Trump probes for weakness in negotiations. He found it yesterday in Premier Smith of Alberta. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/we-... - ThreadSky

Bingo. Smith is a Trump worshipper, had already scheduled a trip to Trump's inauguration so she could lick his boots, and I'll wager she won't adopt a Team Canada approach.

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kathyedm.bsky.social•88 days ago

#DanielleSmith The Weakest Link

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canlug.bsky.social•89 days ago

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millsie62.bsky.social•89 days ago

Can see who will fold like a cheap suit already , weak leadership

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tempie2.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yes he did!! Others have found it too. Look at what’s happening in this province and who she is pandering to. It is a weakness on full display daily.

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fordskrackpipe.bsky.social•89 days ago

With tRump's tariff threats, who here really believes #LyingPeePee won't go after legal cannabis?

“The PM's disastrous legalization of drugs” -Poilievre

"If the leader of the opposition is suggesting he wants to recriminalize marijuana, let him just say that” -Trudeau
https://stratcann.com/news/trudeau-poilievre-trade-barbs-in-qp-over-cannabis-legalization/

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fordskrackpipe.bsky.social•89 days ago

With tRump's tariff threats, who here really believes #LyingPeePee won't go after legal cannabis?

“The PM's disastrous legalization of drugs” -Poilievre

"If the leader of the opposition is suggesting he wants to recriminalize marijuana, let him just say that” -Trudeau
https://stratcann.com/news/trudeau-poilievre-trade-barbs-in-qp-over-cannabis-legalization/

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fordskrackpipe.bsky.social•89 days ago

With tRump's tariff threats, who here really believes #LyingPeePee won't go after legal cannabis?

“The PM's disastrous legalization of drugs” -Poilievre

"If the leader of the opposition is suggesting he wants to recriminalize marijuana, let him just say that” -Trudeau
https://stratcann.com/news/trudeau-poilievre-trade-barbs-in-qp-over-cannabis-legalization/

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whoarewekidding.bsky.social•89 days ago

What do we expect from the leader of the party of more carbon better and contrails are poisoning us. Realistic takes?

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mandalamushroom.bsky.social•87 days ago

If anyone can make a bad bad situation worse, it’s suffering and unfortunate Alberta’s @ABDanielleSmith
#DanielleSmithUnfitToGovern

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fheathyr.bsky.social•89 days ago

I mean I agree that we need to address the flow of drugs, guns, and illegal immigrants across our shared borders. Though, it's interesting that she didn't mention that most of them head north, not south. Do you suppose she just doesn't know?

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gwenmacbeth2.bsky.social•89 days ago

Foolish, insufferable woman.

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bota28.bsky.social•89 days ago

Dam rights 👍 she’s no negotiator, a skill she does not possess.. she’s proven that time and time again over the years…

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204queenb0574.bsky.social•88 days ago

She's part of the IDU. Every Conservative is going to echo her because Pierre tells them what to say and when to say it. He's done an excellent job of equating all Liberals with the federal party but they don't seem to see it in the Conservatives and the GOP. Or maybe they do.

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clairebeauchampmd.bsky.social•89 days ago

Alberta puts the Vich in Vichy.

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crushton.bsky.social•89 days ago

Smith is a bully
Bullies are cowards therefore
Smith is a coward.

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tomstdenis.bsky.social•89 days ago

I agree, we should stop exporting Albertan oil to America until imaginary problems are tackled.

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chronosschiron.bsky.social•88 days ago

HANDGUNS were banned in canada in january

fentanyl comes from china
and if usa wanted to they could stop every chinese ship coming to port

and so few people want to goto the usa these days im betting that anyone from canada might want a wall up to keep the fookin yanks out
so fuckoff trump

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chronosschiron.bsky.social•88 days ago

someone needs to get a printer and print what i wrote out on 1000000 pages and start sticking the mall over the place in alberta so they get the fucking hint about whose the problem

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jer-robitaille.bsky.social•89 days ago

Smith is about to find out that she isn't in the club. Hopefully her feelings aren't as hurt as Doug Ford's were when he found out.

