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Oh give me a break! You can do better than that. (I hope)

Good for us.

Hence the ability to bankrupt them by outspending. By almost every metric the US and its allies are so far beyond Russia and China, it will be a long time before that happens, even with Repulican isolationism.

Well U.S banks are already here in a limited capacity. Opening up the banking sector to other countries would probably be good IF they adhered to our banking regulations.

Yeah, 30 days so he can blackmail them again. He just moved the goalposts on Canada. Now he wants us to give American banks free rein. Yeah bring on those sub-primes!

Tit for tat, not tit for tat... Neither position affected Trump's decision. It's just a money grab. But the fact that Trump put only 10% on energy shows he's worried about that sector. Maybe it would have been a good bargaining chip.

Nothing to do with her. It's 10% on Energy, which presumably includes electricity. Between that and our cheap oil... Well, even Trump isn't stupid enough to upset those interwoven systems.

So Trump is mad because the US is "subsidizing" us ? He must be really pissed at Israel.

Prefer Scotch or good Bourbon but I'd give that Crown Royal a try.

You had me up 'til visionary.

People are talking about just buying Canadian products. Unfortunately that's next to impossible. (Like the comedian said , "New Brunswick pineapple tastes a lot like corn") It's gonna hurt us a lot if this goes on for a while.

M A G A ! Make America Go Away ! (Well, a fella can dream, can't he?)

So you see everything in black and white. Just like roulette - you're wrong half the time.

Yes, that was heart-breaking. But no matter how much we do on the border, a few will still slip through. My point is: The border is Trump's excuse for imposing tariffs, not his reason for doing so.

No downside. But the hosts of immigrants are walking up from Central America, not down from the Arctic. Actually our border is already pretty secure. The U.S. could do more to keep guns and drugs coming across from their side.

You actually think Trump gives a shit about our border? He was gonna put these tariffs on no matter what! He's a bully and a short-term thinker making a money grab - doesn't give a damn even about American consumers.

Trump the economist? More like a sorcerer's apprentice. We all know how well that turned out.

It might not be if they opt for isolationism.

When asked about Elon Musk, P.P. said he'd like to ask him "How do we fix our economy and create jobs?" If he has no clue what to do about the economy he can't be elected to run it. Oh yeah, he wants to "wax his ax" or "spike a dike" or some other empty slogan. Yeah, that'll fix everything.

Pierre Poilevre faces the press.

Trump will be done by the midterms. The house for sure, maybe even the senate. He'll be such a lame duck then even Lindsey Graham will pull his head out of Trump's ass and say what he thinks. Btw: Lindsey does his scheduled pullout Feb. 2nd. If he sees a commie he sticks it back in for a year. Wonder what it smells like up there? I'm guessing "Pumpkin Spice".

I'm new here. Until I read some of the posts on here I didn't realize how horrible a place Canada is. Thinking now of moving to Sudan or North Korea, maybe Haiti ... They have Doordash there?

Thanks for the polite welcome.

The tariffs aren't about trade deficits, supply management, immigrants or fentanyl... Trump doesn't care about or understand any of those things ( Except maybe the immigrant thing. I've read Melania was an illegal immigrant - she must have such a good pre-nup Trump is taking his anger out on all the other immigrants). He just thinks tariffs will bring in so much money he can pass another tax cut for the rich and hope the inflation won't kick in before the mid-terms. Sound like a good idea to talk with Mexico and other targeted countries. Just keep it on the down low.

Interested in seeing Carney in a debate situation. Also wondering if Wab Kinew might move to federal politics.