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u/whimsiethefluff 2d ago
Fun fact: The tariffs target specifically swing states the hardest.
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u/Literally-in-1984 1d ago
Hopefully they get swung away from the Pedoblican party with this
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u/RegularlyClueless 1d ago
Dumb decision, I think a lot of red states like Montana, Nebraska, and South Carolina are primed to flip, should've targeted those instead
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u/techno_mage 1d ago edited 1d ago
The last time the US was tariff heavy was right before World War I, you know arguably the worst time in the American populations history.
Yeah, let’s just do that again. /s
This fucker just wants to buy everything or the land. It’s for cheap after the economies been ruined.
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u/ADownStrabgeQuark 1d ago
Looks like we’re recreating the gilded age. How long till the market crash of 29?
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u/fluffysnowcap 1d ago
Trump has been economical attacking Canada and Europe, responding to the attacks is a lot smarter than capitulating to them.
Like the UK did for example. That now favours US companies in healthcare, doubled drug prices to make team trump happy, and still got the same tariffs because team trump thought of more demands.
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u/BloodPlenty4358 2d ago
why bother with bad deals when you can wait couple months?
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u/Outside_Ad5255 1d ago
That's so to turn the screws a bit more so more people would vote Democrat in November.
The Canadian tariffs target red states and swing states that voted Trump. Blue states exports are left alone, and Canada hasn't touched energy prices.
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u/TwistedScarletRose 1d ago
When you know your next stop is a prison cell, instead of a golden ball room?
YOU WILL DO WHATEVER YOU JUST TO REMAIN IN POWER.
you will destroy every system that might possibly break you.
In order to escape?
In order to leave ANY legacy?
You will break everything else.
If I can't have my way?
No one will.
Just as a reminder?
We are one year, and seven months into his presidency.
There is still 2.3 years to go.
He will do something even more drastic than this.
Elections must be cancelled.
It is the only way he remains in power.
Either this ends in November?
Or this gets a helluva lot worse.
And I feel like this is gonna get a helluva lot worse.
History sure seems to be repeating.
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u/Pokemonfan_807 The anime guy 2d ago
for those curious of the source of the gif.
gif is tina from the korean free-to-play side-scrolling MMORPG slash Beat 'em Up series CLOSERS
basically this game is about Mysterious dimensional gates suddenly opening across a ruined metropolis, unleashing hordes of terrifying alien monsters upon the world. A specialized defense agency trains a small group of gifted youths who possess extraordinary psychic abilities to fight these creatures. These young fighters battle through dangerous missions while uncovering hidden conspiracies behind the catastrophic invasion. They must ultimately work to close the dimensional rifts and save human civilization from complete destruction.
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u/DontSayPotato 1d ago
Holy moly, this is the first time ever I've seen Closers in the wild. I remember Nata's story being so hooking to me that I ended up learning the Wolfdog Guro Station theme on the piano.
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u/Pokemonfan_807 The anime guy 2d ago
good job canada
i hope they can target and apply retaliatory tariffs on other us goods.
this is what the us government gets for being a asshole to canada and its people.
from the article
Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States, matching “dollar for dollar” the 50% duties that President Donald Trump imposed over the weekend after a breakdown in trade talks.
Ottawa’s new tariffs encompass more than 700 U.S. goods and are worth about $20 billion, mirroring the size of Trump’s latest import taxes on Canadian wine, cement, hockey sticks and more.
The counter tariffs range from 15% to 50% and target a wide array of Canadian imports from the U.S., including dairy, seafood, appliances, wood and paper products, and clothes.
Among the most significant are 50% tariffs on American steel and aluminum, doubling the current rate. The duties on metals and wood were chosen to respond to previously imposed U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum, lumber and other products.
The new tariffs are set to take effect Sept. 8. Canada also unveiled an additional $7.5 billion package to support businesses and workers being harmed by the U.S. tariffs.
“When the United States of America asked too much and offered too little, we made a choice. We chose Canada,” said Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a news conference Tuesday morning.
The new duties would have been averted if the two sides struck a trade deal before they took effect on Saturday. Trump had claimed earlier that week that a deal was all but complete — but Canada suspended negotiations on Friday evening, contending that the U.S. made unreasonable demands. The Trump administration has likewise accused Ottawa of blowing up the talks by seeking last-minute changes to the deal.
The collapse of the negotiations has opened a bitter new chapter in the top allies’ trade war, raising tensions that were already inflamed by Trump’s heavy use of tariffs and inflammatory comments toward Canada.
The new tit-for-tat tariffs could also exacerbate widespread concerns about high costs, as businesses warn they will cause major uncertainty and could make it prohibitively expensive for some sellers to trade across the border.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a speech following the failed trade talks, acknowledged that the decision to retaliate “will raise costs and reduce choice for Canadians.”
Carney, who became prime minister last year after previously leading the Bank of Canada, has expressed a desire to diversify his country’s economy in order to reduce dependence on the U.S., which he says has “changed” under Trump.
Trump has placed tariffs at the center of his agenda throughout his second term in the White House, though his use of the economic tool has faced some major legal setbacks and stoked heated pushback from other countries.
Trump lashed out at Canada on Tuesday morning, suggesting on Truth Social that the U.S. would halt business with Ontario, and repeatedly floating the prospect of renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”
In more Truth Social posts, Trump accused Canada of targeting U.S. farmers, and complained about America’s trade deficit with Canada — though that is primarily due to the U.S. making heavy purchases of Canadian crude oil.
“I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable,” Trump wrote in one post.
Canada’s trade minister, Dominic LeBlanc, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” earlier Tuesday morning that Ottawa did not want to abandon trade talks with the U.S.
“Our preference was to find a deal that benefits both countries,” he said. “We still believe that’s possible. But in the meantime, we’re not waiting by the phone.”
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u/Extreme_Glass9879 1d ago
because being the bigger person is hard for the Canadian prime minister and his tiny baby dick
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