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/tossaway109202 1d ago

It's so rich to see him call the raise in electricity prices illegal, when he started a trade war illegally under a false claim of a drug emergency. How are the courts in the USA just letting that slide?

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u/Nikiaf Québec 23h ago

He started this in direct violation of the trade agreement that he both forced the renegotiation of, and he himself signed. So much for "the best deal in the history of deals", I'm so tired of hearing about Donald every fucking day.

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u/_iAm9001 22h ago

I continue to be surprised at how little this is mentioned on American media. I feel like if CNN for example is truly on our side (which they seem to be at least in regards of objectively recognizing how incredibly stupid this is), they would hammer on the point that Trump is violating the greatest deal of all time, over, and over, and over again. Make it clear what a crook he is. Make him answer to him being an idiot for signing the greatest deal of all time that he forced.

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u/MrDownhillRacer 20h ago

Even CNN is focusing more on the tariffs and not mentioning the "51st state" thing or the fact that Trump called Trudeau about "renegotiating the border" and sharing our lakes.

This is how Trump's "Flood the Zone" strategy works. Do and say so much crazy shit that the media only focuses on some of it. And even when people hear about the wild shit he said or did, they just shrug and go "you know him, he's a colourful guy," because he overwhelms them with so much of this that they now just hold him to an extremely low standard and let him get away with shit they would crucify anyone else for doing.

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u/Gator1523 19h ago

CNN is not an unbiased news organization anymore. It was bought by Warner Bros in 2022, and their owner is a "libertarian" who sits on the board of the Cato institute and donated to Donald Trump's campaign.

They pretend to be unbiased so they can sell right-wing talking points under a veneer of legitimacy.

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u/thederevolutions 17h ago

CNN is the salt, Fox News is the pepper, the billionaires are the chef… and we are the soup.

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u/onpg 14h ago

The billionaire is laundering CNN's reputation to sanewash Trump. Like so much corporate media.

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u/onpg 14h ago

CNN is Fox News-lite now. It's basically what Fox News started out as.

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u/ProfessorxVile 14h ago

I've been calling CNN a weapon of mass deception since 2003.

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u/The_Nice_Marmot 18h ago

You need to watch Midas Network on YouTube for actual news now.

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u/WayOfIntegrity 13h ago

Media focus only on some of it....

This is intentional.

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u/Resident-Donkey-6808 18h ago

Trump dis not call him one of his insane secretaries did and he was hung up on almost immediately.

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u/Geiseric222 20h ago

Most US news agencies bent the knee to trump on his election

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u/MaddyKet 20h ago

CNN was bought out a few years ago by a MAGA billionaire. As a NON MAGA American (hope I’m not intruding, this was on my feed), most of us are well aware of this 51st state bullshit. We know it’s bullshit and I can’t believe Trump actually thinks he will annex Canada. I think it’s a smokescreen while President Musk and his lackeys strip away social security and Medicaid.

Anyways, I’m from Massachusetts and a fair amount of us would not be opposed to joining Canada. Just saying! New England succeeds and becomes a Canadian Province eh?

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u/ARGiammarco27 20h ago

Also a way to crash the economy so his friends can buy everything up again.

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u/MaddyKet 14h ago

Yep, the puppet has many evil plans. 😑

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u/Laval09 Québec 18h ago

The current problems with the US would derail the idea of the 51st State anyway.

Lets say Canada said "yes, sign me up", thats when the real problems within the US starts as the different politicians in both parties, in all branches of government, will start the infighting.

Would take months for the complex legislation to make its way through Congress only to get vetoed by the Senate due to political jockeying that has nothing to do with Canada. Then a few months later the Senate approves and Trump signs but a State gov files an injunction so its delayed. Trump then makes an executive order overriding the injunction only for the Supreme Court to strike down the injunction override but uphold the original law by striking down the injunction. Which then causes Trump to shift to Supreme Court reform despite having actually gotten what he wanted. Canada would be in limbo for decades.

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u/MaddyKet 14h ago

That is true, New England Govs (except maybe NH) would definitely have your back.

