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[–] [email protected] 6 points 36 minutes ago

Personnaly I would put a mirror tarrif. Tax the stuff going out to USA. Canadian economy will slow down, don't make life more expensive for Canadians. And that way Americans might notice it faster if they pay 50 percent more.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Does this break/invalidate the existing free trade agreements between the countries? Does this mean that NAFTA and TRUMPFTA are now void?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 minutes ago

I don't think it's void exactly - there's some stuff around visas that's still active. But yeah, as far as being a trade agreement it's pretty worthless.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Hopefully this trade war doesn't devolve into an actual war....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Possibly why he decided not to tax energy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 31 minutes ago

10% instead of 25% on the US side.

Talk about working to lower prices 🤥

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Ah, so America will hardly notice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

How long does it take to reach the US? Couple months?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Why does this say 25 per cent instead of 25 percent?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 47 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's just how it's spelled in some places, namely large parts of Canada. Which is likely where this article is from considering the website has Toronto in the name and is talking about the prime minister of Canada.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

25 per hundred. 25/100. 25 per centum.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 hours ago

It means you pay 2500 on the dollar. Get tariffed bitch

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 minutes ago

Once his party picks a new leader, yes.

[–] [email protected] 298 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

As an American, I'm rooting for Canada.

But this all feels very by design of Putin to fracture US alliances.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 46 minutes ago (1 children)

I honestly think Putin is too busy throwing millions of young citizens into his meat grinder to give a shit about the USA at this point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 40 minutes ago

You would be surprised what people have time to think about while browsing their phone on the throne.

If you think Ukraine consumes 100% of his thoughts then you are not giving puttin enough credit. He isn't infamous because he is dumb, he is infamous because he is cunning, underhanded, and brutal in what he does.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

both Canadian and American retirement portfolios will suffer. i don't know why anyone would root for such a thing at all

[–] [email protected] 2 points 41 minutes ago

Trump started it, now is not the time to think how this is bad. You need to choose a side and act accordingly with countermeasures, which will likely escalate further.

[–] [email protected] 171 points 12 hours ago (17 children)

I’m so upset at my Canadian family members who supported Trump.

I got an uncle who was constantly saying he supports trump cause he’ll “run the country the country like a business” - i don’t think either trump or him actually understand business all that well.

I hope Canadian-European relations get stronger, and hopefully Canadian-American relations will be rebuilt once this fucker is gone

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 hour ago

he supports trump cause he’ll “run the country the country like a business”

THIS MOTHERFUCKER BANKRUPTED A CASINO.

People say they want him to run the country like a business, but that man bankrupted a money printing machine, probably because he was doing all kinds of illegal shit and didn't actually run his business like a business. Why would he run a money printing country any different than his money printing business.

My dumbass uncle feels the same way as yours, and I have to bite my tongue so after to remind him that he and trump have something in common: they both embezzled from their company until it died.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

The "run government like a business" crowd gets to me. I'd like to see business run like a government. Owned and controlled by the workers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 hours ago

It's one of the dumbest perspectives I've heard that continues to irk me. Why the fuck would you want something that's supposed to do X to do Y instead?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

My mum last night on text.

"We’ll see what shithead Trump retaliates with tomorrow. The only way to stop the maniac is with a bullet!"

"Have you noticed how shithead has not left the White House since he was sworn in?"

"Trudeau is doing a great job!" (Referring to the presser)

I'm glad I don't have your family OP

Edit - for the kids out there my mum is 74. She's a baby boomer. Some of them are good people. They are not well off. I told my parents with the tariffs coming if they find themselves struggling to let me know because I will help in any way I can.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I appreciate your mom. My old man is a crass Appalachian boomer and speaks in a similar tone and diction with respect to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

“Have you noticed how shithead has not left the White House since he was sworn in?”

I guess she hasn't noticed shithead was back on the golf course a week after he was sworn in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Cut her some slack she's 74 lol

[–] [email protected] 101 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Does your uncle realize trump was able to bankrupt a casino? Where they can can almost literally print money. And not just one, but three of them. This man is literally one of the most inept businessmen I have ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He is incompetent, confused and weak. Just what Putin wanted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 32 minutes ago

Yep. Of course. And SO easily manipulated and too dumb to even realize it.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 hours ago

3 casinos. Trump bankrupted 3 casinos.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Now that is a leader! His comments underline the senselessness of these tariffs:

“If President Trump wants to usher in a new ‘golden age’ for the United States, the better path is to partner with Canada not to punish us. Canada has the ingredients necessary to build a booming and secure partnership for the North American economy and we stand at the ready to work together.”

“We will stand strong for Canada. We will stand strong to ensure our countries continue to be the best neighbours in the world.”

How could you not ask for a better friend even when you're (US) being an asshole?

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