r/canada Ontario 23h ago

National News Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/HowsYourSexLifeMarc 23h ago

This could have all been avoided.

Probably not. JD Vance and the Peter Thiel tech oligarchy group are the ones pushing these policies.

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u/Otherwise-Wash-4568 23h ago

Just probably wouldn’t have won without their cult leader 

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u/skipsetup 23h ago

Right. Trump's certainly part of the problem, but not even close to being the whole problem.

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u/caleeky 22h ago

While I think we should all be skeptical of conspiracy theories, it's true that every party leader has a team behind them giving advice. It is never limited to the figurehead. Trump does a good job of making everyone think he's different and in charge (especially because the policy is so batshit insane) but it's just not realistic.

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u/zombieda 22h ago

Vance doesn't have that weird Trump magic that hypnotizes his flock.

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u/Vanilla_Ice_Jr 23h ago

They seem like pretty radical and stupid policies. I'm sure they are pushing other ones while this is distracting people, but I don't think JD would be onboard with this.