"They stole it from us". Yes, I remember it well. it took a lot of heft, and we had to cut through some barbed wire to get those big old assembly plants across the northern border. Still, with 27 of us Canadians pulling our weight and working together, we could float those plants on barges.
The fact that we did it again the next night was a real surprise. We got 16 1/2 plants in 21 days - we needed a couple of days rest, or we could have gotten it done in 15 days (we ate the poutine and maple syrup to give us the strength). Floated them plants across the Detroit river
He is a menace to the entire world. Him and Elon just want to terrorize every single person on earth. We're just here minding our business, and they decided that we are not a real country because they want our resources. He will die one day.
This has been in the works for decades before Trump ever decided to run. Some very wealthy far-right men decided to ally with crazy fundie Christians to take over the country. Trump is a late addition to their plan - Musk and the techbroligarchs are the most recent conspirators. We are all screwed.
It feels like every day we are on the verge of some kind of war, plague, famine, another pandemic, or something catastrophic, and he hasn't even been president for a month yet. I'm so worried about my country and I hope we don't make the same mistakes.
He and his co president musk rat want Canada and Greenland for your mineral deposits the musk needs for much of his technology. They think that will give them world doninance.
Most of them are too stupid to know what they wanted. It would take common sense and insight to see through the bullshit. Instead, stupid rules the day.
I am actually old enough to remember when cars were produced in Detroit. Then, American carmakers followed their capitalist geed and found it was cheaper to build cars outside of the USA. They exported American jobs, made money, and now they want to make money on the reverse ...
Trump says they don't need anything we have. Let's call 🐄💩 and stop selling them anything. We can announce it as a plan to fix the US trade deficit, like we're doing Trump a favour. It would hurt, but we have leverage and he is threatening our sovereignty. Stopping fascism requires sacrifice.
Sorry donald, the car industry left the U.S. and bankrupted Detroit because of Union Greed ! Every business wants to be operating for profit with controlled costs. Hence, move to lower labor cost areas.
Staggering stupidity, increasing with each microphone that gets aimed at that awful face. Trash talk my country some more; keep it up, asshole. This is the beginning of 47's fall.
He can’t fix one problem and now he’s talking about bringing the car industry back… tariffs don’t reinvest in industry locally… we had semiconductors & an expansion of the electric car industry in the works for us and his BF Elon ruined that too…
It's part of his mental illness. It's possible to be a narcissist without being sociopathic, but he and Elon Musk share the same malignant trait: Having more than everyone else isn't enough for them - everyone else needs to be immiserated for them to feel like they've "won."
This mfker could not even speak proper English, yet he's been heralded by the entire #MAGA/GOP masses as the country's Mesia?
I want all my taxes back - over 30 years of'em worth - as charity donations that propped up a slew of douchebags in politics & government
Raving orange faced lunatic. And Brett Baier is pathetic. Fox might as well have used an AI powered hologram of Baier to ask Trump questions because he didn't react or question any of Trump's answers. Or just use a cardboard cutout of him sitting there with his mouth open. Waste of space.
Let me be clear: you can't INCITE an INSURRECTION, THREATEN your investigators, PARDON all your co-conspirators, FIRE all your investigators, DESTROY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS and its ESSENTIAL SERVICES without *ANY* authority to do so, BYPASS Congress & IGNORE COURT ORDERS, without it being TREASON.
It's treason, but what is anyone doing about it? I'm in Canada, and trump just declared a trade war. We will do what we must. What is America going to do?
Applications are open to Blue States who want to join. We have robust science researchers (we created insulin and Ozempic (sp?)) to name just two. Sad to hear the US now wants to keep its citizens poor and dying from illnesses they were working to cure.
All well and dandy but any intake of this volume of people would affect our own political structure
Same if we become the 51st state unless not given any vote like PR
I'm on the side of making it better in the USA ...by arresting the traitor j/s
They had 4 years to do something about trump and just pussyfooted around till he got reelected. Nothing will happen now unless Americans get their act together. And hell to the no about 51st state crap. I'm Canadian.
The jobs went to Canada (and Mexico) because of one thing, and one thing only, PROFIT! They knew they could make more money by making their cars outside of the U.S. Cheaper labor.
It is also darkly hilarious that Ford, GM and Toyota each donated $1M to Trump's Inaugural slush fund (the fund isn't subject to campaign finance rules), and he's just point blank shooting them in the face here.
"And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane."
Two of my ancestors, Sam and George McLaughlin, started making McLaughlin- Buick cars in Oshawa, ON in 1905. They eventually became General Motors Canada. Sam remained as president until his death in 1963 at age 100.
He is starting to lay the groundwork to his MAGATS for when he tries to take Canada. This will be the start of that civil war everyone has been talking about.
I’m not as worried about him any more. He’s still campaigning on his slogans and not being Trudeau. That ain’t gonna work in the next election. But I am worried about certain Premiers tho…
It's all lies, go check any USA statistics before Elon steals it or deletes it. How can you all sit there and let this man lie to you with impunity day in and day out. It's surreal, we always thought Americans had guts and could tell right from wrong.
