As a Canadian, China is currently our #2 trading partner - make them #1. 🇺🇲 is 4+ years of chaos and instability. China is part of BRICS which makes up over 50% of the global population and produces 5% more GDP than G7. And China does not want to crush and annex 🇨🇦, that's 🇺🇲.
As a US citizen your post makes me incredibly sad. Canada has always been our good neighbor. I don’t understand why people voted for Trump. Can not blame you for your position. In the states we have a real challenge to try and control the madness. So senseless.
We have been excellent neighbours for many decades, but many people here in 🇨🇦 take the tarrifs and annexation threats seriously. I can't tell my daughters that they are safe anymore. We are heading into a recession because of 🇺🇲. Not one Canadian voted for Trump, but we are getting the damage.
I just read about it. That's because your government/ industry found new trading partners. Right now 🇨🇦 seems to still be focused on our neighbours to the south. Hopefully that will change.
Oz has a _lot_ of trading partners, but what hurt China was that they lacked alternative suppliers who could meet their needs.
And then a once-in-a-millennium drought hit, their rivers and dams dried up, they lost most of their hydroelectricity, and factories & cities shut down.
Elon was leveraged before Trump won. Twitter was only worth 20% of what he paid for it. Tesla sales were down for almost a year. Space X kept blowing up. Elon owed money to Saudi Orince & Diddy.
Elon needed the win as much as Rump did to stay out of prison.
You know when a company sells it business to a new CEO and the incoming administration comes in and shakes the bottom to the top, guts out the corporation, takes all the money and profits, then bankrupts the company and then leaves a shell...
Canada helped china when it was starving
Then it bit the hand that fed it
I think Canada is best to keep her natural resources at home, manufacturing what it needs, and then exporting surpluses
I agree, if Canada used all the money that it subsidizes the resource industries with, and built it's on manufacturing, mills and refineries we would be completely self-sufficient.
Seems we forgot how his Covid policies nearly destroyed our economy. These aren't opinions - they're documented facts. Biden's admin spent years pulling us out of that hole, getting us back to stability, and now we're just... choosing to jump right back in?
When has a Republican administration NOT destroyed a healthy economy left by a Democratic one? The biggest lie ever told was Republicans were “good” at managing the US economy. Their “Voodoo Economics” has tanked every one in my lifetime.
Trump approaches every negotiation with the belief that there must be a clear winner and loser. That may have been good for him when he was continually screwing over the little guy with his businesses. Trade partners aren’t so ok with that. They simply realign elsewhere and don’t look back.
The oligarchs want the economy to fail. They can buy up failed businesses cheap. The common folk will learn to live with less. As long as Fox News keeps manipulating facts, people will accept it and find a way to blame Democrats.
The Chinese were using science long before Western Europe. We need the best and brightest to compete with them. Our leader is anti-science and anti-knowledge and those controlling him want a Theocracy sharing power with the 1%. I wonder who will win.
China will be working towards stronger ties with Latin American countries as well, especially Mexico. We'll have the Chinese sitting on our borders by the time Trump has alienated them.
Chins didn't have a great relationship with Trudeau. But, now that Trudeau won't be PM much longer, perhaps future PM Carney may need to explore that option.
Canada already has a FIPA agreement with China.
Canada supposedly has a free trade agreement with the US (that the last Trump admin negotiated) but #fElon47 wants to shit on it now; our country will find more reliable trustworthy trade partners.
China is going to be the greatest country in the world now thanks to Donald Trump. I wanna move to China before Donald blow up the United States to pieces smithereens
I honestly don't care if bidens "strong economy" gets destroyed because it wasn't strong for the working class whatsoever
Most people can't afford a $400 emergency. We don't have healthcare. We can't afford rent or houses. The economy was ONLY good for the exploiting class
I live in Niagara Falls, NY. Currently our malls (especially a large factory outlet one) are packed with our friends from Canada. I can see in the near future this will turn around and we will be crossing the bridge to shop in their country, especially since they have the nearest Costco!!
That’s what he’s been put there to do… the billionaires are making the endgame play to get rid of most of us lest we grow too powerful and unite against them, and they’re willing to sacrifice anything to do it. Democracy, the poor, global economic stability, everything’s on the menu.
That’s the idea. Once you finally realize that trump and his minions were installed NOT to strengthen democracy but to dismantle it, it all makes sense.
I really wish you folks would try to educate yourselves a little instead of just blindly defending anyone with a (D) next to them. Who largely funded the Biden campaign? Corporations. Why do think they did that? The same reason the stocks are so high and our communities are broken. Greed.
You legitimately think America was doing well under Biden? How many Americans are institutionalized and homeless? How many are unemployed or underemployed. What's the wealth disparity between the richest and the poorest in this nation. None of that changed because of Biden. Our politicians are evil.
