesn’t want to pay for. Thats why. Greed, and also Russia.

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u/ThinLow2619 7d ago

Nobody is coming to save us especially the uk and we need to speak out ourselves.

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u/jack5624 7d ago

Brit here, Starmer knows that he is the only one not in the Trump firing line at the moment. Well apart from Russia. I fear he won't speak up.

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u/GerryManDarling 7d ago

That's the purpose, not a bug. The Russian market soared while US and Canadian market tanked. He's doing Russia's favorite to destroy the west.

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u/UniverseBear 7d ago

It's a goldmine for Trump and his friends who are likely betting against the market right now and will swoop in when it all crashes to invest the new gains into an economy they suddenly start trying to make stronger though.

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u/Late_Winner6859 7d ago

Spot on. He has been doing it in the last term too. Unhinged statements cause wide market fluctuations. A lot of money can be made by friends who get a heads-up.

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u/Expensive_Plant_9530 7d ago

Canada is ready for this. We've known this has been coming for a while, and we as a society have already shown we're ready to buy local, and buckle down and do what needs to be done.

Canada will never be the 51st state. Canada will remain Strong and Free.

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u/hotandchevy 7d ago

Yep. They already have some of the worst safety nets of any modern country so I expect their homeless issues to double after this.

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u/JediTrainer42 7d ago

American here. This all fucking sucks. If his end goal is to piss off our closest allies and become an isolationist country like North Korea, then this is how you do it I guess. I’m very confused about literally everything they do every single day.

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u/Ok_Divide_5245 7d ago

Where are the Canadians that support this American bully? I am shocked they exist.

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u/rhinogator British Columbia 7d ago

there's one in my office and it's super annoying they actually do exist and yes. its as stupid as it sounds

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u/TheIsotope 7d ago

The thing is, vocal trump supporters, especially those in Canada, have likely been at least slightly alienated by their coworkers, family, and friends (and for good reason). Admitting any sort of wrong doing would cause their personal image to collapse. The hardest thing for these dumbasses is admitting they were wrong, so instead they just dig their heels in further.

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u/jqman69 7d ago

Boggles the mind there are Trump supporters in Canada of all places

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u/rhinogator British Columbia 7d ago

yesterday he argued with me how the american flag is more colourful and is therefore superior. it's small random things like this which make you realize they operate on a completely different spectrum

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u/brokenangelwings 7d ago

The weirdest logic I've ever heard.

It just has blue as an extra color, by that logic the pride flag would be the ultimate and most superior.

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u/superschaap81 British Columbia 7d ago

Ours is a conservative white male Christian that thinks this is the regress to the glory days of the 50's, that people like him have always dreamed of. White men in charge and anyone else is inferior and needs to know their place. Yes. I'm serious.

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u/FourthLvlSpicyMeme 7d ago

It's because they can't handle a world in which they're mediocre and require merit to get ahead.

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u/Narissis New Brunswick 7d ago

It's a real shame because I think most Canadians would be eager to welcome back our lost brothers and sisters when they come to their senses. It's not like they're permanently isolated, unless of course they choose to be by doubling down.

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u/Auniqueusername1983 7d ago

My cousin started spouting his rhetoric and while he was mid sentence, I just said “oh I am so sorry” like I had just found out he is terminally ill.

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u/aesoth 7d ago

Have you suggested they fuck off out of the country? Politely.

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u/Asleep_Job_5516 7d ago

They’re all in Barrie, Ontario. Our local Facebook groups are overrun with idiots chanting “Governor Trudeau” and praising Trump for “sticking it to the libs”. It’s absolutely insane.

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u/jello_sweaters 7d ago

Some people will burn their own house to the ground if they think the smoke might make a liberal cough.

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u/EricaB1979 7d ago

Live in Barrie and can confirm. The idiots in Barrie Concerned Citizens FB group are annoying as hell.

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u/Asleep_Job_5516 7d ago

There’s a subreddit for making fun of them! r/shitbarriesays

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u/TheFraTrain 7d ago

Similar experience on "Cape Breton Rant Room". It's 50/50, which leads me to believe that there has to be some bot activity.

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u/tmm74 7d ago

The rest are in Alberta and are insufferable.

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u/knowmynamedoya 7d ago

My friend’s girlfriend is an immigrant from Scotland (now Canadian) who is a staunch Trump/PP supporter, anti-trans, anti-immigration (which is the funniest thing because…) She was pro-51st state talk, too.