Canada here; If America wants to close it's branch plants here then we'll just invite the Europeans, Japanese, Koreans and yes the Chinese to take them over. Also fuck you.
This mother fucker has no understanding of why this happens.
When the American dollar is at $1.40 vs. The Canadian dollar, well guess what genius, it’s better for Americans to have it made in Canada so it’s cheaper for Americans.
Jesus Christ, I can’t with these fucking people anymore!
I have never heard an American spontaneously complain about Canadians. Most Americans don't think abt Canada & those who do think abt it have a connection--I live an hour from a bridge, I spent summers there as a kid--& I love Canada. It's nuts!
Yeah canadians aren’t generally the target of xenophobia in the us because they speak english and are white. But generally speaking, the idea of foreigners being other/lesser is not rare. Trump is just that but to an extreme.
Canada stole nothing. US auto makers went to Canada and Mexico with auto/parts production because it was cheaper. This goes back to the 60s when they were contemplating doing it.
The man is as ignorant as he is arrogant. The fact that any media gives him a platform to spew his nonsense without serious pushback is a sign of how weak our media has become.
I agree. I would include and say he has classic behaviors of a anti-social personality with malignant psychopathy. I am still aggravated that when mental health professionals presented their finding the APA American Psychiatric Association shut them down. His behaviors are obvious and dangerous.
I mean we can ditch the Auto Pact and instead set, say, 33% import duty on American cars and car parts which would of course not apply to, say, Korea, Japan and Europe depending ont he agreements we have with them. I mean let's face it, it's not like Stellantis is long for this world anyway.
Nope. We have the Auto Pact, under which cars produced by American companies throughout North America get to be sold as "domestic" cars in Canada. We don't have to continue with it, but Donald should really think before speaking. I know he's never done it before but he can learn.
When will the car companies stand up and tell this”individual “ the facts about the importance of 🇨🇦 for their business?
The silence to all of his threats,abuse , lies against 🇨🇦is frustrating.
It’s another superpower in the wrong hands and the ones who should be saying something -are silent.
Anyone notice how Mexico is never mentioned? Mexico is producing far more cars than 🇨🇦. Over 2.3x more exported to 🇺🇸.
Mexico produces 4M cars per year. 2.8M were exported to .
🇨🇦 produces 1.5M cars per year. 1.2M were exported to the US.
🇺🇸 produces 10.6 million cars or almost 8.9x more than 🇨🇦.
He wants our resources, so he's gaslighting people into thinking we're the bad guys. Who do we need protection from? We have NATO and the Commonwealth. He's not protecting us. Countries don't hate us like they do America. Our defense spending goes to helping them when they interfere somewhere.
Trump is doing his very best to destroy the long standing friendship/relationship/partnership between American and Canadian citizens. To what end? He wants to destroy Canada.
Please don't turn a blind eye to this lunatic.
Sounds like our late mother who claimed her neighbors were trying to steal her house, money, clothes, water, plants, etc. She had dementia. It was useless telling her it was not true. 😞
"Oh shit, Grandpa's claiming people stole from him again. I told you we can't keep letting him out if he's gonna go accusing people of shit they didn't do Deborah. We really need to look into home care."
Another grievance from this bloated baby. Everything is unfair. We can never lose or be second best unless the other guys cheated. More crap from a colossal POS.
The racists were triggered by Obama (who was such a beloved President for so many of us) and that brought us Trump. And then there was the sexism. I could cry, too.
Oh boy IAM watching bone spur and musk on MSNBC. First I want to say musk is fucking gross his mannerisms his voice just gross. So who is running the government?
There isn't even a response you can make to this shit.
"The squirrels are taking our acorns. America has to take on the squirrels so we can have a big, beautiful acorn butter industry to stop Australia from ripping us off on peanut butter."
I’d be embarrassed if Trump liked Canada. His tastes are crap. He’s into gold toilets, tacky bleached Fox News blondes, Hungarian authoritarianism, golf, and CATS. I wear his hatred of Canada with pride. His punk ass couldn’t last five minutes in a prairie winter.
"Japan has a very big car industry." "Korea has a very big car industry." "Italy has a very big car industry." "Sweden has a very big car industry." "England has a very big car industry." "Germany has a very big car industry."
"Anyone that laughed at me ever has a very big car industry."
And he is also in the throes of Dementia, that is a progressive condition and will get worse. He can be easily manipulated now in this state of mental decline. Perfect storm for an Authoritarian takeover.
And he's been a victim of fetal alcohol syndrome disorder his entire life. It's why he's an amoral reprobate. It is estimated that 60% of prison inmates are on the FASD spectrum.
There was booze in a very dysfunctional household and it wasn't uncommon for pregnant women to drink back in the day. Even one drink at the wrong time can cause permanent, irreversible damage to the fetus.
Ya America... We are so DONE with you. 60-70% of your Aluminum and similar for Steel come from Canada. Enjoy all your new cars going up about $2,500 US and difficulty for enough to build planes..
