So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?
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That was just a smoke screen. He’s dribbled out his real intentions. Canada’s natural resources, banking, forcing acceptance of agricultural products. The list goes on.
Exactly 💯
And We Had an agreement with Mexico for border guards. 84% of Fentanyl is brought in by US citizens not Mexicans. It's US that supplies 200,000 weapons to Mexico cartels and we are a threat to Mexicans.
Trump's entire career has been about fucking things up badly, declaring victory, and then moving on to fuck up something else.
The same pattern holds here with his "negotiations" with Canada & Mexico.
Now he's off to fuck up the Panama Canal treaty.
I'm sure that little market "wobble" made millions for all the hedge fund managers that shorted stock, knowing this would happen. The rich getting richer with this little game makes it all the more nauseous.
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Also, Trump hurt the US relationship with Canada and made the markets wobble so that day traders and tech bros could make a few bucks exploiting the market's volatility.
Hurt is a significant understatement I'm afraid. I expect that Canadians as a lot have been altered for at least a generation and until you get a reasonable administration in place.
One more thing. From memory, I believe $200M & a Fentanyl so called czar are added. I stand to be corrected on this. Trump’s statistics on fentanyl coming from Canada is incorrect.
More likely he just wanted to keep his billionaires worried that he might tank the economy if they didn't keep feeding him money through his Truth Social shares and meme coins. It's a protection racket, as Dean Baker suggests. The bullshit about Mexico and Canada is just for the press to swallow.
Also me and all my friends spent all kinds of time talking about how we're going to replace as many American products as we can with Canadian ones, which we're still doing
And our tentatively planned Arizona trip this year is probably being moved to Mexico
As an American, I suggest you vacation somewhere else. It is a sh*tshow down here and bound to get even worse, quickly. I didn't vote for him in '16 (voted for Clinton), '20 (voted for Biden), '24 (voted for Harris). Our Constitution and Govt. was designed by leaders who never anticipated a "Trump"
Trump is trapped in endless cycles in which he acts out simulations of strength to elicit liberal tears he finds emotionally satisfying to distract the country and himself from his own incompetence that leads him to lose control of fights he started, before inevitably capitulating.
You do but that waste of skin Jesse Watters somehow thinks we bent the knee and kissed the ring. How Americans can stomach Fox news is one of the worlds greatest mysteries. Hannity, Carlson, Watters the 2025 version of the three stooges
Yes. Leaving the threat on the table another 30 days or so is a Mobster move too. 51st State crap is beyond insulting. Disrespectful. So we will keep finding other partners.
That 51st thing is the kicker for me. I'm done with the US until the whole regime is gone. Trump does the insults, I learned that in Scotland, but the whole US system entirely failed here. Until that's rebuilt, we need to carry on the boycotts and disinvestment.
Hawaii and Canada are Ohana in many ways. Heck, hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians even traveled to British Columbia's coastal islands to work. There are still communities with Kanaka descendents.
I think the West Coast governors should start a "serious" conversation about this to rattle Donald's chain. "We're divorcing you and marrying Justin Trudeau, oh and by the way Greenland is joining too" is much better than plain "secede" talk. Make Donald respond and get furious about it on TV.
Cascadians would be part of the British Commonwealth - this is a good thing! That means we have right to work (sort of) in Canada, UK, Australia, NZ. We need 60 minutes talking about this like it's a real thing that might happen.
Shh please don't say it out loud. Let him pretend (you voted for the show) and allow us perhaps to be saved.
Trump is on his power trip, loves the squirming and agitating by us Canadians (among many) to please him. Your duly elected king. Sorry to say, we are really mad at you too for November 5.
Yes. And if he keeps harping about fentanyl, he needs to be publicly reminded that it is the responsibility of US BORDER GUARDS to stop drugs coming in. So maybe he shouldn't have blocked the border bill that had 100 fentanyl detectors and 1500 additional border guards.
Trump, like all bullies is a weak blob of blubber.
Canada stood up...Trump cowered.
And this is delicious.
Without average Americans paying Trump's tariffs there's no revenue sources to pay for his promised tax cuts..No $$ for lowering corporate rate to 15%..No tax on SS..on tips and overtime.
The tariffs were just a distraction from the ongoing coup wherein #Musk gains control of government computer systems. After his control is complete, he will not be answerable to Congress or to the courts. . . or even to #Trump if Trump resists Musk's decisions. Musk does not share power with anyone.
Yes. But we'll take it. I fear we'll be right back here in 3 weeks though. My cynical self wonders if the guys in the backroom told Trump they couldn't get the process/system/paperwork in place to collect and he delayed to avoid a visible failure. Hope I'm wrong.