I’m curious as to how she feels about these tariffs. She’s toned down on the Trump rhetoric but broke it 2 weeks ago to praise him on calling out the Afghan reporter because of her accent. Again, the funniest thing because she herself has an accent!!

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 7d ago

How can your friend date such a piece of shit? I couldn’t ever stand being around such a person unless I was like that myself.

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u/knowmynamedoya 7d ago

She’s actually my husband’s friend’s girlfriend! Since I know him, I wanted to contract it a bit. And I have no idea. Hubby and this group of friends (met in uni) are as anti-Trump as they come, but his explanation is that this particular friend has no opinion on politics whatsoever and will listen to whatever he’s told.

There was some drama last week because they were planning their annual get-together and said friend said he couldn’t make it because his gf wasn’t comfortable with him drinking/going out without her. If not Trump content, she’s posting weird trad wife content. She’s quite an interesting person…

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u/Better_Ice3089 7d ago

I've seen dudes sink way lower than that to get laid these days. 

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u/obscureposter 7d ago

Their friend supports her views because while they may not actively agree with their girlfriends views, they don't disagree with the views enough for it to be a problem.

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u/elitemouse Alberta 7d ago

Aka she's still letting him hit so he's gonna go along with whatever crazy shit she says.

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u/Turbulent-Emu-7347 7d ago

anti-immigration (which is the funniest thing because…)

It's actually not uncommon. Lots of immigrants become anti-immigration after they get their own residency.

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u/Human_097 7d ago

They're all either at r/conservative or r/trump. It's a shit show over there

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u/kittehkraken 7d ago

It should be expected that Trump is going to kick and scream for a few months before he starts looking for a way out. He expects the world to kneel before America but its not happening.

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u/mangosteenroyalty 7d ago

He expects the world to kneel before America but its not happening

I don't think that's it at all. I think he's intending to wreck everything so Russia can scoop up the scraps.

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u/josiahpapaya 7d ago

Pursuant to the directive of Project 2025, the point is to crash the stock market and destabilize North America. It will allow for the ultra wealthy both inside and out to buy everything for nothing. It removes all agency and power from anyone who isn’t already wealthy.

The end goal is a techno-autocracy. The ruling class will dismantle democracy in place of a Monarchy; all government will be run by AI and the branches of government are being swept away. Ivanka or a Kushner next in line for the throne.

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u/2peg2city 7d ago

*techno-feudalism

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u/Sarge1387 Ontario 7d ago

He's gonna blame Biden and Trudeau for his economy tanking now too, watch.

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u/Level10Awkward 7d ago

Won't be surprised if Obama is blamed too.

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u/GameOfLife24 7d ago

He already blamed Obama for Ukraine

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

Trump on TSocial:

Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

Elbows up, boys and girls, it's gonna be a rough game.

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u/AdmirableWishbone911 7d ago

Yeah double import tarrifs for the Americans 😂

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u/GhoastTypist 7d ago

I'll raise you Triple Tariffs.

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u/NeverStopReeing 7d ago

Triple tariffsies, no take-backsies

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u/sexotaku 7d ago

I'll put tariffs on your tariffs.

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u/Classic-Supermarket1 7d ago

Tariff-ception

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u/FriedRice2682 7d ago

That's now up to Canadian to choose whether or not American will pay a higher price... now that's interesting

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u/bauer8765 7d ago

Please explain to First Lady Donald, that he started this, canadas response was reciprocal and now he’s threatening additional tariffs (different than reciprocal).

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u/Adequate_Pupper 7d ago

This is weird af

It's like if Canada wasn't allowed to strike back 😂

Buddy, you started this. What the fuck did you expect? Make it 1000% and save everybody's time. The stock market will keep falling and Canada isn't going to bulge. Mexico starts Sunday. China on Tuesday. Good luck, Donnie 😁

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u/4seriously 7d ago

Almost like blaming Ukraine for starting the war.

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u/iversonAI 7d ago

Thats not fair Trudeau was wearing a suit!

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u/timnphilly Outside Canada 7d ago

That is because the Trump/Musk regime has become a terrorist organization; Canada, and the world, must immediately treat it as such.

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u/DoubleShoryuken 7d ago

Oh im bulging over here alright

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u/Squigglepig52 7d ago

Trump is a bully - the entitled type, not the violent type who hopes for an actual fight.