The intention all along has been to crash the economy. Our economy is too strong for the rich to further exploit. They need cheap debt so they’ll crash the economy, driving down interest rates, and then with their stored capital and cheap debt buy everything in sight. Great Depression 2.0
We're going to have to crash and burn in order to get rid of Trump. Until his cult feels something other than devotion for the man. We'll all have to suffer.
Honestly, I'm willing to starve with a smile just to see the moment they wake tf up. I can't wait til the moment my people figure out a human is a human is a human. Until then, they will act with hatred. 🤦🏻♀️
🐘 do this every time. Destroy the economy, blame it on the Democrats. Democrats get voted in & fix the economy, but take the blame for the economy being bad, 🐘 gets voted back in & destroy the economy .. lather, rinse, repeat 🙄😮💨
Now we have the added bonus 🟠🤡 trying to destroy the Constitution 😠😡🤬
Doesn’t he owe money to China? Can he afford to make them mad at him? Or is this just all part of their plan to destroy democracies around the world. Note: a rhetorical question.
He was a colossal disaster to our economy, our safety, and our reputation the first time around. I still can't relate, nor do I want to relate, to anyone who in any way facilitated his second chance at destroying our country.
GOP presidents always tank the economy. They use the strong data their Dem predecessor left behind as an excuse for mammoth tax cuts for the rich.
Economy tanks.
Dem comes back in, cleans it up.
It shouldn't be this way but the Dems have to play humble -- thus no one sees the vicious cycle.
You mean the Biden economy that he convinced 49.3% of America was so terrible but still allowed him to walk away with almost 6 billion dollars in its waning days? That economy?
Honestly, it never was the greatest. Everyone outside of the US who have any sort of education knew that whole 'greatest' thing was just propaganda for US citizens.
Where are you from and what's the general census about America? I'm just curious because you're right... there's so much propaganda and I just wanna know what people REALLY think???
Big question, but for starts: Check out @strongtherapy on tiktok - her older posts. She does research on this question and it's interesting to watch as she (American) discovers people outside of the US do not think it is the 'greatest' or the 'leader of the free world.'
I fear you may be right. Trump doesn't know anything other than "gangster stuff" and I think much of that Project 2025 they are pushing will be detrimental.
I say we help #TankTrumpsEconomy . You don't just vote once a year. You vote every time you put $$$ into the MAGA economy. Cancel your streaming. Skip the latte. Take a bike ride. Visit the library. Nobody can completely become an economic ghost, but we can all try, and it could add up.
Biden doesn't care. He handed the peaceful transfer of power over knowing trump stole it. He laughed & smiled on his way out. Must've been the money they grifted out of Americans during the campaign & DNC.
The MAGAs were not conned -they wanted what the felon wanted, as short sighted as they are -people not white herded& deported,the liberal, socialist,too woke do gooders Democrats ousted from office.They know they'd suffer from their bigotry&stupidity, but to hell w/ it. We'll see how tough they are.
They did not believe these policies would impact them personally. Yet here we are, inflation increasing, benefits being cut, tax breaks only for the rich, tax increases for low income earners. And the Trump tarriffs haven't even kicked in. Oh, and a potential war with Mexico, Panama, and Greenland?
Canada would prefer to trade with the state. Our trade friendship goes a long way. We felt your pain during the 911 attacks. I will never forget that. Stay safe and hopefully we will be good Trade partners again soon. 🥲
I am Canadian. I don't want to trade with 🇺🇲 anymore. 4+ years of chaos and instability coming up. No thanks I didn't vote for this. China is our #2 trading partner - let's make them #1. ❤️🇨🇦
Already do. They should take our oil, they need it. EU negotiated a trade agreement with Mexico 3 days before inauguration as well as a number of other south American Countries. 🇨🇦 needs to expand beyond 🇺🇲. 🇺🇲 Is chaos, instability and they want to tarrif and annex 🇨🇦.
Republicans always destroy the economy and create a huge deficit that Democrats have to fix it's a repeated behavioral pattern for them because they exist for nothing more than money and greed and how much they can steal
I blame the Americans that have such goldfish-like attention spans that they fall for Republican inflammatory rhetoric and keep voting these incompetent idiots in just because they hate the right people.
Threatened countries (Colombia, Canada, Panama, Norway, etc.) are finding it in their best interest to find and expand trade and not rely on the US as a partner. Those are $$ that will be very hard to recover. I don’t blame them. Screw the bully.
He is pushing most countries toward China. If you have to do business with an autocrat Xi might be more predictable and rational. Biden spent his career building alliances and bridges. trump has pend 8 days building walls and tearing down bridges.
Trump is hard at work destroying the Country. Executive Order by Executive order and releasing violent TREASONOUS criminals from prison to become his personal militia.
Yeah...NO, Biden's economy SUCKED! No doubt Trump will make it worse, but people like me, seniors, low income, the working poor/ wage slaves, NEVER EVER felt that supposed "great economy". It's bullshit.
65% of America owns a home - home values went up.