Please limit your grudge to our shit stain of a leader and his horrifyingly stupid, racist voters. The rest of us admire and appreciate Canada and Canadians. 🇨🇦
America has hurt its relationship with Canadian citizens. A very long memory we have. They won't be getting any of my money for a long time. Maybe once they've proven they can be a responsible country. Maybe.
I’m pretty sure it was, too. And it was even more obvious when Trump said, into a microphone on camera, that Elon Musk helped him win Pennsylvania because “Elon knows those voting machines really well.”
I lived in Sacramento during the Clinton years. They were some good years. Been home since 96.
I have and had many wonderful friends and family in the US. A few who would likely have been Trump supporters, too. Rest their silly souls.
Close ones will likely move here at some point.
But at least he let an anti-Trump party and leader look strong and weakened the pro-Trump candidates in upcoming elections by a pointless exercise that ended with no new policy.
Don't forget he also handed a massive victory to left of center Sheinbaum and Trudeau who was on the ropes. Totally undercut the Conservatives in Canada right before an election.
Fox and other anti-American right wing media outlets will frame this as Trump's big win because their information is filtered to exclude most real news.
A family member lives in UK and he's picked up some radical far right lies about immigrants. It's horrible how much damage Murdoch and other right wing media moguls have accomplished.
Classic "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" move. Make lots of noise over here so people don't look over there. Smokescreen for Musk and his minions...
It was announced this morning that the agreement was being ripped up. Ford got alot of pusback so I am pretty sure he will go through with the cancellation.
Oh that sh*t. His campaign just called me asking if I was going to support and vote for him. They shut up very fast when I vehemently replied "absolutely not".
I'm not sure I understand this trade balance stuff, but I'm thinking there's a lot of Canadians pissed and will stop buying US goods, despite this 30 day grace.
Doesn't that make US trade problem worse? Isn't that the real effect of Donny's play-acting as a negotiator?
He did it to make bank, shorting the market. Which he will continue to do until he has successfully stolen everything from everybody. It's the greatest heist ever. Even better than that of the "Great Canadian Maple Syrup heist." Fun times.
No. He manipulated the crypto markets. It was an insider "Dump and Pump." His company was aware that he would announce tariffs and that he would immediately rescind them. Insiders including Trump, Musk and some politicians purchased the crypto when it crashed. Trump then lifted the tariffs.
They must’ve realised that what they were doing was stupid and wanted a way out and tried to say face-that’s all I can figure out. There is always the option of thinking before one does something as drastic as putting tariffs on products from our neighbours. But thinking is asking too much.
Yup. Thanks to him, people like me, who like the U.S. will now buy more Canadian products and travel less to the states. Canada is the first priority now
It gives him propaganda ("Look what I solved!") and also is ripe for market manipulation & insider trading ("buy low & sell high" is much easier when you know in advance the timing of slumps & rebounds). https://bsky.app/profile/theserfstv.bsky.social/post/3lhcvk6qglc24
He is like an arsonist who starts a fire, quenches the fire then looks around hoping for compliments. Unfortunately, his dumb schtick reinforces the "he is a fighter" narrative
I keep seeing ads (on that other site) claiming he’s a fighter, based on the time he lost a tiny piece of skin off his ear. I’m curious to see how historians describe that “heroic” incident…
No. Trump damaged these things to show how big and tough and important he is, and also because he likes damaging things and people. He doesn’t need a rational reason to destroy things, he just likes doing it because it makes him feel strong.
He woke us up to what happens when you don’t stand up for your democracy and institutions. Bullying, continued economic pressures, and the threat of “annexation” are taken seriously and Canada must be militant and forge ahead.
I don’t love being part of a cautionary tale, but it’s true. The rest of the world just needs to look at the U.S. and beware of their own far right and their defense abilities before these autocratic, fascist, oligarchs try to expand and exploit- which they will given a chance. Greedy bastards.
the president is a domestic foe of the constitution
the supreme court legitimizes his crimes
congress is no longer functioning
the press is beyond repair
Hey, but it's a win to his supporters (or so it tells them it is), but the takeaway for those who are paying attention is that standing up to a bully can work!
Not quite. Trump and his pals will have exploited that "market wobble" to make lots of money.
Cause a market wobble. Cash in on the market wobble. It's insider trading in plain sight. But the world just laughs at Trump for backing down and so Trump gets away with it. You've all been played!
Step one, Trump threatens tariffs: the markets fall.
Trump and co buy stock at the new lower price.
Step two: ease up on the threats: the markets start to recover what was lost. The stock you bought is instantly worth more. You sell it and make a fortune.
He is stupid and cruel. How many Canadian small business owners got scared of losing everything, got sick because of it, just because the orange rapist wanted to play games, be a macho to please his cult. What a truly evil man. Sickening.