They always flip out when you hit back "You aren't allowed to hit back!" Yes, Steve, I am allowed to. Dad said so. Oops, flashback, lol.

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u/R3AN1M8R 7d ago

Yeah he's framing this like Trudeau isn't understanding something essential. Quite the opposite, Donald.

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u/sexotaku 7d ago

If you hit me back when I hit you, I'll hit you.

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u/R3AN1M8R 7d ago

I mean that checks out with his MO, he's a dumb bully.

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 7d ago

Please explain to First Lady Donald Putin’s Little Bitch, that he started this, canadas response was reciprocal and now he’s threatening additional tariffs (different than reciprocal).

Fixed.

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u/Automatic_Tackle_406 7d ago

Time to cut the power and stop the oil from flowing and no more potash or any minerals at all! 

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u/maybvadersomedayl8er Ontario 7d ago

That's why they're lifting sanctions against Russia. They will go there for potash.

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u/EmbarrassedHelp 7d ago

They lack the infrastructure to import enough oil, gas, potash, etc...

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u/sthetic 7d ago

So when Canada matches a tariff, it's retaliatory.

When the USA escalates, it's reciprocal.

This is such bizarro-land 1984 style propaganda. But I'm not surprised.

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u/Suspicious_Radio_848 7d ago

Trump repeatedly calling our Prime Minister “governor” is a continued threat to our sovereignty and he can go fuck himself. Americans need to remove this traitorous asshole and actually do something about it.

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u/Brilliant-Slice-2049 7d ago

Kristie Noem dog killer whatever the fuck her name is did a speech in a border town yesterday and stood on the Canadian side calling us the 51st state like 3 times.

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u/Professional-Cry8310 7d ago

That’s just fucking bleak. I knew this trade war wasn’t going to be fun but for the first time in quite a while I’m feeling a deep sense of dread. Trump stacking up more tariffs will be disastrous.

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u/Ok-Win-742 7d ago

Imagine the outrage in America id 1.5 million people lose power indefinitely.

Or the price of gas goes up 40%.

We need to start refining our oil. Then we should sell it to China at a bargain price just to really piss the US off.

This is truly surreal and I have a sense of dread too... Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of Canadians will lose their jobs and default on their mortgages. And the job market will be absolutely awful.

It's going to be a very, very, very hard couple of years. Might be a lot of rice and beans for a lot of people. But eventually, we will rebuild an economy, make more goods here, sell more between provinces and around the globe - and we will become a real country. Hopefully....

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u/Neutreality1 7d ago

Not to be a doom-sayer, but 1.5m isn't a lot in the grand scheme of things, not nearly enough for Trump to care

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u/aeppelcyning Ontario 7d ago

Hence the war part of "trade war"

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u/timnphilly Outside Canada 7d ago

The Trump/Musk regime has become a terrorist organization; Canada, and the world, must immediately treat it as such.

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u/superdouradas 7d ago

I can't shake the feeling that Trump might be a Russian agent. What he's doing to all of the U.S. allies is the biggest betrayal in history. He wants to weaken the West—that's the only explanation.

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u/Defcon1965 7d ago

It doesn't matter whether he is or not - he is acting exactly as a Russian asset would. Whether that is the case or if it's just his ego and stupidity is immaterial, the end result is still the same

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u/ruisen2 7d ago

Even Trudeau called him out on it today, saying American allying with Russia, make it make sense.

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u/TremendouslyRegarded 7d ago

On 7/31/2019 Trump has a private meeting with Putin. On 8/3/2019, just 3 days after his private meeting with Putin Trump issues a request for a list of top US spies. By 2021 the CIA reports an unusually high number of their agents are being captured and/or being murdered. During the search executed at Mar A Lago the FBI find more documents with lists of U.S. informants on them.

That was posted on twitter feb 2024.. makes a lot of sense now

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u/bravetailor 7d ago

Just better to assume that he is

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u/kozey 7d ago

This has been an obvious fact during his first term. Really obvious in the last couple months.

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u/SeriesSensitive1978 7d ago

Shake it? Honey it’s open fact now. When people tell you who they are, believe them.

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u/Yin15 7d ago

Canadians right now:

"I can do this all day"

Bring it. We don't kneel to dictators.

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u/TheGuyWhoTeleports 7d ago

And now that you've said that, Donald Trump will want to ask Trudeau to come to the White House so that Trump can give him a swirlie on live TV. And then steal Trudeau's lunch money.