Most Americans own stocks, retirement, pensions, etc. - up
Most Americans love having jobs and higher wages
Most Americans liked seeing inflation rates and gas prices fall.
The Biden economy was good for most people.
Jobs, Wages, GDP, Housing Values, Stocks, etc.
Got the inflation rate down to the 3's
Gas prices from 5 to 3
It's the perfect opportunity for China and Canada to become allies. It would probably better position Canada for when China takes the world leadership role in the vacuum left by Trump's abdication.
It’s still salvageable with strong leadership similar to the 12 year Republican disaster after President Wilson, and the 24 years to superpower of FDR and Truman
Isn't it amazing that China now is the adult in the room while the mad suckling, Tantrum Don, enjoys destroying the country he claims to make great again?
Trump is an idiot (and worse) but we would be a lot better off if our economy was less entangled with China. Trump being wrong does mean the free trade proponents were right.
Yes, in South America and Canada, China is ready and willing to step in and take the lion's share of trade away from the US. Trump is exactly what China needs to get its failing economy back on track. But guess that that means for the U.S.
No doubt Canada would welcome deeper ties, however as often happens when dealing with Ch ina, negotiations are multi-level and move in unexpected directions.
It's probably a good thing that Trudeau will not be involved. Poilievre would give everything away. Carney is the best one for the job.
After WWII, the western world grappled with how tf we had two world wide conflicts in less than 50 years. One identified cause was economics, and the solution was to create mutually beneficial economic relationships because we used self interest to ensure widespread peace.
For all their talk about being tough on China, China will end up reaping the benefits of our collapse more than any other adversary. As we pull out of the WHO, NATO, Ukraine & other international organizations and conflicts, we leave a power void.
The only country even close to filling it is China.
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Trump’s in for many shocks.
And then a once-in-a-millennium drought hit, their rivers and dams dried up, they lost most of their hydroelectricity, and factories & cities shut down.
This was China’s nightmare scenario, and it was humbling.
So their diplomatic corps were wisely instructed to humble themselves by making the first overture.
America may find itself in an analogous situation.
The USA is now Gilead.
They are almost as bad as trump
That's why Nazi ELON MUSK RIGGED the election.
Elon needed the win as much as Rump did to stay out of prison.
That is what Trump is doing to America
Then it bit the hand that fed it
I think Canada is best to keep her natural resources at home, manufacturing what it needs, and then exporting surpluses
Billionaires like when the economy crashes - so then they can buy up everything
https://www.laresistance47.com/shop/billionaires
And incredibly: he’ll blame Biden and his Cult Of IDIOTS will lap it up like a starving dog sucks down poisoned gravy.
Why are people so fucking dumb?
RISE UP.
#WhatAMess
https://www.chinaeducenter.com/en/learnchinese/lessons.php
Canada supposedly has a free trade agreement with the US (that the last Trump admin negotiated) but #fElon47 wants to shit on it now; our country will find more reliable trustworthy trade partners.
Most people can't afford a $400 emergency. We don't have healthcare. We can't afford rent or houses. The economy was ONLY good for the exploiting class
It needs to fail
You can’t really blame Canada either, they can’t trust the US
why people struggled so get a clue🤔
Now we have the added bonus 🟠🤡 trying to destroy the Constitution 😠😡🤬
A costly mistake I’m confident he won’t repeat, because when it went horribly wrong he knew to be conciliatory.
Economy tanks.
Dem comes back in, cleans it up.
It shouldn't be this way but the Dems have to play humble -- thus no one sees the vicious cycle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEumay-kcM8
https://politicalamericans.com/trump-blames-biden-for-2028-great-recession/
Cool your jets
tfg wants to declare #MartialLaw it's only a matter of time.
UAS becoming a Banana Republic.
But not for most.
Sorry.
Most Americans own stocks, retirement, pensions, etc. - up
Most Americans love having jobs and higher wages
Most Americans liked seeing inflation rates and gas prices fall.
Jobs, Wages, GDP, Housing Values, Stocks, etc.
Got the inflation rate down to the 3's
Gas prices from 5 to 3
China is laughing all the way to the bank
Idiocy &
the ANTI-education masses rolled out the red carpet for their dick daddy!
🤮
And they called this governing, hahahahahahahh...
Although, Dump's madness may have saved Canada from a fascist conservative government!
Everything the week, pathetic cult leader does weakens USA and strengthens China and Russia.
I'm this case, attacking (economically, verbally bullying, threatening) our allies only makes them want to have closer ties with China.
We'll see the same all over the world.
It's probably a good thing that Trudeau will not be involved. Poilievre would give everything away. Carney is the best one for the job.
After WWII, the western world grappled with how tf we had two world wide conflicts in less than 50 years. One identified cause was economics, and the solution was to create mutually beneficial economic relationships because we used self interest to ensure widespread peace.
I am not a huge fan of China but the US put our backs against the wall and I am much less of a fan of the Orange little bitch and his minions.
Time to diversify.
The only country even close to filling it is China.