First thing first,
Canada Unleashes Multibillion-Dollar Trump Tariff Revenge
Public Freakout
Trudeau: “He talked about banking again today in a tweet, which doesn’t make any sense because 16 banks are currently active in Canada holding about $113b worth of assets in this country… what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us.”
Trudeau: “He talked about banking again today in a tweet, which doesn’t make any sense because 16 banks are currently active in Canada holding about $113b worth of assets in this country… what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us.”
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Trudeau says Trump’s ‘dumb’ trade war is designed to collapse the Canadian economy
PM says Trump is trying to make it easier to annex Canada — but it won’t work
Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt “a total collapse of the Canadian economy” because he thinks that will “make it easier to annex us,” something the U.S. president has repeatedly said he wants to do.
But Trudeau said that will never happen because “when it comes to defending our great nation, there is no price we all aren’t willing to pay.”
Yeah, right.
Statement by the Prime Minister on unjustified U.S. tariffs against Canada HERE
Trump announced on Monday that tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would go into effect on Tuesday.
As a result,
And,
Dow tumbles 800 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday
Today,
Tainted Ontario Premier Doug Ford vows to Trump tariffs ‘like they’ve never seen before,’
Canada to cut off electricity to US states: “Need to feel the pain”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would block energy exports to the United States “with a smile” if U.S. President Donald Trump moved ahead with plans for a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods.
Trump announced on Monday that tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China would go into effect on Tuesday.
Why It Matters
In response to Trump’s tariffs, Ottawa and Beijing have announced plans to retaliate, sparking fears of a global trade war.
The U.S. imposed tariffs of 25 percent of Canadian goods—except for energy products, which face a 10 percent tariff. It also put a 25 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and an additional 10 percent on Chinese goods.
According to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Canada is by some margin the largest source of American energy imports, with 59 percent of all crude oil imported into the U.S. in 2019 coming from the country. So energy imports give Canada a powerful lever to hit back at the Trump administration in a way that is likely to raise prices and stoke inflation in the U.S.
What To Know
Speaking at a mining convention on Monday, Ford, a progressive conservative, addressed the Trump administration directly.
“I don’t start a tariff war, but we’re going to win this tariff war,” he said, adding, “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do everything—including cut off their energy with a smile on my face, and I’m encouraging every other province to do the same.”
Ford added: “They rely on our energy. They need to feel the pain.”
Ontario Premier Threatens to Cut Power to 1.5 Million in NY, MI & MN after Trumps Tariffs on Canada
In an NBC interview on Monday, Ford said Canadian energy kept “the lights on for 1.5 million homes and manufacturing [facilities] in New York, in Michigan and in Minnesota.”
Ontario Premier Threatens to Cut Power to 1.5 Million in NY, MI & MN after Trumps Tariffs on Canada
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Trump’s tariff threat was never about fentanyl. Canada just got Zelenskyed
This is not a repeat of his first term.
The administration of Trump’s first term was of necessity staffed with pre-Trump Republicans, who often thwarted the President’s whims and wishes.
That was Trump chained. The sequel is Trump unchained.
The second Trump administration is staffed with true believers, plus some reluctant conversos – those who still hold to different faiths but know to keep it to themselves. All are eager enablers. All make regular public showings of being 110 per cent with the program. Those who once embraced heresy are especially prone to enthusiastic professions of fealty – notably Vice-President JD Vance, a Trump critic turned chief hype man.
What People Are Saying
Ontario Premier Doug Ford told NBC on Monday: “I’m going after absolutely everything, and I don’t want to. We keep the lights on for 1.5 million homes and manufacturing in New York, in Michigan and in Minnesota. If he wants to destroy our economy and our families, I will shut down the electricity going down to the U.S., and I’m telling you we will do it.”
President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on February 27: “We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled.”
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said on Monday: “If Trump is imposing tariffs, we are ready. We are ready with $155 billion worth of tariffs, and we’re ready with the first tranche of tariffs, which is $30 billion.”… More
And,
Canada announces 100% tariff on Tesla
Meanwhile,
Flexing a handgun in public in Canada ends in a very satisfying way
Flexing a handgun in public in Canada ends in a very satisfying way
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Whaddaya Say?