Moonbox

It was a mistake, but even if he hadn't, he's contrasting himself against the (well overdue) blowback vs DEI, and that's not an election-winning strategy. The obsession with "woke" (whatever it really means) isn't any stupider than the sanctimonious, finger-wagging, outrage farmer from the opposing tribe. For every MAGA donkey there is shouting about the trannies, there's a 3-year general arts grad raging about privilege and climate change while while eating avocado toast. That person and that attitude, I suspect, is what the MAGA crowd is really angry about.

I think that's the problem. What it "sounds like" to people is going to be based on their perspective. In context, with everything else he said, I think it's perfectly reasonable for you to view it that way, and I think most people will "hear" it the same way. I doubt that was his intention, but he's reading the room poorly I think these sorts of statements are losing arguments for him.

It's still better than not being able to deal with him at all, and it doesn't actually change anything. Trudeau has been a lame-duck for the better part of a year and nothing is stopping Trump from doing it again once the election is called. This is nothing but a stalling tactic to help the Liberal Party re-organize. If Trudeau cared about Canada, rather than himself, we'd have had an election last year back when it was already clear he'd lost his mandate and the confidence of Canadians.

I don’t think you can even say that though. Proroguing parliament heading into a trade war was not the best thing for his country, and it was far from the only cynical, self-serving decision he made as PM.

That's the bigger consequence of all this, and I suspect that was the point all a long. All of this grandstanding and carrying on is about causing uncertainty and getting risk-averse businesses to diversify or relocate TO the USA. What Orange Man fails to realize is that this isn't a given, it's a two-edged sword, and it doesn't happen overnight.

That's the key here. Getting paid 9 months to go find another job is a pretty sweet deal for anyone with the skills/motivation/knowledge to succeed. Those who don't will take their chances.

I think the bigger problem sometimes is that there is so much thinking, so much naval-gazing, so much squabbling and moralizing, that problems are ignored and left to fester. What was a smaller issue that could have been nipped at the bud with deliberate, surgical action ends up becoming monolithic, at which point a sledgehammer becomes the better tool. Say whatever you want about Orange Man, that sort of *decisive action has value.

The congressional majorities are slim, as is the popular vote difference in most of the battleground districts. He has a lot of runway this early on (especially with Democrats in disarray), but voters also have short memories and I have trouble believing Republican Reps/Senators will support policies that doom them upon re-election.

He won by a lot in the college, but not in the popular vote, and his margins in many of the swing states was slim. 2 years can change a lot of minds, though I agree with most of the rest of what you're saying.

All he did was acknowledge that Carney could have worded it better.

Yeah that's how this works. You make a claim you can't support, and then I'm supposed to research it! For someone complaining about getting in fights and trolling, it's funny how you keep running back to this. Like the dumb goldfish, you just can't help biting, I guess?

Nothing particularly interesting. He basically pointed at the culture war politics in the US and the rage against "woke", but that his Canada would remain inclusive. I don't think he's reading the room very well.

In your imagination? Drop a link to one of these instances, rather than limply insisting on it over and over! 🤡🤡

I think you're misreading your audience here.

Also Antifa and BLM. 🤣

It doesn't really matter. This isn't a winning angle for Carney.

I still don't, and neither do you, otherwise you'd have spelled it out.

You don't really have to isolate anything. CBC's cable network viewership is declining both in absolute terms and in terms of relative viewership (ie. their share of the pie is shrinking rapidly). I think we can assume "not well" considering the CBC just laid off 25% of its workforce. Legacy media is struggling in general, but this is particularly notable considering the heavy subsidies they receive.

If you say so, but Michiganers aren't making light of tariffs as you do, and most of them against them are against them.

I don't think they'll try to impeach him again unless he does something egregious or traitorous, but they don't even need to. A second-term President who loses the House is a lame-duck who'll get stymied and filibustered for 2 years until he's done. I think he has 12-18 months to really swing his clout, after which House Republicans will really start focusing on their own re-elections. If Trump's popularity wanes in the meantime, that will only embolden opposition amongst them. Outside of his tariff ranting, so far I think he's having an okay time. Rounding up and deporting the illegals and crashing the monolithic public service will enjoy support at least until it starts affecting the daily lives and wallets of the average voter. A multi-front trade war yields almost immediate negative results and whatever (small) positive outcomes arise from it will lag years behind.

I think the Kennedy family's legacy is heavily influenced by the fact that JFK was assassinated, and even then I don't think it carries the same weight it used to. RFK has been considered a joke for a long, long time, and that's the only publicity the family gets now.

I don't disagree with any of that.

Do you figure that torpedoing the economies of swing states like Michigan/Ohio/Pennsylvania via trade war with Canada will be popular policy among their voters, and won't affect mid-term elections?

This sort of childish whining would make more sense if wasn't you that both started the exchange, AND went immediately ad-hominem. You have the self-awareness of a rock. We're now on page two of your useless moaning, and all on account of a benign question you refused (actually couldn't) answer. If you just want to rant out your feelings without being challenged, go write in your diary. 😭

I agree, but then I only speak French. I'm not Quebecquois. They've always been very protectionist and concerned about their sovereignty. They don't even have the same legal system as the RoC. Canada doesn't have a federal securities regulator like the SEC in the states because of Quebec.