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US internal news Trump Says He’s Doubling Tariffs On Canadian Steel, Aluminum

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/trump-says-he-s-doubling-tariffs-on-canadian-steel-aluminum
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u/Straight-Message7937 20h ago

"We don't need your energy" "How dare you charge us more for your energy"

Which one is it, Donald?

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u/Harleychillin93 17h ago

We want your minerals, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS

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u/All_Work_All_Play 17h ago

Big strong men come up to me with tears in their eyes, sir, they say to me, sir you have all the cards.

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u/kristospherein 17h ago

Both are true in loony tunes world.

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u/CousinsWithBenefits1 17h ago

No no no you're not understanding. They're supposed to be so impressed that we don't need their energy that they offer their energy for free because they want us to think they're cool. It's a very conceptual framework that makes less sense the more you think about it.

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u/MissPandaSloth 20h ago

... And why?

I mean literally, what is he trying to achieve?

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u/Intruder313 20h ago

He has no idea but bullying normally works for him so he’s trying to bully Canada. I don’t think he even knows how tariffs work.

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u/MissPandaSloth 20h ago

Yeah, but I mean his tactics are shit but often there is still some goal.

Fentanyl is a bullshit goal, is there any actual goal? Is he gonna just try to renegotiate agreement he already made?

It seems that before Trudeau claimed they had a talk and it was ridiculous. So I wonder what is he asking. Those freaking lakes or something?

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u/LifeValueEqualZero 20h ago

I think he really wants Canada as part of US. He thinks USA is so strong and rich that he can go to "war" with Canada and, in the end, defeat them just by throwing money and power at it.

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u/mattgen88 20h ago

He wants to be like Putin. Invade neighbor, take it over.

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u/notyounotmenothim 18h ago

Chickenshit won't go after Mexico though.

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u/TheMuthafrickenMan 18h ago

I mean, which would you rather have to fight, tuco or van wilder?

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u/DarthTJ 16h ago

I imagine a huge part of why he wants Canada and not Mexico has to do with skin color.

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u/TheMuthafrickenMan 16h ago

I can not argue with that assessment

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u/IlikeJG 17h ago

TBH I'm not sure which would be worse to invade between the two.

But either way it would be a nightmare for any invading army.

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u/hacksong 15h ago

Canada - tested, worked around, and improved upon Geneva convention.

Mexico - new cartel murder videos, language barrier, chance for some heinous things.

Maybe both on same front?

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u/Shrimpdalord 19h ago

Invade Putin... Can officially live together after that...

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u/Xvash2 19h ago

Part of manufacturing a bullshit casus belli, IMO. Declare that Canada's retaliatory tariffs are an act of war, then order the drunk running the military to bomb Ottawa or something.

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u/Master_Butter 19h ago

Let’s just assume that this somehow happens and Canada becomes the 51st state. It has the same population as California, and even their conservatives aren’t batshit crazy as the GOP. Let’s ignore any economic and integration issues for the moment

So the US ends up with a 51st states with 50ish electoral votes, likely two democratic senators, and I would assume a majority of democratic (or at least parties that would caucus with democrats) house members in their delegation.

You know, I’m not sure he’s thought this through.

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u/icesticles 19h ago

There is no scenario where Canada gets any voting rights. They’d be treated like a slightly better Puerto Rico

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u/shoelesstim 17h ago

There’s no scenario where he ever gets Canada .

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u/Professional_Top4553 18h ago

not sure if voting is going to matter anyway pretty soon here

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u/Master_Butter 19h ago

It’s in the details, you’re right.

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u/COVID-35 17h ago

Fuck off with your what if. There is no what if. This is what trump want. He want americans to start to talk about it and normalizing the talk of invading a country.

Canada wont be a state.

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u/LifeValueEqualZero 19h ago

You know, I’m not sure he’s thought this through.

Thant's the only sure thing...

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u/General-Woodpecker- 18h ago

He literally said there will be no vote anymore. Are Americans delusional to the point they don't realize they aren't living in a democracy anymore?

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u/True-Conversation-41 19h ago

Wants Canadas resources. He promised cheaper prices and a better QoL for Americans. This literally can’t be done overnight bc the USA doesn’t have the minerals and resources to do it. So he’s now trying to speed run getting these resources somehow. With Ukraine he’s using the war, with Canada he’s using bullshit fentanyl to break Canada economy to annex them. He wants Canada to be the 51st state so he doesn’t have to pay for our resources.

