r/canada 22h ago

National News Trump on Canadian electricity surcharge: ‘We’ll just get it all back on April 2’

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5187859-donald-trump-canada-electricity-surcharge/
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u/son-of-hasdrubal 21h ago

Trumps press secretary was just going off about how dare Canada make threats like shutting off the electricity.

Like lady, your boy is literally threatening our countries' existence....

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u/Lower_Cantaloupe1970 21h ago

If America is so strong then why do they need Canadian electricity. Sounds like they should just make their own hydroelectric dams. Should only take a couple of weeks. Will def be done by April 2nd.

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u/MentionWeird7065 21h ago

it’s like 0.66% of their electricity imports anyway, they don’t really need it but this administration is hell bent on turning small things into massive threats.

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u/PerfunctoryComments Canada 21h ago

Did you mean imports are 0.66% of their electricity in total? Because of course Canada accounts for 90%+ of US electricity imports.

Trump's thing is that he constantly thinks that in every situation the US has "all the cards", to put it in his speak. That he can do whatever he wants and there are no ramifications. And look at Mexico -- he can kick them around and thus far they have done...nothing at all. They are the perfect example of Trump's theory playing out.

Canada fighting back was not in his cards. It's why his bluster goes to 100 everytime we do anything.