Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says

[cruxifux@feddit.nl]

Im skeptical that anything positive will come of this for either of our countries anyway. Things will just continue to get progressively worse for the working class.

[greyeyedghost@lemmy.ca]

Tariffs can have certain benefits if wielded with finesse in the right circumstances. Trump uses anything he has like a blunt object. The goal of the retaliatory tariffs was to cause key parts of America pain, rather than mostly Canada feeling the pain of these tariffs.

As for helping the working class. No tariffs are better than tariffs for that working class, but that group has been neglected or targeted for a long time.

[quafeinum@lemmy.world]

I think prince andrew has free time on his hands.

[greenknight23@lemmy.world]

as an American in a blue state all I can say...

[adrianhooves@lemmy.today]

hopefully this tariff trouble will end pretty soon, and with that, things will get cheaper for both canada and mexico

[the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip]

Very true, it's a symbiotic relationship (or was anyway, the bigger party has changed it's mind)

[the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip]

That's fair, for him it's a win but in reality it doesn't actually fix a problem since there wasn't one to begin with

[the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip]

Good on ya and keep it up!

[the_swagmaster@lemmy.zip]

Oh interesting, didn't know about that. So Trump can pretend he made a deal that was already done just by getting Canada to throw in 'Fentanyl Czar'. What a deal maker /s

Hope Canada continues to avoid American products and diversifies who they supply their exports to

[statick@lemmy.world]

I browse /r/conservative occasionally to get a laugh. The entire subreddit is full of "winning posts".

Canada called his bluff, said they'd tariff the US...
He gets on a call, Canada said they're going to do something they were already going to do, and all he gets is someone getting the title "Fentanyl Czar", apparently, and classifying cartels as terrorists.

So much "winning" lmfao. These people are delusional.

Kid A: You need to help me out.

Kid B: I'll help you out, np.

Kid A: If you don't help me out, I'm not letting you play with my toys!

Kid B: I already said it help you out.

Kid A: puffs chest I'm such a good negotiator.

[lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works]

Actually... As an American, I can also prioritize Canadian goods, I'm guessing. Maybe we can do both, from both sides of things?

[lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works]

Literally do that if you can buy Canadian instead.

[whatamlemmy@lemmy.world]

He... Never had any credibility? Everybody knows Trump doesn't understand anything, and all his decisions are fed to him by handlers/oligarchs/lobbyists.

[flashmobofone@lemmy.world]

I'm pretty sure it is.

Trump only really manages good things by accident, but in my view, it's objectively a good thing seeing Non-US countries committing more to their own security.

[foggenbooty@lemmy.world]

Yup, my understanding is that Mexico's "deal" was the same. They'd already made those commitments very early on in the "negotiations".

This whole ease off of tarrifs has just been Trump backing down and announcing the things he already had. You can never lose when every loss is a win.

[ookiiboy@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Moving all my data and hosting shit to euro-socialist countries. Tired of this doge and orange pony show.

[superspruce@lemmy.zip]

What exactly is the point of this? By buying foreign products, you pay the US government in whatever import tariff as part of the cost. I'd rather support domestic American businesses over the US government.

[empricorn@feddit.nl]

What's the point of... what? Boycotting American products? I didn't say I was starting an immediate total cut-off of all of them. Our current stupid government just inspires the desire to this or something meaningful...

[hairtransplants@lemmy.world]

i think trump was bluffing

[thisguy1092@lemmy.world]

More like a moron in living in America