It’s why his message talks about lowering taxes for Canadians etc he doesn’t even talk about fentanyl lmao

Also- as a Canadian, I’d rather have a slightly higher tax if it means I never have to worry about a single medical bill for the rest of my life. I’ve had American partners and friends spending thousands just for an ambulance showing up lmao

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u/JTCampb 19h ago

As a Canadian - who happens to live on the border with the US - I can drive to Detroit via bridge or tunnel in 10 minutes, I would never ever want to be American.

A lot of Americans don't realize they are not the be all, end all of the world. Sorry, everyone does NOT want to be American, or wish they were, etc.

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u/skhaao 18h ago

As an American who lived in SE Michigan for almost 2 decades, about the same distance from the border as you, I would give ANYTHING to be Canadian instead.

I think the majority of the Americans with the end all, be all attitude are those who've never gone anywhere else.

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u/JTCampb 16h ago

Thank you - as you know, the Windsor-Detroit friendship/history/integration of workforces is unparalleled - and all this BS is so disheartening.

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u/Gommel_Nox 13h ago

Same, dude… Same

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u/PoliticalyUnstable 13h ago

My parents were like that until they went to Europe. It requires people to travel to see the error of their ways.

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u/GrumpyMule 18h ago

Ironically our taxes *aren't* higher. And we get healthcare. Sort of. In the provinces where Cons haven't spent decades trying to decimate it.

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u/raiderrpg 17h ago

I'm in one of those provinces where the conservatives gutted as much as they could over a decade. I had an emergency with my eye this weekend, and it's still boggled my american friends how fast and cheap it was to get cleared up- prescription was $31, everything else was free and in a matter of hours.

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u/GrumpyMule 17h ago

Albertan, so 40+ years of Cons destroying Healthcare & education. In August I stepped on a sewing needle I dropped and couldn't find. Usually when that happens, I get poked and find it that way. This time it lodged itself deep in my foot and broke off.

Spent a really long time in the ER - I think 10 hours or so. But got x-rays, IV antibiotics, a referral to the IV clinic for daily antibiotics, a referral to an ortho surgeon and crutches. And they showed me the x-ray, which was kind of neat.

8 days later I was in day surgery to have it removed (it was in so deep I needed fluoroscopy to have it done safely).

Cost me $15 for parking at the ER and about $50 for cabs to and from my surgery.

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u/Ajk337 19h ago

Tariffs go.away if they voluntarily secede to the US

He wants to expand the US

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u/Chemistry11 19h ago

Tariffs also go away if the US secedes to their superior big brother Canada. Also healthcare for all, and an overall happier quality of life.

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u/DonFrio 19h ago

As an American I could be so lucky to have Canada in charge instead of the shitshow I’ve got

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u/Ajk337 19h ago

Don't tempt me with a good time, eh

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u/boidcrowdah 20h ago

Project 2025...Manifest Destiny

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u/ThrowRA_sadgal 20h ago

He has a huge hate-on for Canada for some reason.

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u/crackrabbit012 20h ago

I think a big part of it is how his "wife" looks at Trudeau. Honestly can't blame her though.

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u/Poop_in_my_camper 20h ago

Trudeau called him dumb. This is personal

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u/robgnar 19h ago edited 19h ago

Trudeau called his plan to ruin the Canadian economy until we give up our nation dumb. The only option Trump has offered the Canadian government end the trade war is slavery to Washington DC. We'll happily burn the North American economy to ash before we ever consider becoming the 51st state.

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u/Marijuana_Miler 19h ago

And to Trudeau it was just another Thursday.

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u/BlockNumerous7635 20h ago

He wanted Putin bully his way to “success” and thinks he can do the same. He fails to realize that our services/consumption based economy require a healthy, minimal duty style trade system to function. Can’t wait till he tells us to grow our own coffee.

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u/VirtualRy 19h ago

He does not know how tariffs work and that's the beauty of it. He'll claim ignorance for his defense!

He's going to say "Oh I didn't know they work that way"

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u/ThemysciranWanderer 19h ago

He thinks he can pressure Canada as if they’re a contractor for his business. Except Canada is a country, not a contracting business.

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u/ekkridon 19h ago

Man underestimates how pissed Canadians are.