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gwp1898.bsky.social•89 days ago

She will just keep her strut up- that woman is clueless.

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lovewildernessbsky.bsky.social•88 days ago

The hell with her, she's nothing but a sycophant.
#DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

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alcdnindige.bsky.social•89 days ago

Quelle Surprise!

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dudgee.bsky.social•89 days ago

Between her, Ford, Legault, and PP, they are going to torpedo us with Trump, aren't they?

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vee40below0.bsky.social•88 days ago

Just a reminder that when Poilievre gets the PMO, the PMO and Alberta will be in full collaboration mode, with whatever Trump does, wants or demands from Canada and Alberta.

Like if Canada was Vichy France, and Poilievre was Vikund Quisling.

Not kidding.

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kadot96913.bsky.social•88 days ago

Agreeing to discuss "issues" after Trump has threatened your country is rewarding threatening behavior. Please don't do this. Don't ever give a bully what he wants. There are many ways to tactfully address issues at a later time, but immediately after such threats sends the wrong message.

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islesfanatic.bsky.social•89 days ago

If that photo ain't an expression of a deer caught in the headlights, I dunno what is...lol

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ipaige.bsky.social•89 days ago

Musk enabled Trump to bring in the tariffs. Seems about time for a mass Tesla boycott.

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globalinterest.bsky.social•88 days ago

Conrad Black, Stephen Harper, Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, the south called long ago, all the way back to the 70's.

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jlhaslip.bsky.social•87 days ago

Yup. @abdanielsmith.bsky.social is uniting the Premiers the same way she unites Albertans. Using a humongus wedge.

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chambery.bsky.social•88 days ago

To be fair, Premier Smith is a weakness in most things.

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terry-bolger.bsky.social•89 days ago

Those brown marks on her face... ya, she was definitely French kissing Trump's ass.

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10thpoet.bsky.social•89 days ago

Another cuntservative double crossing Canada. Not surprising, they hate Canada.

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icecoastgirl.bsky.social•89 days ago

And yrmet this was on x today sent to Trump and Elon.

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gwp1898.bsky.social•89 days ago

As if a Canadians Trump is what Canadians are looking for?? I don’t think so.

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debbidulka.bsky.social•88 days ago

Trump does not even understand tariffs and is blowing ignorant hot air and Smith and PP are falling for it and/or are exploiting Canada. Thank goodness Trudeau is in charge.

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sirschming.bsky.social•89 days ago

So weak. As though we aren't attempting to "address" those issues all the time. Not to mention they are tiny to the US compared to the issues with the southern border, yet same punishment.

And what about the guns flooding Canada from the US? We just supposed to bend over?

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usuallyquietin.bsky.social•88 days ago

Trump wants everyone on their knees, I don't think he cares if they are facing forwards or backwards, as long as they're submissive he will use them and then discard them without a second thought. He certainly won't keep up any end of any bargain ever.

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raniaparsi.bsky.social•88 days ago

Hey didn't realize u were on blue. Do u have a starter pack?

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evodaily.bsky.social•88 days ago

She's so Americanized. She and the other conservative Premiers will use this to make Trudeau and Singh look soft on immigration, falsely claiming immigrants are the ones bringing "fentanyl" (that's produced in the US) into America as well as the criminals Trump refers to. He loves using blackmail.

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usuallyquietin.bsky.social•88 days ago

It's being dismantled, smashed and/or sold. Whatever lines their grubby pockets (Dougie) or increases their power (PP).

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evodaily.bsky.social•88 days ago

Exactly!👏

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richt1.bsky.social•89 days ago

If the US increases domestic production won’t that hurt Alberta?

