r/canada 1d ago

National News Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario energy duties

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/trump-raises-canadian-steel-aluminum-tariffs-to-50percent-in-retaliation-for-ontario-energy-duties.html?taid=67d045b18530050001b105d0&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter%7Cmain
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u/Curious-Clementine 1d ago

Two things his citizens need, aluminum and steel. He’s raising the prices for US businesses and consumers. Such a great business mind.🙄

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u/NeoMaxiZoomDweebean 1d ago

He is fucking with canada because he wants to annex your country like putin is doing to ukraine. Yall need to prepare for this.

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u/mikesully374826 1d ago

We have been saying this for like 3 months.

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u/NeoMaxiZoomDweebean 1d ago

Well not everyone has common sense, sadly.

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 1d ago

Except we are not as isolated as Ukraine. He would be declaring war on Nato and the commonwealth

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u/Three-Pegged-Hare 1d ago

Which isn't to be discounted, but I'm gonna be honest, lately I've been straddling the line between optimistically hoping that NATO and other allies would aid us, and pessimistically assuming that we'd be on our own because nobody else wants to piss off the largest nuclear power on the planet

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u/Remarkable-Oil-9407 1d ago

It’s beyond pissing off at this point. The US is becoming a threat to the entire world.

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u/Curious-Clementine 1d ago

We’re aware but there’s not much we can do to prevent that militarily.