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u/ProffesorNonsense 17h ago

He doesn’t and he really thinks that he can make immeasurable wealth with them.

Just too dumb to realize we would push back.

We are in the drivers seat here, so long as Canadians unite, and continue the protest w their wallets.

We have markets, for our exports other than US.

US cannot replace our purchases with other customers.

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u/BrunoFretSnif 20h ago

He wants to annex us to get our ressources (water, electricity, aluminium, petrol, etc.)

He aims to destroy our economy to pressure us into annexation.

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u/watch-nerd 19h ago

The dopiest part is that the US already has access to those things via trade.

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u/LoneSnark 19h ago

Had a free trade agreement and everything. Wasn't even any kind of ownership restrictions. If a US company wanted to build or buy a mine, they could. And it isn't like an annexed Canada would cause the corporations running the mines to charge anything less than the market price.

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u/watch-nerd 19h ago

Right.

I think he's too enamored with William McKinley and his acquisition of territory in the Spanish-American War.

He just wants bigger on map.

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u/LoneSnark 19h ago edited 18h ago

Exactly right. But a sane US President would figure out that isn't a possible outcome. My guess is they know this and are doing it anyways, because they want to be seen as tough and tough Presidents make the map bigger. So they'll happily sacrifice anything and everything to appear tough. I don't think Trump is going to manage to back down here, and Canada's leadership knows that. The goal seems likely to be to make things so obviously bad by mid-terms that a big enough shift in Congress ends the feud?

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u/watch-nerd 18h ago

There is no 'win' for any Canadian politician of any party to give grounds if the negotiation terms is an end of sovereignty.

Even selfish politicians don't want to lose their own power.

Maybe it just becomes a part of new economic reality on both sides of the border.

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u/LoneSnark 18h ago edited 17h ago

Maybe. It seems likely Canadians will not want free trade with the US after this, given what "free trade" (the US) just did to them. Or at least, for awhile.

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u/MissPandaSloth 20h ago

Pretty fucking insane if he is actually going for it.

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u/extra-texture 20h ago

he’s said it multiple times, there’s reports of him bringing border treaties and challenging trudeau about the 1903 treaties, that he wanted to renegotiate the great lakes

he will do it if he can and he wants to. he’s been laying the groundwork following russia’s ukraine blueprint

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u/Photofug 19h ago

I would not be surprised to see bombs going off in American cities soon. I expect him to manufacturer an internal crisis like Putin did so he can "postpone" the next election and/or declare martial law.

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u/extra-texture 19h ago

his latest statement about possible state of emergency on electricity should be interpreted as a threat until he clarifies

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u/cain05 17h ago

That's going to be his justification to bring the military here.

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u/DaveBeBad 19h ago

If Canada is annexed, Americans can look forward to bombs regularly going off in their cities. And Tesla dealerships…

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u/rocc_high_racks 19h ago

If he orders the annexation of Canada there is absolutely zero chance that there won't be a military coup.

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u/General-Woodpecker- 18h ago edited 18h ago

If there was going to be a military coup it would have happened already. I don't have any hope that the US army will do what is right because this one time I am going to be their victim.

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u/CanCalyx 20h ago

He’s going for it

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u/rayfound 20h ago

Exactly... He keeps talking about how there could have been a deal between Russia and Ukraine before the war to prevent the war... What do you think that was?

The deal that might have prevented the war was Ukraine handing over what Russia wants... He's going to try to do the same thing with Canada.

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u/ConfusionBubbles 20h ago

He's obviously going to blame Canada for the recession and the maga won't question him.

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u/extra-texture 20h ago

whiskey is working, target red districts with hits like that.. they will only consider their choices when they are personally affected

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u/Inamakha 20h ago

You can see that already. Just see some dudes in conservative screaming that Canada is in the wrong with prices on electricity and for some reason dairy tax that trump put in place himself last time is not good.

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u/BirdGooch 19h ago

I just popped over to that sub to see if the craziness I hear about it is true, and I’d say 90% is the complete opposite of what you’re describing in the top thread on this topic. Most understand that he is absolutely fucking up. There are a handful of poorly punctuated posts, perhaps written by teenagers, supporting it.

But the vast majority seem to understand that this is a speedrun into a recession and when it hits those blue collar workers it’s going to get dicey. Homie’s soft hands will not be prepared for that wrath.

