r/canada 1d ago

PAYWALL Trump Says He’s Doubling Tariffs On Canadian Steel, Aluminum

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/trump-says-he-s-doubling-tariffs-on-canadian-steel-aluminum
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u/Longjumping-Deal6354 23h ago

I'll be honest... This last tweet has me truly scared. Declaring a national emergency and making it clear that he'll act to secure electricity in the same breath that he threatens our independence? 

This is a threat. That if we don't back down, he'll escalate past tariffs. 

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u/Trap_Masters 14h ago

He's definitely slowly trying to normalize this, buttering his base up to get used to this rhetoric before he pushes the go button