Treaties are laws. Trump does not acknowledge laws. They're words to him, words that are difficult to read and more difficult to understand. My daughters had similar sentiments about laws when they were 1.5 years old (i.e., creatures of will and appetite). Unlike Trump, they matured.
I don't think any treaty or any other legal document is worth horsesh1t under this administration, just the whim of the pres and his surrounding cronies.
The trade treaty states that any of the parties may withdraw from the agreement for "national security reasons" . Sadly, it didn't state that those reasons couldn't be grossly exaggerated or downright false. Also remember his MO, he creates problems so he can take credit for solving them.
Trump voters couldn’t place either Canada or Mexico on a map. 🙄🙄
Imagine how much dumber (and poorer because of #TrumpFlation ) they’re going to get over the next 4 years.
Dudes like Galen Weston (look him up --- utter douche) will continue to rake in massive profits on their food empires in order to maintain a godlike life-style and keep shareholders in new yachts, while the rest of us break our backs to feed our families. This will hurt Americans as much as Canucks.
even if there had been google before the election it would have required reading skills. or an attention span. or the capability to understand. think. nah… way too complicated!
So many retreating to 'he must be playing 4 dimensional chess" not realising he can't even play checkers. No one 'plays' anything with Donald, except plays him like an old piana.
They fucked around and will find out. They screwed us all over, no wonder why people are going no contact with MAGA family and "friends". Especially queer people, MAGA is a threat to everyone's safety including other MAGA cultists.
Worst part about trump supporters is their NEED to be congratulated for making these thoughtless decisions. It’s also very telling that they’re mad at this but not all the bigotry.
We need to do a better job in educating the electorate. That was the biggest mistake the Democratic Party made in this last election. And dang if we don’t need to get rid of two-party system and $$$ in elections.
In what Universe does any existing law or agreement or Constitution have to do with what Trump can or will do
Jeezus Christ God - where the Hell have you been?
I think we need some collective suffering. Us sane folk are going to have to suffer along with the morons ...until they learn that their actions have consequences.
I'm going to be pissed about the guacamole shortage...but they need to learn.
Practitioners of MAGA don't got space in their brains for any kind of information processing!! Adulation of the wealthy & powerful uses up all the cognitive horsepower.
Interesting take ... maybe adulation of the wealthy is what it is about for them and they want to be like him. Otherwise it defies logic as to why they would vote for him. Can't afford eggs but spend money on trump merch and chotchkes.
Using my parents as a reference they believe they're rich because they own business. The fact that the customer base isn't going to really care about having services done wasn't a consideration. Every fool who voted for Trump fell for the oldest fascist trick. Blame it on 1% of the population.
I think aligning yourself with the wealthy & powerful is a default human impulse. The less educated a person the less likely they are to question their impulses, and the less likely they are to challenge those in power.
EXACTLY. That's why history is important. I had to experience the Texas education system and they only teach "The Alamo" like it was the Americas reacting to taxation by the British. They leave out that Texas wanted to join the US because Mexico was outlawing slavery.
Yes. There is a trade agreement in place. And I'm pretty sure these tariff threats are a ploy to get Canada and Mexico back to the bargaining table to redo the trade deal that HE put in place to make it more favourable for the US.
Idiots. Trump is essentially nuking the USMCA agreement by announcing blanket tariffs. It's going to make sooooo many products jump in price - and that's before Canada & Mexico announce retaliatory tariffs. The fact they decided to just ignore him TELLING them he'd do this...it's mind-blowing.
I have zero sympathy for the maga voters who are worried now...it wasn't a secret. I genuinely feel for democrats though, strap in for a scary and bumpy ride. 😕
Only flaw is, the same issue you see with gasoline when OPEC decides to be asses.
Companies are quick to raise prices so they dont lose a cent in profit per sale.
But once the issue is over, they drag their feet on dropping the prices back cause, its free money.
Hi God. As I have said for years there is nothing more American than Mexican food…including lots of tequila and avocados. So when that becomes unaffordable maybe some folks will wake the f up.
Trump can't even screen his cabinet appointments... I have doubts about him and his lazy, incompetent clown car of cohorts being able to get most of these policies passed.
Thankfully, there are a lot of constitutional protections and tons of beaurocratic red tape to cut through, and they are all incompetent, lazy, entitled, and expect everything to come easy.
I gave up on this nation. Even with the high probability of Musk, Thiel, and Putin stealing or modifying votes in key swing states. 🤔 We likely will never know, and dems won't contest the election results.
Trump supporters -- You may even have known Trump was a con man when you voted for him, but what many of you STILL don't realize is that YOU are his mark!
You will soon find out that what you THOUGHT you were voting for is NOT what you're going to get.
Wasn't that one of his "big accomplishments" from the last time? He re-worked the same deal Obama made under a different name and claimed victory. Like Caligula conquered Poseidon...