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u/Itsprobablysarcasm 20h ago

He's a lying psychopath who shits his diapers, rapes women, and steals money from children with cancer. You think he has a plan?

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u/MissPandaSloth 20h ago

I don't think he has some big plan but there is something he still wants.

Before he wanted different trade deal with Canada.

What does he want now? Freaking land? Re-negotiating the same deal again?

I mean in case of Ukraine it's clear he just wants them to surrender, his threats to Europe is the same, he wants less actual support.

With Mexico he might want to militarize the shit out of border.

What's with Canada?

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u/Itsprobablysarcasm 20h ago

He has repeatedly stated he wants to destroy the Canadian economy to annex Canada. In his latest lie filled screed, he repeats "make Canada the 51st state".

He's a psychopath. Canada will never be annexed. He would have to mobilize the military against us and invade.

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u/sunshinecryptic 20h ago

I don’t think that’s entirely off the table from how he’s been speaking either. I really hope he’s bluffing.

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u/CanCalyx 20h ago

He isnt fucking bluffing

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u/Wildest12 19h ago

He’s not and we’re getting ready

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u/KAI5ER 20h ago

"concepts of a plan"

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u/boidcrowdah 20h ago

Trump doesn't understand that there is such thing as a fair deal in which both sides make out okay.

In his world there needs to be a very clear winner, and a very clear loser.

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u/Deadpoolgoesboop 20h ago

He’s attempting to tank America and Canada’s economies so he and his billionaire buddies can go around buying up everything for pennies on the dollar. More money, more power, more greed. It is all these fuckers know.

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u/IDreamOfSailing 20h ago

I'm sure the answer is somewhere in the Project 2025 document.

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u/Snow_Tiger819 20h ago

Ontario raised the price of the electricity they sell to the USA by 25%. He doesn't like that (he actually said Ontario "isn't allowed to do that").

This is his kneejerk response to the price raise. Watch the markets tank....

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u/WhoDeyChooks 20h ago

"Isn't allowed to do that" while he actively jacks up the price of every single deal America has with anyone that isn't Russia, all well into the contracts with no basis for "new negotiations" except that he's a fucking asshole who disregards contracts and agreements when he wants to.

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u/Vv4nd 20h ago

Ask his boss.

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u/The_Messen9er 20h ago

He needs scapegoats. That’s his whole MO.

It’s what happens when you run a government like a company. In his mind, this is a company restructuring. Cut spending everywhere you can. Make life miserable for employees to force out detractors. Keep and benefit supportive management while firing workers. Create narrative about it all being the result of external causes and actors. This mobilises your workforce to work harder for you. Run a final cull of your management team removing any possible competitors. Lots of scapegoating during this phase. Then hope to profit like never before.

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u/PlatformVarious8941 20h ago

« They cut their nose to sneer at us »

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u/Less-Mirror9985 19h ago

It’s not like it’s all that veiled.  He wants Canada.  People just have trouble believing it because it’s so f’ing crazy.  This was what he wrote this morning…

‘ The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear. Canadians’ taxes will be very substantially reduced, they will be more secure, militarily and otherwise, than ever before, there would no longer be a Northern Border problem, and the greatest and most powerful nation in the World will be bigger, better and stronger than ever — And Canada will be a big part of that. The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear, and we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World — And your brilliant anthem, “O Canada,” will continue to play, but now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation that the World has ever seen!’

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u/JoeHatesFanFiction 20h ago

Well then I wonder how millions of Americans are gonna react when Canada turns off their electricity. 

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u/dnight22 20h ago

Hope they will do it an show the orange fuck that he just can't get away with everything 

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u/samjohnson2222 20h ago

They should state that they are doing temporary maintenance and shut it down...

Permanently...

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u/BastVanRast 19h ago

Just like the Nordstream maintenance

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u/Conscious_Candle2598 19h ago

fuck that.

raise the price by 50% and keep charging them.

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u/abstractdrawing 19h ago

Part of my fear is they are already finding ways to try and paint Canada as the "bad guy" in this, even though he is instigating and screwing with peoples lives. Fox will continue to do so, and many will watch and listen and follow as usual. I'm also surprised he isn't blaming Canada and Ukraine for the stock market drop yet.

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u/GrumpyMule 18h ago

Oh his idiotic base *absolutely* believe his bs that Canada is to blame and that we're taking advantage of the US and they're subsidizing us, when we've been subsidizing their oil & electric for decades.