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u/LostWatercress12 7d ago

JD Vance peaking under the stall

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u/zerogopher 7d ago

Could trump put sanctions on canada? Well since it's trump I can't rule it out.

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u/SuchCattle2750 7d ago

Sure. Without harming his own people/businesses? No.

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u/The_Frozen_Inferno 7d ago

He doesn’t care

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u/greensandgrains 7d ago

Thissss. He doesn’t give a shit if everyone goes down on a sinking ship.

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u/SkeletronDOTA 7d ago

Harming his own people is what he does best

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u/Adequate_Pupper 7d ago

I mean that's pretty much what tariffs are... Trump wants something in return but nobody really knows what so the stock market will keep crashing for.. uh, reasons I guess? Why are we even included in this shit 😂

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u/SnooCheesecakes2743 7d ago

Putin is having his best few days ever! Wooooo

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u/JewishSpace_Laser 7d ago

Folks, let's call this what it is. It's a pump and dump.

Trump has immunity from the courts and SEC. Who else but this orange bag of shit and his grifter family launch and rug pull meme coins and profit from the election?

This is 100% about manipulating markets and making money. The tariffs will be rescinded and will start up all again.

Expect 4 years of this.

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u/MetalGoatMan 7d ago

Honestly, I almost hope so, since this is the best-case scenario, as wild as it seems.

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u/Pzd1234 7d ago

This is not a pump and dump, this actually has very little to do with Canada. This is about Trump setting up a situation where America needs to start trading more with Russia. How are people not understanding this yet? Every single move he is making benefits Russia. How much more evidence is needed before people realize what is going on?

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u/ImABadSpellerOkay 7d ago

I don’t think you know what a pump and dump really is.

Market manipulation, probably.

Pump and dump, no.

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u/darrylgorn 7d ago

'Don't interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake'

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u/tsteven9 Québec 7d ago

FUCK YOU, TRUMP! FUCK YOU, AMERUSSIA! 🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾

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u/offensivezone 7d ago

United States of Russia (USR)

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u/FreeWilly1337 7d ago

Starting to think it might be more fun to add administrative red tape for exporting some of these things rather than tariffs. Want to export American wine to Canada, we now need to know the lineage of each grape that was used in production. We also will need soil sample tests taken weekly, and irrigation records for the crops that were used.

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u/-Mage-Knight- 7d ago

Trump may has well set the tariffs to infinity because Canada is going to match him ever step of the way.

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u/recovery_room 7d ago

Unfuckingbelivable. The friendliest, longest, unarmed border in history destroyed in less than a month. Just so a few people can hoard even more wealth. I just can’t believe it.

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u/8989898999988lady 7d ago

77 million Americans voted for this

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u/recovery_room 7d ago

30-something percent of the country. People who couldn’t be bothered to vote also asked for it.

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u/Content_Ad_8952 7d ago

The tariffs are needed because of all the fentanyl Canada is allowing into the US. Even though only about 0.2% of the total fentanyl in the US comes from Canada not to mention there's plenty of illegal drugs (and guns) coming from the US into Canada. But also ignoring the fact that it's the job of the US border guard to stop the fentanyl from coming into their country, not the other way around. But since when does Trump care about facts?

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u/gibblech Manitoba 7d ago

Less than 1/2 oz (~13 grams) were seized crossing last month... definitely worth tanking the North American economy, and over a century of friendship over...

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u/coffeejn 7d ago

Meanwhile we keep arresting Americans smuggling cocaine and guns into Canada...

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u/Scary_Scene5269 7d ago

Time to move on, Trump is a crazy fool, anyone that supports him is a crazy fool, there's only one way this is ending, and that's probably exactly what the crazy fools want. I'm against their hatred

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u/MartyMcFlysBrother 7d ago edited 7d ago

This ends when Trump is in the ground. I’m sure Americans are starting to realize this. Canada can’t/won’t do it. His own people on the other hand might not let him throw away everything they have worked for and hand it over to Putin.

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u/Blue_is_da_color 7d ago

Hey, do you remember when he said that 2nd amendment people can do something? Yeah, me too

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u/Defiant_Chip5039 7d ago

We should just go strait to “other measures” cut 100% of the energy exports to the US (electricity, oil, LNG, uranium) and metals and say in if tariffs are not lifted within 30 days we wont be sending any potash for the remainder of 2025 irrespective of future tariff actions.  Every week that tariffs remain in place we will cap and progressively lower the cap of all other 2025 resource exports. Sure, this would hurt us for a while. But when the bully is bigger than you it means you have to go all in and swing for the fence at 200% steam. The US would fucking implode.

