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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Summary

The White House claims Canada has "misunderstood" Trump’s new 25% tariffs as a trade war, while Mexico is cooperating.

Trump justified the tariffs by citing trade imbalances, illegal immigration, and fentanyl trafficking.

Canadian officials view the move as an economic attack, while Trump insists it is a negotiation tactic.

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[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 166 points 4 months ago

Sure,

That's why Trump won't even take Trudeaus calls. He just wants to negotiate.

Fuck America, enact a full trade embargo. Nothing in, nothing out; including oil and electricity.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 43 points 4 months ago

Let's see how the red state targeted tariffs go first. I live in an area that would be badly affected by a total embargo, but we also voted against him.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

This is the way.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 155 points 4 months ago

If not tradewar, then why tradewar shaped?

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 72 points 4 months ago
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 4 months ago

It'll only last 2 weeks, too

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 23 points 4 months ago

If it looks like a trade war, swims like a trade war and quacks like a trade war, then it's a trade war.

[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 108 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If it's a negotiation, not a trade war, then how is this not just them giving a counter-offer?

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 105 points 4 months ago
[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 59 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I mean, one thing to keep in mind is that the Republicans stopped caring about optics once they secured the govt. They can now say and do what they want with little to no repercussions.

So, calling out their hipocrisy is good for documentation sake, but sadly, that is about it.

[-] Balthazar@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago

That was a negotiation tactic...

[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 55 points 4 months ago

The Weave.

^^^its ^^^really ^^^dementia

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 96 points 4 months ago

The Trump regime is lying. Full stop. Don't analyze it further.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 76 points 4 months ago

Lmao.

Trump - We fired a shot at them.

World - over their bow you mean? A warning shot?

Trump - no, directly into them

World - do you understand how this works?

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 68 points 4 months ago

He's scared because stocks were down a bit this morning, he's been fielding calls from panicked CEOs all weekend, and someone actually stood up to him. Good on you, Canada!

Edit: FTA:

we've noticed is that Mexicans are very, very serious about doing what President Trump said

Ugh, sorry, Mexico!

this is going to be one of the biggest supply-side positive shocks that we've ever seen

I don't think that word [positive] means what you think it does.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

He’s scared because stocks were down a bit this morning

Never mind that the police roaming the streets will have orders of magnitude larger impact on it than the tariffs.

Ugh, sorry, Mexico!

Nah, don't be. Trump is lying about it.

I don’t think that word [positive] means...

The entire phrase is meaningless. He just wants to sound smart.

[-] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 months ago

He's scared because stocks were down a bit this morning, he's been fielding calls from panicked CEOs all weekend

The cynic in me says this is all by design. His rich buddies are buying stock on sale this week before the market corrects again.

CEOs might be temporarily unhappy, but the true wealthy are making moves.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

The market corrected within hours of opening. The arbitrage opportunity is already over and was so small that only people operating with large scale portfolios made any real money off of it.

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

Yay Canada!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 52 points 4 months ago

Fuck the White House - Canada please go all 1812 on it.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 31 points 4 months ago

Maybe it was presented badly. I thought this guy was great at making deals?

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Negative immigration and 43 pounds of Fentanyl. But you guys go on. You’re so smart.

https://lemmy.world/comment/14858602

Edit: how many drugs came to Canada? How many weapons?

[-] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Obviously Canadians are just better at snuggling drugs without getting caught than Mexicans.

[-] palordrolap@fedia.io 29 points 4 months ago

"No, see, the rule of the game is that I get to hit you with a big stick, it's not fair if you get your own stick and start hitting me with it."

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 months ago

Trump will keep moving the goalpost and try to shape our domestic policy. Keep fighting, do not negotiate with terrorists

[-] Zomg@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Negotiation tactic for what? Mfer didn't state any reason for them from what I've read. There doesn't seem to be anything to negotiate except for a problem he knowingly created.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

That's been the conservative MO for decades: create a huge, super fucked up problem that would never exist if they didn't force it into being, and then sell you the solution to it.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

Well, he's going to find his position eroded.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Poor Mexico, they think they won? Wait til next month and next thing that trump will ask them to do.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

We didn't misunderstand. The convicted felon, serial sexual abuser, adjudicated rapist, serial business failure, pathological liar, lifelong con man isn't king of Canada. He can roll his executive order into a tight little roll and solve it way up his saggy orange ass. Fuck Trump and fuck everyone who was dumb enough, racist enough, or hateful enough to vote for him against their own self interest and the future interests of their children.

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago

"It's just a joke, brah!"

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