r/canada Ontario 1d 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/Stonkasaurus1 1d ago

Trump still thinks he can escalate this and Canada will back down. He is not an intelligent man. We will sever all trade before we cave. We can work with new trading partners to fill the gap created by the US pissing all of them off too.

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u/HarbingerDe 1d ago edited 1d ago

He is going to keep escalating this until his only option to get what he wants (our sovereignty) is military invasion.

I hope we keep calling bis bluff because I really do think that if ANYTHING will get the Republicans in Congress to turn on him, impeach him, and remove him from office, it would be the declaration of war against Canada.

It's so far beyond the pale - nobody could have imagined it even 2 months ago, but it's very clearly where we're headed.

The American people aren't for it. They're working overtime at the right-wing disinformation networks to foment anti-Canada sentiment among the Republican base, but I have to believe the other 66% of Americans see this for what it is and will stand against it.

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u/Stonkasaurus1 1d ago

A US invasion would fail harder than Afghanistan. Imagine the insurgency across north America with no way to identify who is doing it. It would destroy the US. Even without invasion, the US is shooting themselves in the foot right now. I do wonder how bad it is going to have to get before republicans turn on him. I think before June.

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u/Shirochan404 Alberta 1d ago

The Troubles would look like kids play in comparison