He also pissed off many many Canadians who immediately started boycotting US products and services, and will continue to do so until when and if this is over. Some contracts with US suppliers/contractors have been canceled. D T has not lulled us into complacency.
That's the thing. Once you get used to boycotting something, it's really hard to go back to buying it. You get out of the habit of putting it on your shopping list. I grew up with the UFW grape boycott, and it was years after it ended before I felt comfortable about buying grapes.
I apologized in advance to the tv reporter who was interviewing me today about the tariffs. I said, "Look we are dealing with Trump here so no one has any idea whether what I say will still be meaningful by the time the 5:00 news comes around."
If only more Americans hadn't forgotten how awful it was the 1st time that the horse was loose in the hospital...maybe the hospital doors would have remained bolted shut in 2024.
I don’t think they forgot. I think some WANT Trump to be an avatar for their hatred and White grievance, others wanted to believe his lies, and the rest could never vote for a non-White person or woman so didn’t vote. Muslim voters who believed Trump’s lies got conned like everyone else Trump cons.
We need to just go about our daily business, doing what we do and making changes with our business partners in all areas of private/public sector Just let the manic illegal alien and his untreated Alzheimer's father run about the WH pretending to make changes by EO's. We just continue to go to work!
Doesn’t get any stupider than this!?! Thanks to Americans that voted for this a$$hole and damaging a good relationship between our countries for an ego trip 🇨🇦🇺🇸
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And We Had an agreement with Mexico for border guards. 84% of Fentanyl is brought in by US citizens not Mexicans. It's US that supplies 200,000 weapons to Mexico cartels and we are a threat to Mexicans.
The same pattern holds here with his "negotiations" with Canada & Mexico.
Now he's off to fuck up the Panama Canal treaty.
Also, Trump hurt the US relationship with Canada and made the markets wobble so that day traders and tech bros could make a few bucks exploiting the market's volatility.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10989442/trump-tariffs-leblanc-border-security-video-lutnick/
#ComboverCaligula
And our tentatively planned Arizona trip this year is probably being moved to Mexico
Just a masterful gambit
Pump and Dump but its America.
"It keeps the leopards out."
"I don't see any leopards."
"Your welcome!"
Just take Washington, Oregon and California with you. We’ll become the province of Cascadia 🥲
Trump is on his power trip, loves the squirming and agitating by us Canadians (among many) to please him. Your duly elected king. Sorry to say, we are really mad at you too for November 5.
Canada stood up...Trump cowered.
And this is delicious.
Without average Americans paying Trump's tariffs there's no revenue sources to pay for his promised tax cuts..No $$ for lowering corporate rate to 15%..No tax on SS..on tips and overtime.
Anyone with cash or capital did good this a.m.
I have and had many wonderful friends and family in the US. A few who would likely have been Trump supporters, too. Rest their silly souls.
Close ones will likely move here at some point.
I haven’t talked to them since 2020. Like a good arborist, I decided to cut out the dead branches to save the tree.
#FarageRiots
Doesn't that make US trade problem worse? Isn't that the real effect of Donny's play-acting as a negotiator?
Yes Cdns are massively pissed & have already pulled US wines, beers & spirits off the shelves while also boycotting all US products in stores.
Like it will be nothing but insider trading from here on out.
If you didn't predict that from the git-go, you've been in a coma for 10 years!
Millions, if not billions.
#MAGASoStupid
#trump destroyed the sales market for the biggest export market for 34 states
Just so he could say #Canada made a deal already made with HIM, not #JoeBiden who actually made it
the supreme court legitimizes his crimes
congress is no longer functioning
the press is beyond repair
what's left?
#DeadTree
#TakeBackDC
Cause a market wobble. Cash in on the market wobble. It's insider trading in plain sight. But the world just laughs at Trump for backing down and so Trump gets away with it. You've all been played!
Trump and co buy stock at the new lower price.
Step two: ease up on the threats: the markets start to recover what was lost. The stock you bought is instantly worth more. You sell it and make a fortune.
It's a billion dollar wheeze.
He's damaged the entire North American economy in order to use his amazing Art of the Deal skills to negotiate for the status quo.
I'm going to continue avoiding US products for now.
https://youtu.be/JhkZMxgPxXU?si=ZULL8Smm0f7Kx6lm
If only more Americans hadn't forgotten how awful it was the 1st time that the horse was loose in the hospital...maybe the hospital doors would have remained bolted shut in 2024.
The Orange stupid AF Idiot can’t see the major lasting consequences of his threats and boasts.
https://bsky.app/profile/kingclip-ontie.bsky.social/post/3lhcidflabk2s