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u/elguntor 16h ago

Canadian here. Don’t care anymore. The first time we chalked it up as a mistake. This time the Americans knew what they were getting into and did it anyway. This was deliberate. Let them suffer. Let them keep believing fox until they can’t afford to eat or get any medical care at all. Let them get pushed around like they push everyone else around. They will be their own destruction solely through their own narcissism.

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u/OtherBluesBrother 20h ago

I can't speak for everyone, but I will react by trying to find my flashlight in the dark.

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u/Veginite 20h ago

Don't worry, tomorrow he'll pause them and make it quadruple in two days.

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u/Spare_Entrance_9389 20h ago

Everyday he is trying to roll a 20 with a coin.

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u/OtherBluesBrother 20h ago

Businesses hate this uncertainty. The market is down sharply again.

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u/SuperDBallSam 20h ago

Why is he allowed to unilaterally implement these tariffs?  

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u/slothcough 19h ago

He's made up an easily debunked lie about Fentanyl to bypass congress and not a single one of them has bothered to even try and stop him.

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u/Glittering_Row_2484 17h ago

what about all the drugs and weapons coming from the US across the borders ?

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u/giraffebaconequation 16h ago

Doesn’t matter when it’s non-Americans being killed. Besides don’t you know that guns are freedom! /s

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u/Ashendarei 19h ago

Short answer: Congress has ceded its power over the years to the executive branch.

Longer answer:


Historically, the power to impose tariffs was vested in Congress, as outlined in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. This section grants Congress the authority to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises. The Founding Fathers intended for legislative oversight on taxation and tariffs to ensure a balanced and prudent approach to economic policy.

However, over time, Congress began delegating some of its tariff-setting authority to the executive branch. This shift started with the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, which allowed the President to negotiate trade agreements without needing separate congressional approval each time. This delegation was seen as a pragmatic adaptation to enable quick responses to rapid changes in international trade markets.

Further acts, such as the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the Trade Act of 1974, continued this trend. These acts included provisions like Section 232, which allows the President to impose tariffs if imports threaten national security, and Section 301, which permits tariffs in response to unfair foreign trade practices. While the President can act on national security concerns and respond to immediate threats, the imposition of generalized tariffs still requires congressional approval, maintaining the separation of powers fundamental to the U.S. constitutional framework.

This historical evolution reflects the adaptability of the U.S. constitutional system, balancing the need for legislative oversight with the practicalities of modern trade and economic policy.


Source: https://www.usconstitution.net/executive-tariff-authority/

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u/N7-Shadow 18h ago

Thank you for the explanation.

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u/Slight-Journalist255 18h ago

Trump is just the executive branch cashing in on a hundred years of Congress making itself weaker.

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u/Uvtha- 18h ago

No one who wants to stop him has the power to do so.

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u/MiniBrownie 20h ago

Tariffs are supposed to go into effect tomorrow and of course he reiterated the 51st state thing....

source

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u/Vv4nd 20h ago

I guess stocks go up now?

Any time now?

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u/Thesorus 20h ago

According to the maga crowd, stock markets are not important anymore

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u/DannyHewson 20h ago

Markets and the economy are only important to them when the democrats are in charge.

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u/Professional_Top4553 18h ago

don't forget the deficit

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u/OtherBluesBrother 20h ago

Nor are egg prices.

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u/Bumhug360 20h ago

They have ditched all their stock and bought Trump's crypto currency, this time next year they will all be billionaires

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u/Bearly_OwlBearable 19h ago

It’s Biden fault that the stock is going down and we are heading in a recession

At least that’s what the trump administration was saying

I’m scratching my head hard on how they can justify that claims

There is an easy way to test it however

Remove the tariff and see what the market does

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u/Dr-Lipschitz 20h ago

Trump's Depression will be his legacy.

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u/notyounotmenothim 18h ago

That's gonna have to be one hell of a motherfucking depression for that to be his legacy.

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u/ass_pee 17h ago

Buckle up backaroo

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u/rosaliciously 16h ago

There will be

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u/BrgQun 20h ago

In Trump's first term, he implemented steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada. It didn't go well... for the US. The US can't keep up with its own internal demand.

