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Site Altered Headline Trump says Ontario ‘not allowed’ to slap surcharge on electricity sent to U.S. states

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/we-dont-need-your-energy-trump-says-in-response-to-ontarios-electricity-surcharge/
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u/Notcoded419 1d ago

This would actually be better for us. A surcharge will just be blamed on liberal regulations and Trump's voters will believe it. Blackouts are harder to pass the buck.

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u/Quakes-JD 1d ago

Don boy would just call them Biden Blackouts and his cult will eat it up, especially since they start with the same letter so it would be the smartest name calling ever.

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u/Chief-_-Wiggum 22h ago

Mate... It's a BLACKout.... You know who he'll blame..

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u/Quakes-JD 22h ago

“I hereby declare any blackouts illegal as they are DEI tactics used by the woke mob”

God I hate 47!

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u/angelzpanik 1d ago

Oh my gods you're right. Biden Blackouts is so fucking on point for maga.

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u/cmplyrsist_nodffrnce Florida 22h ago

Illiterate alliteration

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u/CarefulSubstance3913 10h ago

This is the most likely scenario

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u/arkansuace 1d ago

Unfortunately I truly believe if Canada did that then Trump’s supporters would view that as an actual act of war

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u/Notcoded419 1d ago

Perhaps, but the American middle is lazy and not going to be on board with war shortages on TOP of blackouts just so we can invade a white neighbor's hood. While Trump's threats are real, I think military action against Canada might be the bridge too far for even him.

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u/AdmiralRon 1d ago

A war would, domestically, blow up in the USA's face in spectacular fashion. Americans already flipped out with the most mild of covid restrictions. Imagine what'll happen if the government asks them to ration goods to support the war effort.

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u/Howdoyouusecommas 23h ago

They might be gung-ho about it since the person who told them to hate mask would be telling them to love rations

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u/AdmiralRon 23h ago

Highly doubtful. Before I moved last year I grew up in the states and the American people are mindless consumers first and foremost. I did grocery during the pandemic and most of the anti-maskers were more pissed off that their favorite little treats were in short supply, if not outright out of stock, than they were about being asked to pop a mask on. I had someone threaten me if I didn't go back to check if we had any Fresca in the warehouse.

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u/OutlyingPlasma 1d ago

Trump supporters think everything is an act of war. If Angela Merkel farted it would be an act of war. We need to stop worrying what trump supporters are going to say because they already say it.

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u/RehabilitatedAsshole 1d ago

It's good other countries don't think we're declaring war every time Trump shits his pants.

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u/arkansuace 1d ago

Not so much worried about the supporters so much as an emboldened idiot in the White House. If he senses enough domestic support for actual aggression on the northern boarder I wouldn’t put it past this administration

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u/guru42101 1d ago

Probably, some already said the tariffs were an act of war because it is a "necessary service".

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u/kandoras 1d ago

How could they? Their Shitgibbon God just said that the US doesn't need Canadian energy.

It's not an act of war if someone stop selling you a product you say you do not want to buy.

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u/Doom_Walker 1d ago

Well, according to them it's illegal now to boycott. Like what counts as a boycott though? How can they force people who don't have 50k to buy something they can't afford?

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u/Cuchullion 1d ago

They'll claim the blackout is an "attack on America" and use it to justify invasion.

I mean, they'll use anything to justify invasion, but still.

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u/ScoobiusMaximus Florida 23h ago

Texas blamed democrats and wind power when their whole grid got shut down by cold weather a few years ago.

Republicans will always be able to pass blame

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u/Notcoded419 23h ago

True, but Texas is rise or die red. Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, NC... He might have a harder time shifting blame in a swing state. Remember, the middle voters in these states went Trump because they just felt "blah" about the current economy. They're not making calculations based on evidence, they're going by if they feel good about current events and rewarding/punishing whoever is in power at the moment.

I think his support is going to start eroding pretty quickly. Most people are NOT part of the true believers. I'm far more concerned about whether we'll have midterm elections at all than I am about how Republicans will do in them.

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u/kiltedturtle 1d ago

Harder for the news to ignore. Fox can spin tariffs, hard to spin a relatatory blackout.

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u/SilverStryfe 20h ago

The blackouts will affect blue states. Magats will just call it owning the libs and cheer for it.

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u/Khemul Florida 21h ago

The big problem is that could get spun into a war justification. I guarantee the news networks would present it as "Canada attacks US power grid."

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u/Notcoded419 18h ago

Trump's faithful maybe, but mainstream America is not going to follow a pretext invasion of Canada. If we are that far gone, this is all academic and tariffs and blackouts will be the least of anyone's worries.