Looks like this is happening.
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
This great perfidy from our longstanding and close ally and friend is immensely saddening and maddening.
But it also makes me resolute to defend our country. We should and must retaliate.
A thread about what I'll be looking for in our retaliation measures....
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David Cochrane
Canada has been officially told that President Trump will impose tariffs today. Timing and specific details unknown. But it will be today. We will have extensive coverage on CBC News Network.
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If I was at a negotiating table with American counterparts, the first question that would be in my mind is "how can I trust them?" How can we believe they'll hold their word? And sadly, my answer is "I can't" and consequently, I'm not interested in any deal.
https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lh42quaiys2z
1) Eyes on the goal: the goal is to get the tariffs removed. Take actions that lead to that goal.
If you don't think fighting is needed, get the hell out of the foxhole and let someone worthy take your place.
https://bsky.app/profile/alexandermarquardt.bsky.social/post/3lh5lrqarcc2o
2) Leave no one behind: We need to be united. That means we support those people/regions/industries who are hurt. In hand with that, we should expect words and actions of solidarity from everyone.
3) Ensure they know: we need to see big effort to ensure US consumers/biz know the impact this self-imposed tax will have on their lives.
The own-impact of the US tariff far outweighs the impact of our retaliation. So make sure they know it.
4) Not just trade: this is not a standard trade war; it's just bullyism. Not tit for tat or dollar for dollar tariffs. Those are 3-word slogans. Think broader than trade.
Hit them *hard* but strategically. Uranium? Germanium? Alaska access? Tesla? Put it all on the table.
This is the only sort of retaliation that will have any effect. The retaliation measures need to hit trump, musk, and the rest of trump's inner circle personally. Otherwise they simply will not care.
Get Canada new fighters before Trump ties up deliveries of F35's for leverage. Pull the rug out on the Cheeto-chisler.
https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/polycrisis-2025/
5) Hurt them: the goal is to inflict economic and political pain. Yes, actions will hurt us too and possibly more than it hurts them. That's why wars are bad. But war is upon us.
The point is to hurt them enough to change their action.
You guys are our bros and our president is a fucking idiot
6) Build allies: we are smaller. Colombia and Denmark are small. If we are picked off one by one, we risk losing.
I want to see that our retaliation involves lining up ally support.
Make those swasticars unaffordable for everyone.
“Cancel the Trump trademarks in Canada. Freeze Twitter and Tesla’s assets while Musk is backing annexation. Remove Fox News from the airwaves.”
What about suspending the Chinese EV levy
This won't end with tariffs.
“Foreign channels can be removed from the authorized list should their programming not be consistent with the standards to which Canadian services are held,”
-Ian Scott CRTC chair
So if Canada really wants to send him a message, they should also drop tariffs on Chinese EVs. Once BYDs are common, Tesla is cooked.
Bonus: Canadian BYDs would end up in the US, too.
I am a US citizen who recognized this and tried hard to prevent him from being reelected. Obviously, I failed. I'm still pushing for my Party to stand up, but so far, most are looking very weak.