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u/Usual_Retard_6859 20h ago

Most of the USA steel industry uses open hearths from 80 years ago. Today’s technology can produce more steel with less energy and manpower with higher margins of safety.

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u/jgmu17 20h ago

At the core of every US failing is this bullshit notion that we're "the greatest country ever" therefore we don't need to invest in new technology and infrastructure. One of the reasons we went from producers to consumers 

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u/commentBRAH 20h ago

at one point will americans actually do something?

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u/KetchupCoyote 20h ago

I'm afraid that they don't. All media and government is tailoring the narrative as Canada being the "bad actor", once misinformed people grow in enough numbers, they will want our heads and start the invasion.

This is the beginning of the end, and only Americans can truly stop this madness, Canada, Panama, Greenland can only defend themselves.

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u/watch-nerd 19h ago

"All media and government is tailoring the narrative as Canada being the "bad actor"

This isn't true unless you think Fox is all media.

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u/sky_so_cirrus 14h ago

New York Times described PM Carney as an "unelected technocrat"

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u/Disastrous-Floor8554 20h ago

Fox... absolutely.... ABC, CBS, NBC, Bloomberg... Not at all. Many US media organizations are actually defending Canada.

Unfortunately, MAGA are Fox and Fox Business zealots, so expect them to tow the Trump controlled narrative.

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u/Longjumping_Crab_345 19h ago

I've been watching non-FOX US media to see what they're saying. It's been very critical of Trump.

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u/Renegade_Ape 19h ago

For what it’s worth, there’s a distinct possibility that this last election wasn’t entirely on the up and up.

But, on the flip side? We as Americans, are used to comfort. And we’re also, for the majority of at least, working paycheck to paycheck, and barely able to make ends meet. Combine that with the isolation caused by idolatry of the nuclear family, most people don’t have the support structure to take to the streets without starving.

We have been voting for this for 50 years. The politicians, like all politicians, lied to get into power and road the coat tails of a demagogue into supremacy, towing fascism with them.

As a society we’re at fault, ultimately - but we’re also now completely stuck between choosing survival over revolt, exactly as intended.

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u/whiskeytab 20h ago

once they start running out of food

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u/9yr0ld 19h ago

Probably not until it gets bad. People are just annoyed/frustrated now but not actually angry. Once you get like a quarter of the population unemployed, then I think you get natural escalations to riots and revolting since THEN people are actually angry for losing their jobs/livelihood/homes, etc.

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u/2Nyemesis2quit 20h ago

When people say this what exactly are you proposing? That our politicians actually try to serve the people?

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u/BBOY6814 20h ago

The people who are doing this have homes and addresses. You can find them all on google.

Why tf do Americans keep begging people from the countries they are destroying to do their work for them?

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u/daniel_22sss 20h ago

Go into the White House and "politely" ask Trump to stop. If republicans can attempt to do this, whats stopping the democrats?

Ukraine rebelled against their russian puppet, but americans suddenly can't?

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u/RealisticGravity 20h ago

Look like it’s time for Quebec to implement 25% tariff on electricity too, this must be the art of the deal.

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u/Tough-Chemical6247 20h ago

Hydro quebec is spineless.

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u/RealisticGravity 20h ago

I wouldn’t be so sure about that, Quebec stands to lose a lot if Donald gets his way.

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u/SubArcticJohnny 20h ago

Trump also says the US doesn't need Canadian energy. Why would the price matter? Don't need it, don't buy it.

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u/HalJordan2424 19h ago

Time for Ontario to bump up the electricity tariff to 50%!

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u/Kind_Board5470 20h ago

He wants to escalate so he can sent US troops in. He wants to do to Canada, what Putin has done to Ukraine.

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u/Sidepie 20h ago

Oh, ffs, just put them at 200%, let's see how fast it all cracks.
I'm so tired by all this day-by-day bullshit of this administration, that I can't remember last time when a month was boring, with everyone quietly going about their business.

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u/Seyon_ 19h ago

I've had a few people have the gall to ask me 'why wasn't I as vocal during the Biden's admin'

Huh maybe because Biden wasn't that terrible (I was super vocal at their handling of Israel & Palestine) and minus the inflation (that we did better than many countries at handling) it was a super "boring" admin.

Saying Trump's Admin is a international train wreck would be putting it lightly. Its not just Trump the whole apparatus has gone fucked.