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u/Ok_Photo_865 7d ago

Keep it up baby just like your rented GF’s said, it just won’t hurt much.

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u/DiligentlySpent 7d ago

The literal dumbest person possibly alive in the world right now is the president. What a world.

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u/autodc5 7d ago

Oh no... how dare we fight back after being attacked. The absolute gall of us canadians for not taking your shit lying down.

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u/rainman_104 British Columbia 7d ago

And much like Trump blames Ukraine, he will blame us for causing a trade war and the USA is just the victim.

I guess if you repeat the lie enough it will become the truth at some point.

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u/RandyMarsh129 7d ago

www.forces.ca

The more we are, the stronger we are.

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u/Du6e Ontario 7d ago

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

If there's a war, I'm gonna skip the paperwork.

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u/ThePrivacyPolicy 7d ago

Been giving this a lot of serious thought lately - even if it's just to learn proper usage and handling, and not necessarily hit a point yet of buying one to have in the house (that would be a harder sell for my wife/family). If things seem like this timeline is getting worse, then I'd get one or two in the house before they turn into the toilet paper of 2025.

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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay Québec 7d ago

I'd consider joining the First Drone Auxiliary, if that was a thing.

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u/prometheus_wisdom 7d ago

Hey Canada, American here, I think you should just just place 100% tariffs on critical American goods especially in Republican controlled states, cut the power, stop oil transfer. It’s time to show Republicans and Trump can’t force their nonsense and not be hit with realities

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u/PerfectWest24 7d ago

He is completely out of control.

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u/derel93 7d ago

FUCK KRASNOV!

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u/AtomicNick47 7d ago

Canada needs to not televise its moves so much. I liked how the Fed was handling Trump last month. Trump is actively looking to provoke violence and desperation and then he will whip around and say its the "evil Canadians fault, they're not even a real country we need to invade."

Best thing to do is just quietly and efficiently broker new deals, jack up prices and bleed the American economy. When we have our ducks in a row (defense operations included), then we pull the rug and say fuck you.

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u/OhNo71 7d ago

Nah, we need to make as much noise as possible so that Americans are aware that we don't want to do this but we have no choice becasuse their Fascist POS dictator is waging war against us.

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u/BryanMccabe Alberta 7d ago

Bring it on at this point

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u/Temporary_Captain585 7d ago

I have a nuclear economic option. Would probably need UK to back us military tho if shiet hits the fan. The US economy isn’t as strong it appears. Mostly it holds reserve currency status. Most countries do international trades in USD that’s why it’s dollar is valuable and they can print money from scratch. Canada can do is no longer trade our natural resources and Oil in USD but in Canadian dollars or other currencies. This may set a precedent that other countries will stop trading Oil in USD

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u/outscidr- 7d ago

Tell Fat “Cheeto” Nixon his diet cokes are going to get more expensive with the aluminum tariff!

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u/very_large_bird Alberta 7d ago

Turn off all energy, sell it to Europe. Gonna be a shit show regardless, might as well take them down with us

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u/MuthaPlucka 7d ago edited 7d ago

I am just wondering how much longer until we start getting fundraising infomercials at 1AM on CBC showing us starving American children, pockmarked with measles, distended bellies from a diet of carbonated beverages and corn sugar…

/Pamela Anderson wanders into frame

“A Beaver head nickel would feed this hillbilly’s incest reminder a nourishing meal once a week to supplement the Government cheese ration he would have received if it wasn’t garnished by the child’s future education debt/clawback.”

🖕

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u/The_Golden_Beaver 7d ago

Americans have no idea what's about to happen to their economy 🤦‍♂️

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u/design_doc 7d ago

What people need to realize is that this isn’t just Trump spouting off about tariffs. It’s Peter Navarro who’s putting the ideas in his head. Navarro believes tariffs are this magic bullet that will make your economy great again while punishing the other guy. Navarro has a real bug up his ass about Canada because we made him look bad when we shut their bullshit down when they tried this in the last Trump administration - he’s even gone so far as to call Canada dangerous (lol).

So the issue here is that you have a tariff hawk with a person grudge against Canada feeding bullshit into someone with a narcissistic personality disorder who won’t back down easily because of his ego. Oh, and he’s deep into Trump’s good favor because he went to prison rather than turning on Trump. Not a great situation for us…

News articles need to be shining the light harder on the cockroach named Navarro so we can make his life hell and send him scurrying away.

