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Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories

www.thedailybeast.com Trudeau Tells Trump: Tariff War Will Shut American Factories

Canada’s prime minister fires back in Trump’s sudden trade war, warning it will hit the U.S. hard.

Summary

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced Trump’s sudden 25% tariffs, warning they threaten American jobs and will inflate consumer costs.

He revealed that Trump refuses to take his calls and sharply criticized claims linking tariffs to illegal immigration and fentanyl crossing U.S. borders.

In retaliation, Canada and Mexico imposed matching tariffs, targeting crucial American exports like auto parts, agriculture, and red-state staples like famous Kentucky bourbon.

Trudeau warned American factories may shut, citing integrated supply chains.

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Dude, just... shut up and let him fuck over the people who voted for him.
- if only this affected just the people who voted for him...
  
  Yeah, well, I was shocked that he didn't have to cheat this time, and that he actually won the popular vote.
  This is going to disproportionately hit blue collar voters, who tend to vote red. Billionaires will also be affected as stocks tank, since most of their value is disproportionately held in the market.
  Everyone's going to suffer; that's a given. I don't want the suffering to be limited to LGBTQ+, minorities, and women.
  
  Who says he didn't cheat? He said he was going to cheat, he tried to cheat last time, he even thanked Musk for "help with voting machines" IIRC. The fucker cheated and y'all just accepted it
  
  I mean the usual Republican cheating, which is using The Fucking Electoral College, leading to elections where they list the general vote but won the election.
  Republicans may very well have subverted voting machines, but I haven't yet seen any evidence - only speculation.
  
  This is designed so billionaires can snap up assets in the cheap when the economy craters. They can hold their positions in what they currently have.
  
  This sounds plausible. Billionaires can ride out a slump pretty easily, even if it lasts a decade, confident that they can buy low and sell when Democrats restore the economy[1].
  I think the problem is that, this time, there may not be a rebound. Opportunists believe we can intelligence our way out of the extinction event we've created, and maybe we could have. I see no indication that we'll collectively recognize and respond until it's far too late. Global warming is already affecting economies, and by the time we recover from the economic devastation of Trump's presidency, global warming may be the defining economic force.
  [1] I am in no way a cheerleader for the modern (post 2k) Democratic party, but it doesn't take much searching to find graphs that chart Republican/Democrat control against economic trends of the time. In the past 30 years or so, there's been a strong correlation between Democratic leadership and strong economies and reduced national debt.
- This is going to hurt me, and I did as hell didn't vote for him
  
  We were all going to suffer, but the only hope we have of avoiding slipping into a dictatorship is if the dumb fucks who say "both parties are the same" and the true undecideds who don't pay attention suffer enough to side with the movement to preserve democracy. His base will never change their minds.
  He's raping civil liberties, minorities, women's rights, worker's rights, free press; I think it's selfish to vocally complain about the one thing that affects you just because you're not a teacher, or an immigrant, or gay.
  This is something the while country will feel, and I hope the idiots who aren't in his cult yet still voted for him will pay more attention as a result.
  
  They will just blame Democrats
- Targeted tarrifs can be done in retaliation without hurting canada. Like not selling American booze. Canada makes tons of booze we can sell to ourselves

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