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Donald Trump on Thursday announced a 35% tariff on Canadian imports, starting Aug. 1, citing that Ottawa had retaliated with tariffs against Washington.

“Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its own Tariffs,” Trump said in his letter to Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada, posted on Truth Social.

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[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago

Trump is named in the Epstein files.

Trump cut NOAA and FEMA funding before flash flooding killed over 200 people in Texas including two dozen Christian girls.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And why does the fact that the two dozen girls were in a cult matter?

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago

Matters to his voters.

[-] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

God has no tolerance for traitors. You see, God discovered that they supported the Devil in secret, so he sent a flood to kill them. It's a message to help the surviving Texans remember their true allegiance.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Is this an alt or are there two of you in this thread?

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It all about the optics. You say 200 people died people won't care as much, you say 200 girls died and and THEY WERE GOOD CHRISTIANS, you appeal to a lot of Americans.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To me, I think it's worth pointing out the hypocrisy of the "the gays caused hurricane Sandy/Katrina/etc" people.

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[-] Zier@fedia.io 48 points 1 week ago

Enacting tariffs against our trading partners, and excellent neighbors, as well as allies, is an act of war. It puts America in 'national security' peril. We are not being attacked by Canada or Mexico. It's putin's Russia you need to be concerned about, you orange cancer.

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

In Trumps addled mind, Canada not buying US milk is a national security threat.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

That's giving him way too much credit; he clearly doesn't care about national security.

[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

lets reinstate that digital sales tax and triple it, fuck em.

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, nobody should do any accommodation to trump. You only loose. He will demand more and make the same threats again, typical bully.

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[-] barnaclebutt@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Look Mark, can I call you Mark? I've got a mangled tiny penis, and I compensate for it in many different and weird ways. Sometimes it's raping woman or girls. Other times, it is saying and doing awful racist things. Sometimes it is just doing nonsensical things. Mark, the girls in the pee pee tape laughed at it. Anyways, that's why Canada has to pay 35% tariffs.

[-] TheTurner@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

Jeebus, I died. Lol

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Yard sign material

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago

Er, “instead of caving to our unreasonable demands, they’ve responded in kind.”

It’s like Russia and Ukraine. Trump, if you want to work with Canada, just remove the trade barriers.

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It really is that stupid.

[-] nocklobster@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago
[-] charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Dee's a bird and Trump's a turd

[-] griff@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago

Taco Always Craps Out

[-] smeg@infosec.pub 19 points 1 week ago
[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Why not now? Why wait till Aug 1? Just make it so.

You know why? He's fishing for more concessions.

Canada should just say fuck it and raise the digital sale tax and then fling fentanyl across the border with trebuchets.

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

Stock. Market. Manipulation.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I just want my country to treat our citizens and allies right. Canada did nothing against us. Sure they did get us hooked on a few of their musicians and introduced pizza with pineapple, but that's friend dick moves not enemy dick moves.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

They also gave us Steven Crowder, so idk. /s

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[-] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I thought he already put tariffs on us? And then again?

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Pissing into the wind.

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[-] opus86@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago

Is that the art of the deal or petulant flailing?

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Or? Didn't you mean "is".

[-] who@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

I think in this case it's yet another example of brazen market manipulation.

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[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's like pushing a button that you think is hurting the guy on the other side of the table, only to look under the table and realize the wires aren't connected to anything and they were just having you on.

[-] CaptainCancel@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Let’s go Taco!

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago

Good thing they dropped the digital service tax for US companies...

[-] notastatist@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah right, what a bullshit theater...

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[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Carney needs to call them out and publicly state that the taxes are never going to end because Trump is using them as a fundraising scheme.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Best he can do is cut funding for health care to fund a new military industrial complex.

[-] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
[-] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Carney: looks like it's time to start dumping US bonds again.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Canadians were mega pissed at americans back in March. I'm not sure how much lower we can sink in their estimation. 0% favorability is coming up quick.

https://angusreid.org/trump-tariffs-canada-retaliation-usa/

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/02/1263527125/its-been-a-minute-canada-us-relationship-politics

[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Have been since march*

Being livid has not changed.

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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Boy: Do not try and bend the Trump. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Boy: There is no Trump.
Neo: There is no Trump?
Boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the Trump that bends, it is only yourself.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago
[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I don’t understand how so many countries just take this shit. Does the US economy have that strong a hold on your country that you are scared to stand up for your people? How shitty of a leader do you have to be to not have a contingency in place for something like this?

[-] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Well, Canada's only meaningful land border and a vast amount of transportation infrastructure is to the US, so any reasonable leader would probably try to maximize trade with that neighbour as long as they are an ally. Carney has definitely focused on more European trade, but yes, perhaps there should have been more diversification even before Donny.

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[-] rozodru@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

i.e. his rich buddies called him up and said "we need/want more money, go manipulate the market again" to which Trump said "sure i'll fuck with Canada some more"

that's all this is. Carney needs to stop playing nice and start up the digital service tax again.

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