Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories

[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.

[techanon@lemm.ee]

I agree there is a large subset of MAGA that are lost causes, however, I've seen a couple people around me change their minds on Trump: One was over the H1B (fear of job loss) and the other was over these recent tariffs (fear of paying more). Had to cause issues that could have direct impacts to them personally to change their minds, but there you have it.

[techanon@lemm.ee]

It's proof that it's not about the economy which would mean the door is always open to negotiate a better deal. It's not about drugs since Canada could be calling to say, "We've made X changes to reduce drug trade."

So that begs the question: what is this all about?

[tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world]

[corno@lemm.ee]

Good.

Imagine after less than two weeks in office, you're threatening and blackmailing other nations into being annexed by you and thinking this makes you the good guy in this scenario.

[jlh@lemmy.jlh.name]

California has over 6 million Trump voters, why avoid them?

[zombiepirate@lemmy.world]

So that begs the question: what is this all about?

Wrecking the economy so billionaires can buy up infrastructure at fire-sale prices?

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

Annexed Canada; lost Alaska to China. Then got exploded a lot.

[bradinutah@thelemmy.club]

This is Putin getting his Puppet to weaken the USA to promote Putin's goals. Donvict is a Russian asset. A weak USA helps Russia and BRICS, especially for objectives like Ukraine. Other players, like the oligarchs, are also beholden to Putin.

[drusas@fedia.io]

I doubt he thinks he's the good guy and I'm certain he doesn't care.

[t00l_shed@lemmy.world]

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

[t00l_shed@lemmy.world]

... what? No lol.