Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

They will just blame Democrats

[brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

This assumes the people in the red States would see the chain of causation, which is unlikely.

It will create an enemy out of the taxing countries. I dont have a better idea but at this point his base will never turn from him.

[brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm curious if they're gonna start pulling out of our stock market

[steal_your_face@lemmy.ml]

And the flew there on the 4th of July 🫡

[tm12@lemmy.ca]

Justin Trudeau tried to speak to the American people and did play heavy on the lasting friendship between the two countries. Will that dull the backlash against Canada? Trump wants an enemy out of Mexico, Canada, and China.

[gammelfisch@lemmy.world]

Potash and Canada exports a lot to the USA. This would affect the US agricultural sector.

[jewbacca117@lemmy.world]

The idea is this will force red state senators to do something. It worked during the Bush administration, anyways.

[whoisearth@lemmy.ca]

Trump wants an enemy out of Mexico, Canada, and China.

Which is hilarious because one of those things is not like the other

[slickgoat@lemmy.world]

Trump's base is a lost cause, but the pain may get the soft Dem voters to get off their arses and turn out for the next election.

Nothing will shift Maga, so appealing to them is wasted.

[iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com]

Yeah during Trudeau's speech the only thing I was thinking when he was listing all of Canada's resources is, "are you trying to encourage a US invasion?!"

[iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com]

Am I the only one who was reminded of the opening video in Fallout 2?

https://youtu.be/0_BYycHO_6A

[t00l_shed@lemmy.world]

Stupid Marlaina Smith

[blakenong@lemmings.world]

Good. Hit us with your best shot. We deserve it.

[9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works]

And canadian bacon!

I just watched it for the first time last week...

I guess it was funnier in the 90s...

[chiliedogg@lemmy.world]

The number one predictor of electoral outcomes is people's feelings on the economy.

[bigbenis@lemmy.world]

Please! We're in dire need of consequences.

[jamablaya@lemmy.today]

There's a personal enmity between Trudeau and Trump. Trudeau shot his mouth off a lot the last 8 years, and really ramped it up the last 4, never thought Trump would be back, and then went on the news crying about Trump winning wasn't fair, after making an ill advised trip to Mar a Largo instead of sending his foreign affairs minister, or anyone else that Trump didn't literally hate. Trump, he's talked a lot of shit about Trudeau being a two faced weasel and other (also not untrue) comments about his intelligence. If anyone is gonna fix it, it's Trudeau's replacement, coming fairly soon, or possibly the guy after that, federal election by early summer, late spring most likely. Trudeau's desperate need to hold on ten years into power when literally everyone was telling him to get the fuck out is really hampering us right now.

[jamablaya@lemmy.today]

No, he hates Trudeau, who has resigned. Why would you talk to a lame duck you despise?

[leadore@lemmy.world]

According to this (see first 2 minutes), they are specifically trying to target red states in hopes of getting republicans to try and intervene with trump.

[natakunox@lemmy.world]

It absolutely will. Red state leadership only cares about one thing. Money. The moment you start targeting their bank accounts. They'll flip on Trump. Spreading the tariffs across all voting bases is dumb. Yes 38.3% voted for Trump, but that's nowhere near as much as the other 61.7% that actually christmas a better future for all! Red states are already struggling. Push them to the breaking point first to see how they react. Hurting working class blue voters will only push them right.