These are all way better than any tariffs we could respond with.

Eh spare the IRS, its one of the most functional and least corrupt remaining bits of the US government and Trumps administration already tried to kill it last time.

I like your anti-IP ideas. 🥲

I think he’s just going to go to Russia for the fuel.

Only if corporate isn't making money from the new regime. Otherwise it'll be just vibes of cost of living 🔺200%.

“Alberta? Who is she? I bet she is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct." -Trump probably

You know, in this context it's a bit refreshing to see Doug Ford's reaction to this. Proactively whining at Trump instead of shitting on Trudeau. I'm a bit surprised by his take.

She just did.

https://lemmy.world/post/22475250

Honestly, I take what brief moments of hope I can get these days... knowing that Danielle Smith will be crying herself to sleep tonight gives me the hope I need.

So if we seal off the BC transmountain pipeline and refuse oil trains service through Quebec could we kill our fucking fossil fuel industry and force green alternatives?

Trump has said Canada and Mexico need to stop drugs and illegal immigrants from crossing into the US to prevent the tariffs. Border security will be pretty easy for her to blame on Trudeau.

I’m probably wrong, but I’ve been speculating if the plan is:

1. US imposes tariffs on its most valuable trading partners
2. War in Ukraine “ends”; US stops sending weapons; Ukraine goes to Russia; US possibly threatens to pull out of NATO to accomplish this
3. Tariffs stay in place for traditional US allies; US helps Russia rebuild economically by becoming its new best good trading buddy, tariff free of course.

Crab-bucket economics to go with crab-bucket foreign policy

Post-Soviet Russia is such a fuck-up of a nation-state that they only way they can look good is by dragging everyone else down to their level.

No, that kinda fucks over most of us who are just getting by. If someone can't afford to buy gas how would they be able to afford an EV? We need the prices to drop to a level everyone wants to buy an EV, not make every option cripplingly expensive.

Why is that? We would be able to import the US parts needed to build cars domestically as we do today. The tariffs would affect domestic production going back to the States. Even if Canadian autos go belly up because they can't export to the States, we'd still be able to import US-made vehicles. What am I missing?