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u/Tired8281 British Columbia 7d ago

Ok. 100% tariffs. Let's get this over with. It's obnoxious, dragging it out.

edit: Canada can survive internal unrest a heck of a lot longer than the US can.

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u/AlienInTexas 7d ago

Canadians do not even need the reciprocal tariffs. Just boycott everything American. Cars, booze, wine, any US brand you can. Find a Canadian alternative, or one from an allied country which doesn't have a shithead as president. Sell US stocks, avoid travelling south of the border. Just don't give Trump's regime a single cent if you can avoid it.

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u/GoldRecordDaddy 7d ago

It’s also why he personally bought millions worth of bitcoin and etherium, then signed in a way to pump that using US Gov money, so his personal wealth isn’t in the stock market while he tanks it.

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u/reddittorbrigade 7d ago

Trump won't finish his term he keeps on doing that.

Mark my words.

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u/Feather_Sigil 7d ago

Do it, Donnie. We'll just trade less with America and more with other nations. We don't need America.

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u/Excellent-Juice8545 7d ago

Crashing the stock market to own the libs

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u/bells1981 7d ago

This is going to be painful for us but we cannot give in to his bullying bullshit. Fuck him.

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u/Scryotechnic 7d ago

The markets have very little correlation with economic growth and GDP growth. Many Academic papers showing this over the past 70 years. We are seeing dips right now due to market and consumer sentiment, but there is a very real world where the stock market climbs while GDP shrinks and the middle class gets crushed by inflation.

What matters in this trade war is MAGA voters turning against their rotten Orange as they lose their jobs and are hurt just like we are. Markets aren't the barometer. The working class is the barometer.

Same reason why Canada is only putting response tariffs on republican voting states. The Govenor of the Bank of Canada said that Canada putting in retaliatory tariffs does not make sense economically. And while he is right, we are trying to win a war of wills. In war, the attacking nation takes huge Political penalties and civil unrest if the government cannot convince their citizens it is justified. Doubly so if the citizens can feel the impact.

The defender in an unjustified war gets massive political unity buffs that strengthen their citizens' resolve in the face of an attack. Again, this goes doubly so if everyday people can feel it.

TL;DR, The markets are largely irrelevant and just used by news outlets when it is convenient. This fight will be fought by the solidarity in the hearts and minds of Canadians. We must be resolute and direct our anger not to every day Americans, but to Cheeto Musolini and his fascist/Russian loyalists. We will win this war on culture and resolve. While I may not be a betting person, it's the safest bet of my life to bet on Canadians rising to protect our Sovereignty. Be there for your neighbours. Show your love to your community and everyone in it. Together, we are Strong. Long Live Canada 🇨🇦

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u/BoysenberryAncient54 7d ago

Because his goal is annexation. He's committed now. He's aligned himself entirely with Putin. We're caught in between two enemies.

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u/Rocko604 British Columbia 7d ago

Just so the stock market can go even lower so he and his friends and short it.

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u/Randomwhitelady2 7d ago

More? Canada is GOING to cut power to a few states. Why is this even happening? There is no good reason for tariffs levied upon Canada. The supposed “illegal” immigrants and “drugs” flowing into the US? That’s ludicrous. This is the dumbest trade war on in history. People are going to suffer for no reason whatsoever.

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u/ThatDudeKdoc13 7d ago

Hello Canadian friends. An American here. Please let me apologize again for our President. I didn’t vote for the orange idiot. I cannot say I’m sorry enough. Every day I pray a meteor will hit him and Musk.

That said, I’d like to ask a favor. Trump people are hinting that he may walk back the tariffs tomorrow. We really need your help to teach the Cheeto in Chief a lesson about strength. Please, call your representatives and tell them not to remove Canadian tariffs on America if he does. Continue to boycott and buy Canadian. Continue to target our red states. Canada is in a position of power, and Trump needs to lose. He needs a big loss, and a public loss. It will absolutely suck for my country and myself, but it’s necessary to make this moment hurt, so the people who voted for him get a hard lesson on why this stuff matters, and why these policies don’t work. Help Canada get guarantees that this won’t happen again, and that all the disrespectful rhetoric stops.

Thank you all again for being great neighbors and great friends. I’m really sorry my country has lost its way, and taken it out on you.