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gwp1898.bsky.social•89 days ago

It’s going to take awhile for domestic production to catch up. First? Massive upheaval. Prices up. And if he’s throwing out the illegal immigrants who’s going to grow all those strawberries??

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blbarden.bsky.social•88 days ago

And she is going to Washington on Jan 20 to celebrate Trump’s win.

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philipmai.com•89 days ago

It's concerning how the incoming Trump administration is conflating security & economic issues. I fear that he will weaponize migration & use it as a way to interfere in our federal election next year. Similar to how Russia has done it in the past against Norway & Poland. https://apnews.com/article/poland-belarus-migrants-russia-ukraine-59d6050c2ea6853de3154150e8c9dcb5

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mintiefresh.bsky.social•89 days ago

This some Fredo Corleone shit.

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adriennecharlton.bsky.social•89 days ago

Every village has an idiot. Unfortunately, a disproportionate number of Canadian idiots seek their fortunes in Alberta and their politics reflects this imbalance.

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yegrob.bsky.social•89 days ago

That deserves a follow 😁!

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adriennecharlton.bsky.social•88 days ago

Thanks!

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adriennecharlton.bsky.social•89 days ago

Maybe if we invested in unionized, working class jobs across the country we would have more balance.

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

I am no Danielle Smith fan but her approach might be the best even if behind closed doors we don't like it. If we can save Canadian business by being more aggressive on fentanyl producers and give Trump the win maybe he'd back off on more punitive measures.

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jer-robitaille.bsky.social•89 days ago

She's not in the club and she is going to embarrass herself.

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hope they don't make decisions based on which club they are in. Now is the time for Canada to work together to get the best result.

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gitmeau.bsky.social•89 days ago

Ahhhhh yes. Appeasement is a great idea. Let's go dig up Chamberlain and ask him how that worked out for him

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

Appeasement is politics. Comparing trump threatening tariffs to the Nazis is waaaay hyperbolic.

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gitmeau.bsky.social•89 days ago

You're right. It's a bit of an unfair comparison. The Germans at least had the balls to throw their guy in jail for his failed coup...

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tleafto.bsky.social•89 days ago

There is no fentanyl problem Crossing Canadian borders

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

Apparently there is a 43 lbs of fentanyl problem that is documented. Make a few busts get the prime minister to make them public and acknowledge Trump's wants in the message and hopefully appease Trump and get back to Canadian matters.

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tleafto.bsky.social•89 days ago

https://thelogic.co/news/trump-canada-tariff-border-fentanyl/

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tleafto.bsky.social•89 days ago

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

That looks like a logical argument you are presenting but I don't think logical arguments will save us in the coming tariff situation with Canada and Trump.

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lanamy01.bsky.social•88 days ago

Or on the other hand he sees governments caving to him and becomes more and more aggressive. I think only those who have dealt with him, like our present government, know how to handle him.

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•88 days ago

That definitely is a possibility. I hope we can figure out the correct approach.

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wilsonfink.bsky.social•89 days ago

Give Trump the win on what? There are no drugs going across the Northern border. None of what Trump's doing is grounded in reality so to pretend his requests are reasonable is absurd

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

Yes there are drugs crossing the border. not a lot, but some. If we can make a small effort to appease his ego then maybe we can save many Canadian businesses that these tariffs will affect.

Canada should not be looking to beat Trump and stroke our own ego at this point.

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wilsonfink.bsky.social•89 days ago

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rumblestiltskin.bsky.social•89 days ago

This chart makes my point perfectly!

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tindizzy.bsky.social•88 days ago

She’s totally complicit.

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theartofhume.bsky.social•88 days ago

It's there manufactured crisis project.

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knitwit64.bsky.social•89 days ago

Bad vibes. PM PP? Yikes

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maryecoy.bsky.social•89 days ago

I had the misfortune of watching o'leary on CNN last night and he dumped all over PMJT - and praised Trump and said Poilievre would be more appealing to Trump.

What an embassement!!

