Summary
Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada by imposing a 25% tariff on nearly all Canadian goods, including a 10% levy on energy products.
His action, intended to pressure Canada to curb fentanyl flows, contradicts official trade figures and ignores that most deficits result from American demand for cheaper Canadian oil.
The tariffs, set to remain until Canada complies, could cost billions to Canada’s economy and disrupt $800 billion in annual trade.
Canada is expected to retaliate, forcing Prime Minister Trudeau to respond amid escalating cross-border tensions.
As a Canadian, fuck this guy
I’m also a dual citizen, and as soon as people find that out, all they want to talk about is “your president”, as if I voted for the motherfucker. I’ve lived in Canada for 16 years and will never go back to that shithole, and everybody wants me to take responsibility for what D-bag does. I didn’t vote for him, I don’t live in the US, and all they want to do is yell at me every time he does something idiotic (which is of course every single day). Needless to say I stopped telling people where I’m from. I’ve gotten really good at the Canadian accent, I sound like I was born & raised on the Prairies. Nobody could pick me out… except for the fact that I don’t have a German surname and I’m not Mennonite
His logic is actually flawless. Let me explain with a metaphor:
Trump has an imagined pain in his foot, so to cure it, he’s going to open the hood of the family car and kick the engine as hard as he can. So you see, this will break his other foot and severely damage the car.
Hopefully that helps.
Can we leave him with his broken foot in the engine and under hood while I start the car?
that metaphor assumes that these tariffs are going to hurt america more than it hurts canada…
i’m pretty sure we’re the foot in your analogy. we’re getting fucked
Before Trump imposed his tariffs, the Canadian government said U.S. gas prices could jump some 75 cents US a gallon overnight if he went ahead with tariffs.
Higher fuel prices are going to make the consumer cost of everything go up.
They think they will continue to earn sales when things go up. I’ve already stopped buying anything but food, so honestly…I don’t care. Everything can skyrocket 300% and I wouldn’t give a flying fuck
In my mind, it’s time to teach ALL companies a lesson and stop consuming. I mean full stop, but literally nothing. Kill them financially. I know this won’t happen because the majority of smooth brained idiots who can’t help but buy dumb shit over and over
Which corporations will use as covert to jack up all their prices and not lower them when fuel prices go back down.
Implementing a tariff without giving businesses an alternative is a self-inflicted wound in a trade war.
Being that we cut regulations over and over the number of refineries to oil in the U.S. decreased drastically over the years. It is why we had shortages while having loads of crude oil laying around. A quick search shows that building a refinery takes 3-5 years. So unless we can use the refineries we have to produce the fuel we need, we may hit years of higher prices. (Our lifting costs are much higher)
It’s not just oil by any means. Timber, metals, all sorts of food staples…
I’m looking forward to not being able to afford to live anymore soon. It currently costs me $20 a day to go to work. Just the .75 cents on gas would cost me $120 a month extra right now. Food costs are already outrageous. Certainly going to need a lot more ramen. I have chickens for eggs, but I should figure out some good ways to can/preserve vegatables this season for next winter. I can’t just throw everything in the freezer, not enough room.
Getting a lot of use out of this one lately.