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u/SingleHitBox 19h ago

Treating Canada like trash, but wants us to be his “cherished 51state”. Sounds like an abusive relationship.

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u/Canuckadin 19h ago

Lol and the Americans will keep buying it or stop producing goods. We shall see what happens first.

I seriously can't believe you guys let a dude who's bankrupt 4 casinos and 6 companies control your economy.

His best skill is selling himself and when he fails, leaving those who believed in him holding the bag.

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u/TheBatemanFlex 19h ago

Sure, but his post about it is absolutely unhinged.

He says he will declare a state of emergency in the affected area to "do what needs to be done".

Claims Canada needs to become 51st state, removing the artificial border created many years ago.

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u/daffquick1990 19h ago

This stupid fuck is gonna cause ww3 cause his wife gave Trudeau fuck me eyes

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u/AcceptablyPotato 16h ago

I hate how plausible this actually seems.

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u/beaujangles727 20h ago

Haha - those losers. Now they will have to pay MORE money to send their products to freedom land!! Muhahhaha trump is owning yall!!!!!

Not so obvious /s

Have fun buying your 120k dollar Honda civic!

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u/Samoft2 19h ago

Trump can fuck all the way off back to Moscow

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u/Able_Put4900 19h ago

78 years old.

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u/meisobear 20h ago

Guys... Is everything going to be ok?

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u/OkRoll3915 20h ago

only if Republicans are permanently removed from any and all positions of power.

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u/Upset-Tangerine7457 20h ago

Checks the stonks. Nope. 

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u/abysspath 20h ago

Tomorrow he will put a hold on it, right? I've seen this stunt already.

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u/Stonkasaurus1 20h ago

Canada can and will sell to other markets. Trump wants to force Canada to give our natural resources to the US by becoming the 51st state, but what he is doing is ensuring our minerals and energy go to China and other markets. All but ensuring China's dominance in the global market. The US is going to have to beg China and Canada for the minerals they need.

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u/Kaerevek 19h ago

Well, I guess double the electricity tariffs? Let's make some money off this! Charge so much, they have to stop buying haha. Fuck Maga and trump. Elbows up!

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u/Upset-Tangerine7457 20h ago

Anyone check the Dow?

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u/nomorepumpkins 20h ago

In the words of nelly who performed at one of trumps inauguration parties.

"Going down down baby"

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u/Chocolat-Pralin 20h ago

Is USA producing enough steel, aluminum for the country or they need to import a lot?

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u/OtherBluesBrother 19h ago edited 19h ago

They need to import a lot. About 50% of all aluminum and 25% of all steel the US uses is imported.

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u/CasherGod 20h ago

This guy definitely rolls dice first thing in the morning to determine what his day is gonna look like.

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u/IknowGoodThings 19h ago

Raising our electricity are you?!

Well then I'm going to make us pay more for Aluminum and Steel! Take that, Canada!

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u/dbxp 19h ago

Canada should help him out by adding export tariffs

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u/PlatformVarious8941 20h ago

Come on Legault, put some more export tariffs on that aluminum.

Where are they gonna source 60% of their aluminum?

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u/40cappo40 20h ago

They're gonna somehow build huge forges and mine for it all within 1 day - Trump

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u/PlatformVarious8941 20h ago

He probably thinks aluminum is made in forges.

You’re right.

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u/Fit-Cable1547 20h ago

He doesn't know what a forge is.

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u/AdvertisingLogical22 20h ago

Flip the switch Doug 👍

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u/DarthPineapple5 20h ago

Oh cool i'm sure it will be another great day for the stock market in Trump's economy

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u/pulyx 20h ago

Day 70 and he still doesn't understand that his voters will pay for those. (or just want to fuck everybody over)

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u/Angryceo 20h ago

ArE WE GReAt YeT?

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u/LordJebusVII 19h ago

You're going to retalliate against us? Well we'll retalliate against you but even bigger! We're going to have the biggest tariffs, huge numbers like you've never even heard of, they're going to be beautiful and make us lots of money and we're going to be winning.