As Trump threatens tariffs against Mexico and Canada, people need to be reminded who the POTUS was when the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was negotiated and signed; it was signed by POTUS Donald Trump, at the 2018 G20 Summit.
Under POTUS Trump the USMCA was enacted on July 1, 2020.
Trump has never followed any law and won't now. Canada and Mexico will file in the courts but that will take time amd honestly not force the tariff off only award both countries a small settlement that Trump won't pay and the US will de downgraded again as it was last time under Trump.
Trump doesn’t honor agreements or treaties or nuclear agreements. They were negotiated in good faith by smart people. Trump with his 78 IQ thinks he knows better. It’s who he is.
Yeah. They were so busy screaming about liberals and snowflakes they forgot to f***ing take two seconds and think about what trump was saying. Trump said it himself. Uneducated people are how he got elected. The uneducated thought it was the Democrats that didn't vote for Trump...
The USMCA, or MUSCA, or CUSMA, depending on the country you're in, was negotiated by Trump's Administration, and Trump's tariffs are a direct violation of it.
Also, the US got the worst acronym out of all of them.
Fuck em. The most impoverished places in America are red counties... when they start lining up at soup kitchens and watching loved ones die, I will stick their noses in it, like a dog that shits on the carpet.
Bu- bu- bu- ... really? Lol. Your light at the end of the tunnel is a lot closer than mine.. and that's what you're not seeing... theres almost no chance in continuing humanity past the next 30 years... I wanted a family... that can't happen now... save your moral highground shit for someone else.
I mean many of us knew he would go back on his word. The dude has no backbone and is surrounded by his cult and echo chamber. He is going to use this and a threat to get Mexico to add more agents to the border and Canada to do the same? It doesn't work like that. The American people will suffer.
Matt Gaetz is now giving pep talks and holiday wishes on Cameo.
The former Florida congressman began selling personalized video messages on the platform just a day after withdrawing from consideration as Trump's attorney general.
USMCA free trade deal is in place, negotiated by Trump in 1st term. Tarriffs violate the agreement and are illegal. Canada and Mexico are the top 2 countries for importing US products. Should they also put tariffs on American goods they import?? Mexico now says they will.
Guess they should have remembered that they were electing a CONVICTED CRIMINAL who doesn't give a rat's ass about the people who make less than 7 figures... SUCK IT UP, MORONS!
I hope he imposes tariffs all over the place. Like he's decorating for his Sweet 16 Birthday party and can't wait to get felt up by the boy who passed him a do you like me note, yes or no, in math class yesterday.
Cults always self-destruct. It's a matter of when, not if, it happens. Our focus needs to be to protect ourselves and each other from as much fallout as possible in the interim. Oh, and have lots of popcorn on hand for the magat FAFO show.
Hmm, almost sounds like states might have to keep their resources for their own residents. Good thing red states have such good self-sufficient economies. Oh, wait...
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Still can't believe that after decades of evidence people still think #Republicans are better with the economy.
"Trade Treaties? We don't need no stinkin' Trade Treaties!"
I think it will be “had” here pretty soon lmao
Imagine how much dumber (and poorer because of #TrumpFlation ) they’re going to get over the next 4 years.
Hurts, tho, that he’s sabotaging our friendship to do it. 🇨🇦
Now Mexico may just build that wall on their own with all those migrants heading back ☺
Also can you help make the Simpsons right????
What land are you all eying?
~smh~
thanks to the chaotic trade-wrecking idiocy of tfg's previous tenure
putin chose his perpetual fart puppet well
Seriously. SMH
Jeezus Christ God - where the Hell have you been?
I'm going to be pissed about the guacamole shortage...but they need to learn.
MAGA on tariffs: "Huh?"
Batshit Dora's Box of trade ideas has been opened.
Companies are quick to raise prices so they dont lose a cent in profit per sale.
But once the issue is over, they drag their feet on dropping the prices back cause, its free money.
And thats where the con will fail
You will soon find out that what you THOUGHT you were voting for is NOT what you're going to get.
We tried to tell you.
Good luck surviving the next four years.
I hope history will show me as an alarmist. I think he’s going to torch our constitution and do whatever he wants.
Look past the people he’s appointing and ask yourself - why them?
tRump *does that.*
"What?!!"
Under POTUS Trump the USMCA was enacted on July 1, 2020.
Also, the US got the worst acronym out of all of them.
🤣🤣🤣
trump doesn't have a clue what he is doing.
I think you told us not to when you made those commandment thingees
The former Florida congressman began selling personalized video messages on the platform just a day after withdrawing from consideration as Trump's attorney general.
They didn't wanna listen to a Black Lady. This is what they get.
In four years this is gonna be Kamala:
Now to be replaced with new FUAA