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hoofrat.bsky.social•89 days ago

Can somebody just lash him to the wheel of his lethal speedboat and point it toward the nearest iceberg?

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candaceqe.bsky.social•88 days ago

I can hear the sucking sound from the east coast 😳

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trishthornton.bsky.social•89 days ago

Because of course.

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tdot-canuck.bsky.social•89 days ago

Shouldn’t we explore what exactly Trump is wanting us to do on drugs and migrants? Maybe we can just make stuff up to show how “tough” we are and flatter him for his strategic thinking and he’ll buy it.

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monicarooney.bsky.social•89 days ago

The “problem” is certainly made up

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dangocurt.bsky.social•89 days ago

So she’s not only an idiot but she’s a coward as well.

I still remember when we placed retaliatory tariffs on US goods and included “Felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers”.

The kind Trump uses when making his child-like drawings. If that wasn’t a dig I don’t know what is.

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northbayted.bsky.social•89 days ago

that hag hates this country. Why doesn't she just leave?

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gwp1898.bsky.social•89 days ago

She wants to leave and take Alberta with her-

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prairieroots.bsky.social•89 days ago

Except the way she wants to leave is to take me and my neighbours with her. Cannot let her do that.

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northbayted.bsky.social•89 days ago

I won't let her do it either.

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karlguzzman.bsky.social•89 days ago

Welp, a unified provincial front is out the window.

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dudgee.bsky.social•89 days ago

Never was going to happen. Their role will be to make Trudeau look as bad as possible. I bet they'd hurt their own economies and create job losses to do it too.

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cberth21.bsky.social•89 days ago

Most definitely it’s party before country with conservatives 🙄🙄

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naubinhorth.bsky.social•89 days ago

Legault was a good (and easy) find too

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gmbutts.bsky.social•89 days ago

Yes indeed.

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general-armchair.bsky.social•88 days ago

Instead of ensuring the job security of Albertan workers from US trade initiatives she decided to join the party instead. She put ALL her eggs in the American basket instead of supporting CANADA and once again she is crying to Ottawa!

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general-armchair.bsky.social•88 days ago

She was/is unable to provide diversification for the Albertan economy & is only relying on the presumed market that may or may not be in place by Republican governors.
All oil workers should be livid with her inability to secure a reasonable future! Rump didn't come up with Tariffs all by himself.

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globalinterest.bsky.social•88 days ago

Unwilling, she stopped investment in alternate energy projects.

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general-armchair.bsky.social•88 days ago

This has been part of the plan all along and as she sat with Oil Executives and Governors in the US they already knew what was coming if rump won.
She got played bigtime. Once again, Albertans lose due to inadequacies of political leadership.

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general-armchair.bsky.social•88 days ago

Seriously, what do you think they seen coming in the door?
Danielle Chemtrail!

She needs to shut up and HOPE the US will allow her the crumbs as they rebuild their industrial base.

They don't NEED our oil.

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mikswa.bsky.social•89 days ago

She doesn’t believe Canada is a real country why would she stand up for for it

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ipaige.bsky.social•89 days ago

As long as the oil and gas flows, she doesn't care.

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nghthawke.bsky.social•89 days ago

Because Alberta has no provincial sales tax. They're dependent on oil and gas revenues.

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callmesully.bsky.social•88 days ago

So are you. It represents 20% of the balance of our trade and is our largest single export. But it is definitely critical to Alberta's economy.

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ipaige.bsky.social•88 days ago

The assumption is these oil and gas exports will go on forever. As the world electrifies and climate change gets worse, this export is going to dry up. Maybe quicker than many think. Perhaps it's not so smart to have so much riding on it.

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callmesully.bsky.social•88 days ago

No question. Ironically, Alberta was also leading the nation in the growth of alternative energy, until Smith's govt put a hold on things. 🤷

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lasantink.bsky.social•89 days ago

Stupid, stupid woman.

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