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He said he would impose the tariffs if he can’t hammer out a deal on illegal immigration and drug smuggling. In other words he’s leaving a way out

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In his last presidency he blocked Canadian aluminium to force companies to buy from China

Don’t expect a way out

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Yoy are probably right. It looks more like this is a pretext to cause a recession in Canada which would doom the already flailing Trudeau presidency. Even if Canada adopted the kind of border policy the Trump wanted, that still wouldn’t stop illegals or drugs.

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Trudeau is Prime Minister not President and he’s already wildly unpopular so he’s going to lose no matter what.

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There’s no way out. USA is responsible for their own borders. Canada as a matter of fact has reciprocal agreements with USA law enforcement organizations.

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Are you going to add to them if someone arrests Netanyahu?

Emperor of stupid.

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Trump vastly misunderstands how foreign dependent America’s bullshit economy of e-slop, finance, and exploiting health issues is.

A trade war right after he kicks out the only people who actually make shit in America would be fucking hilarious if it wasn’t so fucking dire.

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Many small but important parts come from China nowadays. Parts we use directly, and those that end up in things people buy: screws and bolts, electronic parts, all kinds of plastic products. The US no longer has the machines or manpower to produce those parts on their own, and will still have to buy them in China.

Brace for inflation in the US like you have last seen in the 1920s.

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No, he doesn’t but his policy writers do know. It’s called shock doctrine.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shock_Doctrine

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This aligns perfectly with a bit I read that said that social movements and protest movements largely form and organize under progressive / non-repressive political situations where the people aren’t so busy fighting for their basic survival that they can get more involved in politics.

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Cool cool cool, looks like it’s trade war time. Surely this’ll be to the benefit of anyone.

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And right after deporting all the farmers, too! Trump speed runs America’s first famine since the great depression.

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Who knew the Great in MAGA was the Great Depression all this time.

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I mean Americans are more depressed than ever before. Make them great and that’s bound to happen.

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In the next elections the Democrats may use the term SAFA as a counter response to MAGA

Save America Falling Again (SAFA)

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It is weird - now that donvict has “won”, his stupid base now thinks the economy is great. And donvict has not even slithered his way into power yet. I bet more than a few of his brainstems think that the price of eggs are now “great” again.

These same idiots are going to have to find someone not themselves, not conservatives and definitely not donvict when all his stupid policies come home to roost and start eating their faces…donflation will be a very, very real thing quite soon, it seems.

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