Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories

[random_character_a@lemmy.world]

Some of those relations have taken decades to refine. Now little Donny is playing with a hammer and turning it all to shit within weeks.

[skulblaka@sh.itjust.works]

Cooperation is pussy liberal shit, a real American dies alone

[bitchkat@lemmy.world]

Don't feel bad for the gas companies. Also he put an exception on "energy".

[then_three_more@lemmy.world]

Make them magnets

[bitchkat@lemmy.world]

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.

[troyunrau@lemmy.ca]

He doesn't want to hurt Alberta -- they're his future fifth column

[ysjet@lemmy.world]

The US's allies ARE his enemies, because his allies are our enemies.

[boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org]

He also refused to answer calls from Von der Leyen.

Maybe he doesn't know how phones work.

I do remember him talking about writing letters to Kim Jong Un after all.

[medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world]

Coupled with the weather Florida has been having, "oranges from the United States" will probably no longer be a thing. They waited until Anita Bryant died. Coincidence? I think not. /s

[mihies@programming.dev]

Though Trump will most likely absurdly blame Biden & democrats somehow and MAGAs will dumbly eat it all.

[sxan@midwest.social]

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.

[toomanypancakes@lemmy.world]

It won't stand a chance of waking anyone up unless we rub it in their stupid selfish faces at every opportunity and they can't get a reprieve from learning about how stupid their fucking choices are. Make sure to tell the trumpists laid off "Your president!" on the way out.

[sxan@midwest.social]

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.

[nollij@sopuli.xyz]

I was quite surprised to see coffee on the list. There's only 1 state far enough south to grow coffee (Hawaii).
That means they import the beans grown elsewhere for processing.

It turns out that Folgers does its roasting and packaging in New Orleans. It's unclear where the beans are from, but I'm sure it's "everywhere".

To my friends in Canada, take this opportunity to upgrade from Folgers.

[kryptoniancodemonkey@lemmy.world]

Our allies are sensible and question his stupidity. Our enemies are also sensible and so they applaud his stupidity, because they're our enemies.

[bakkoda@sh.itjust.works]

The state of most manufacturing facilities is already abysmal. They barely need any help going under.

[monstrosity@lemm.ee]

He was talking directly to the American People, as he mentioned right before this quote.

But it seems American media is invested in keeping the American people uninvested. Like this is between two leaders and we just get to watch.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

Tariffs don't work that way, putting the tariff up was stupid and putting a reactionary tariff up would also be stupid.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

If they make this year as shit as possible and it evens out next year they can say they saved the failing economy.

[goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world]

Nah, he's just refusing to talk to him because his goal is to tank America and this is a step in it. Funnel all the money to himself and his friends, rape and pillage, and eliminate it as a superpower, threat, or world influence for daddy Putin.