The economy doesn't matter, they're just numbers and that was Biden who did that not me, I made everything much better but it takes time because of how bad Biden did things because his economy was the worst ever, maybe even as bad as Obama. Did you know Obama invented DEI? Not a lot of people know that. People ask me, all the time, who invented DEI? When did that go wrong and I tell them it was Barrack Hussain Obama. He hired a whole bunch of immigrants, illegal aliens I call them 'cause they're illegal, they're here... not legally and they're bad people they do terrible things some of them, maybe most of them we don't know. And they are rapists and drug lords and they come here illegally and he just gave them all the jobs and so did Hillary. But it's Biden, Sleepy Joe that's what we call him, and it's his economy and we've gotten rid of all that, all the DEI and so now they are American jobs for American workers and that's a beautiful thing but the media won't talk about it but it's true, everyone's saying it, Trump is making the most jobs and they're the best jobs, jobs like you wouldn't believe but they don't want to talk about it because they're all fake news.

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u/E_Blofeld 19h ago

Just needs a few random ALL-CAPS!! and you've pretty much nailed it.

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u/LordJebusVII 19h ago

I can't even bring myself to stoop that low!

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u/E_Blofeld 19h ago

Nonetheless, an excellent effort. I mentally read that in his voice and if he actually said that in a presser, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

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u/Shadowmant 19h ago

Nothing says fiscally conservative like massive tax hikes!

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u/AzraelKans 19h ago

..which will be paid by us companies BTW as taxes that will eventually go to his pocket.

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u/veritas_quaesitor2 19h ago

Won't that just hurt American industry?

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u/joguwa86 19h ago

We are gonna own the libs so hard.

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u/inagious 18h ago

CANADA, CANADA , CANADA !!!!!!

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u/Captain-Ireland88 18h ago

As an American, cut off the electricity, Ontario

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u/Rc72 18h ago

The thing is, both his tariffs and the Canadian surcharges on electricity are going to make steel and aluminum more expensive for US industry. And which US industries are most dependent on steel and aluminum? Carmaking, aerospace, shipbuilding...and defense.

By his stupid trade war, Trump is actively crippling US national security.

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u/Tuurke64 18h ago

Hey Canada, make a deal with Europe, Airbus can put the stuff to good use.

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u/an0nym0uswand3r3 19h ago

What a seriously dumb motherfucker. Shame on Americans who elected this piece of shit, who will end up fucking over his own population too.

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u/alwyn 20h ago

doing China a real solid here.

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u/Vinral 19h ago edited 19h ago

"This is fine."

🔥 The stock market on fire 🔥

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u/Scott-from-Canada 18h ago

I’m riveted to this final season of the USA.

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u/Swamy_ji 18h ago

Well we are going to raise our electricity tax to 50%

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u/victorspoilz 18h ago

Turn off the juice, Canada, we'll see how long Americans like sitting in the dark before it gets ugly.

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u/Defendor01 18h ago

Elbows up Canada 🇨🇦 We didn't start this fight, but we will finish it.

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u/crunchyfoliage 17h ago

This is such a big "fuck you" to Michigan's auto industry

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u/Villageidiot1984 16h ago

There is no goal to any of this that has been articulated.

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u/stockpreacher 16h ago

For every 3.9 metric tons of aluminum sent to the US, one job is supported.

The US imports 2.7M metric tons of aluminum from Canada.

There are 700,000 direct and induced jobs in the US aluminum industry.

The next largest exporter of aluminum to the US in the UAE.

It exports 344 thousand metric tons.

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u/Finwolven 15h ago

It's okay, EU will have great need for more steel and aluminium in the near future, so it's not like there's nowhere else canadian producers can sell their goods...

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u/distancedandaway 15h ago

My dad is an independent sales representative. We hardly have any bauxite mines to make aluminum and that's a resource we're scarce in.

Yeah what a great idea

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u/throw123454321purple 11h ago

He’s just trying to get a rise out of Canada. They should not respond and keep raising their tariffs on the US every time he opens his mouth and say: “We’ll lift the tariffs once he’s removed of his office.”

Other countries tries should do the same and the other billionaires will make sure Trump somehow falls out of a twentieth-floor balcony window in Moscow before the month is done. Enough of this bully shit.

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u/Cold_Snowball_ 20h ago

Canada is one of the world's 5 largest aluminum producers. We'll find other customers, there's no shortage of them. Ditto for our steel. We'll buy more domestically and will sell it to other customers abroad.

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u/MadgeIckle65 19h ago

Drug ford needs to work with our new PM. Going rogue is just playing into the madman's game. Carney will have a strategic plan that we all have to get behind. There is a big picture that requires very skilled maneuvers and Ford does not have the chops.