Oh that's right at the moment because your FAA and Air Traffic Control is gone you mainly JUST CRASH 'EM
Tariffs bankrupt his farmers last time, 60+ billion to bail them out, and they are going under again. The orange turd lies through his teeth,is rapist and felon. Put him on our sex offenders list.
Not surprising the orange turd went bankrupt so many times. He thinks we are like one of his contractors that he stiffed. I say turn of the oil ,steel wood and minerals to US. They buy from us because they need it. Raise the price 25%. The importer pays the tariff.
US voters knew who and what Trump is and elected him because they want Trump. US voters support Trump’s policies toward neighbours and allies like Canada.
Just let that sink in.
Can’t wait to see if US voters enjoy the find out phase.
Sadly, almost 90 million didn’t vote —many in protest. Trump was not elected by the majority of US citizens, he was elected by the majority of citizens who voted. Regardless, beyond disappointing.
Okay, hear me out, I know it sounds like Q Anon stuff but what if that puppet ma$ter who owns Diaper Don now, used his hacker buddies to simply "delete" the records of those 90 million? At this point? Not beyond the realm, anymore.
How did this moron get elected? He is the dumbest person I've ever seen. And he can't read (people on SNL confirm Trump can't read, and if you see his personal notes, they prove it)
wow - the US, Canada & Mexico have a very 'integrated' auto manufacturing industry ... something I guess is too complex for the Dotard King to comprehend... 🤦🏻♀️
Never forget - #Republicans did this to us/our country 👿
The damn ego, Canada "stole" the car industry from the US? Not that US companies shipped their industries to wherever it was cheapest to manufacture something?
Is he gonna say that Norway stole the US oil industry? Or that Mexico stole the food industry?
I'm a Canadian, and I don't know how many times in a day I call this man a moron. Someone needs to sit him down and explain to him how the auto industry works between Canada and the U.S. But I doubt there's anyone who can take their lips off his a$$ long enough to do that.
Desperate for any journalist ever to ask him for more details about claims like this. He knows he can just say whatever he wants and there will never be any hard follow-up questions. Like “What do you mean ‘they stole it’? Explain that.”
In Trump's first term, the tariffs, despite many exemptions, raised the average price of steel and aluminium in the US by 2.4% and 1.6% (US International Trade Commission. Economists have also tied the tariffs to wider job losses in manufacturing - as many as 75,000 by one estimate - BBC
Yup we stole it through negotiated trade deals starting with the Auto Pact in 1966 and most recently by swindling a very weak president in 2018 when we re-did the North American free trade agreement. Damn, Canucks are smart. 😋
He is such a perfect victim, isn't he? So very aggrieved, and with more drama than a teenage heartbreak. Trump weaponizes fake BS reactions to non-existent threats and imagined harm, like a psychopathic toddler.
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I hate this timeline. Sorry the idiot we elected is a nightmare.
For the record, I did some digital marketing work for a car dealership and the mark-up on vehicles, especially used ones is vomit-inducing.
This must be what they wanted.
With ever more egregious lies, he works to delegitimize #Canada as a sovereign nation.
He states our industrial sectors rightly belong to US.
He dehumanizes Canadians.
To convince Americans we are undeserving of our land, our work, our lives.
He also ineligible to enter Canada as a convicted Felon.
This mfker could not even speak proper English, yet he's been heralded by the entire #MAGA/GOP masses as the country's Mesia?
I want all my taxes back - over 30 years of'em worth - as charity donations that propped up a slew of douchebags in politics & government
Same if we become the 51st state unless not given any vote like PR
I'm on the side of making it better in the USA ...by arresting the traitor j/s
"And that is called paying the Dane-geld;
But we've proved it again and again,
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane."
When the American dollar is at $1.40 vs. The Canadian dollar, well guess what genius, it’s better for Americans to have it made in Canada so it’s cheaper for Americans.
Jesus Christ, I can’t with these fucking people anymore!
The Orange Fuckopotomus King is not deranged.
Move along citizens.
Nothing to see here.
The silence to all of his threats,abuse , lies against 🇨🇦is frustrating.
It’s another superpower in the wrong hands and the ones who should be saying something -are silent.
Mexico produces 4M cars per year. 2.8M were exported to .
🇨🇦 produces 1.5M cars per year. 1.2M were exported to the US.
🇺🇸 produces 10.6 million cars or almost 8.9x more than 🇨🇦.
Please don't turn a blind eye to this lunatic.
for Canada?
"The squirrels are taking our acorns. America has to take on the squirrels so we can have a big, beautiful acorn butter industry to stop Australia from ripping us off on peanut butter."
This is equally coherent and based in reality.
When can we expect the “special military operation” and can it wait til after hockey season?
"Anyone that laughed at me ever has a very big car industry."
Oh that's right at the moment because your FAA and Air Traffic Control is gone you mainly JUST CRASH 'EM
US voters knew who and what Trump is and elected him because they want Trump. US voters support Trump’s policies toward neighbours and allies like Canada.
Just let that sink in.
Can’t wait to see if US voters enjoy the find out phase.
Never forget - #Republicans did this to us/our country 👿
Is he gonna say that Norway stole the US oil industry? Or that Mexico stole the food industry?
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