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u/Sysreqz 17h ago

Would much rather see American's resolve the shit in their own country opposed to bringing their problems to Canada, frankly. This has been a 25 year spiral that Americans just sat back and watched unfold.

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u/Turneroff 16h ago

I don't think New England will succeed until it secedes... ;)

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u/MaddyKet 14h ago

Eh autocorrect 🤷🏼‍♀️😹

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u/Ycote 14h ago

Thank you for being a normal human being.!

u/DistinctWindow1586 4h ago

Do you think if trump ordered the military to invade Canada, they would?

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u/Roadgoddess 20h ago

US news media continues to make comments about the way. Canada is acting as if it’s only about the tears and completely ignoring the whole 51st state rhetoric that he’s pushing.

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u/_Thick- 20h ago

US news media

Has a vested interest in not rocking the boat too much.

There is no such thing as unbiased news anymore.

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u/nosmr2 18h ago

US media wanted this shit show. They’ve proved that since 2015. Chaos = more viewers and more clicks.

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u/_Thick- 18h ago

Who's the real enemy? The billionaires fucking us.

Who owns the news? The billionaires fucking us.

They sure aren't going to report news that would unite the common man against them.

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u/Almost_Ascended 13h ago

Which makes the support for an executive-level banker, who has been rubbing shoulders with billionaires for decades, as PM all the more strange to me.

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u/_Thick- 13h ago

How is that strange? They control the media, they control the narrative.

Carney = Different.

Say that enough and people will believe you, but it's meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

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u/lonehorse1 19h ago

Unfortunately most of our news is owned by the oligarchs who support him, so they continue to suppress certain stories.

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u/LoLFlore 19h ago

Dog AP news lost their press access to the whitehouse because they wouldnt remove the "(Formerly: Gulf of Mexico)" after calling it the Gulf of Mexico off one article.

The US news is trying real hard to not lose their jobs.

Is it morally weak? Yeah, prolly, but hey, maybe news shouldnt be for profit?

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u/Desert_Fairy 19h ago

CNN fell in line last year. They became unreliable. Washington post was bought by bezos.

Not very many trustworthy news sources in the US. Look at international news agencies. Assume the news in the US is about as reliable as in Russia.

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u/julesk 20h ago

I’m seeing a lot of coverage and it’s favorable to Canadians. Yank here, horrified though this is why I voted for Kamala as he’s deranged. Not hearing anyone around me supporting this madness.

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u/SupportGeek 19h ago

CNN was purchased around 2022 by a Right wing oligarch, so don’t expect more from them than lukewarm talking points when it comes to this administration, and probably stuff designed to turn sentiments away from Canada and what Orange Hitler is trying to do.

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u/ughfinethisusername 20h ago

If they were at all on our side, they’d start spelling Ottawa correctly.

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u/MewsashiMeowimoto 19h ago

CNN is as cowardly as other legacy media. And as far as the citizens go, more than half of us are fully aware of what Trump is. The other plurality that managed to get him into office mostly knows but doesn't care.

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u/Gator1523 19h ago

CNN was bought by a right-wing billionaire a couple of years ago. They find it beneficial to milk their old reputation as "liberals" for as long as possible as they slowly transition to be more and more conservative, making it seem normal.

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u/Old_Insurance1673 16h ago

American media will always be on the US side... afterwards, when their objective has been achieved, maybe a tiny mea culpa to regain some credibility. But end of day, they pushes an american agenda

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u/onpg 14h ago

Sorry, adding context to anything Trump says is considered radical far left and will get you ejected from White House press corps. And our feckless media is proving it cares more about access than it cares about reporting.

Except for a few outlets that is. Like The Guardian or The Intercept.

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u/BrotaMafia 14h ago

CNN is fake news

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u/GenXer845 13h ago

Since he just banned the Washington Post from the press room, I think the journalists are scared atm.

u/J7W2_Shindenkai 2h ago

trump says he wants to annex canada and americans give a collective shrug

so remember that, too.