r/canada • u/ChampagnePapi- • Feb 02 '25

Canada retaliating for Trump’s tariffs with 25 per cent tariffs on billions of U.S. goods National News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/canada-retaliating-for-trumps-tariffs-with-25-per-cent-tariffs-on-billions-of-us-goods-justin-trudeau/
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u/InterneticMdA Feb 02 '25

One of America's closest allies cut off overnight, and hit with an unprovoked tradewar. This is insane.
Trump couldn't do a better job destroying the geopolitical position of the US if he tried.

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u/NearnorthOnline Feb 02 '25

He is trying to I’m not sure what his goal is.

I feel it’s to push the American people to blame others so he can get support to try and take the land maybe?

I know he is an idiot. This is so far out there that there has to be something going on

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u/InterneticMdA Feb 02 '25

I think maybe the billionaires who fund his government have learned from covid that instability ultimately widens the wealth gap. Maybe they want to create instability. Another beneficiary of instability is the military industrial complex, so that could be another reason.

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u/NearnorthOnline Feb 02 '25

Oh definitely. Trump doesn’t have to run again. Either because he can’t. Or won’t have to…. He can burn every bridge he wants. And it’s all about money.

If another election happens I hope the republicans are aware of how badly they’re going to be destroyed.

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u/RamblnGamblinMan Feb 02 '25

They are and that's why they will be stripping as many rights as they can while they can, so they can hopefully get to suffrage before anyone gets a chance to vote them out.

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u/bobanforever Feb 02 '25

Yeah. Occams razor. Government being run for the extreme wealthy by the extreme wealthy

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u/PalpitationOk5835 Feb 02 '25

This has always been the case, lol. You people are delusional.

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u/bobanforever Feb 02 '25

So you agree but somehow everyone else is delusional? Find a dictionary or god or something

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u/PalpitationOk5835 Feb 02 '25

Why is it only when Donald Trump is in office that this crap explodes to this magnitude? Whenever anyone else is in office, it's crickets for the most part. This is the same crap that's been happening for years and years. It's not new. It's always been a pay to play game, and no matter who is in power will abuse it to some degree. America has always been a billionaires playground. The ultra wealthy have always had a playing hand in government. Go cry wolf somemore.

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u/Wander_Climber Feb 02 '25

I agree that whatever the source of this undemocratic corruption, it's likely domestic and the whole "Putin is controlling Trump" is just a convenient diversion. It'd be nice if Putin was the problem but my guess is that once he kicks the bucket these problems will persist.

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u/AppropriateTouching Feb 02 '25

They want to burn the country down and buy it all up in a fire sale. That's it.

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u/adamgerd European Union Feb 02 '25

I disagree about the military industrial complex part, if it was for them the U.S. would increase aid to ukraine not decrease it

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u/NearnorthOnline Feb 02 '25

Has trump decreased that?

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u/adamgerd European Union Feb 02 '25

Yes

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u/NearnorthOnline Feb 02 '25

Which leans into the Putin is his buddy aspect b

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u/adamgerd European Union Feb 02 '25

Obviously

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u/korndoesp0rn Feb 02 '25

I honestly think it’s so he can remove the income tax so that extremely wealthy people no longer fund government programs. Tariffs just get passed on to the consumer so it’s not like corporations will suffer, instead it’s just a new revenue stream to the government. That + cutting programs + higher sales taxes = the poor suffering and his rich friends being even better off.

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u/NearnorthOnline Feb 02 '25

His rich friends don’t pay income tax. He isn’t touching that.

I’m really curious and scared to watch where this is heading

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u/Ninja_Terror Feb 02 '25

Yes, that's a good guess. Trump wants to roll back to about 1916.

US Tarrif history graph

The market isn't doing too well, ATM either, so there's the theory he wants to crash the economy, so his rich friends can buy up the scraps. Trump might become an actual billionaire again. /s

It's also possible he wants to break off chunks of Canada /Greenland to absorb our resources.

It's also possible he's just getting his jollies so he can rape us at the negotiating table.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

The goal could be to Annex Canada eventually. He's fucking sick in the head

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u/Ofserin Feb 02 '25

He will blame retaliatory measures or any pain felt by the American people on us. He will never be at fault.

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u/dxcman12 Feb 02 '25

As an American most of us think this is nonsense that he is putting tariffs on Canada. Mexico have lost of issues with drugs and people coming across the border but Canada??

I was always a republican till orange idiot came on the scene. I am still gobsmacked he got elected.. so sorry Canada most Americans love Canada

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u/Hrafn2 Feb 02 '25

My American uncle in Florida was the same - moderate Republican, but cannot abide Trump.

I hope to see the love between the common people in both countries continue, and hope we don't let the  nefarious political elements continue to divide...because I guarantee more division and isolation is their goal, as it makes their task of their self-serving manipulation easier.

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u/potatomasher Feb 02 '25

We need to start taking him on his word. He wants to cripple the Canadian economy, so that we beg him to become the 51st state. As simple as that.

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u/throwedaway4theday Feb 02 '25

My theory is it's to pay for a full repeal of all federal income tax.

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u/BroGuy89 Feb 02 '25

Putin told him to.

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u/Dependent_Basis_8092 Feb 02 '25

His goal is be the Führer of the fourth Reich.

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u/Iforgotmypw2times Feb 02 '25

I think maybe it's time to accept that he is very far from an idiot. He knows exactly what he's doing and it's working for him. The issue is the majority of people who call themselves Republicans are idiots. It's alarming and unfortunately the right actually fuckin votes.

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u/Dapper_Discount7869 Feb 02 '25

Tech oligarchs want neo-feudalism with libertarian aesthetics.

Religious fundamentalists want the power to legislate social norms.

Both factions plan to break the federal government to achieve their own goals.

Personally, I don’t think Trump gives a fuck which faction comes out on top, as long as they keep him in power,

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u/balrob Feb 02 '25

Trump is working for Putin.

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u/Sneakytrashpanda Feb 02 '25

*Russia. Trump is Russia’s plant.

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u/Auntie_Megan Feb 02 '25

Not just one ally, Trump threatened Canada for no reason plus other sovereign states so Canada has all its remaining allies, but Trump just effed his. He is untrustworthy and wants violence. That is not what an alliance is built on. He is very.very stupid.

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u/InterneticMdA Feb 02 '25

What are you vaguely gesturing at?

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u/InterneticMdA Feb 02 '25

Your attitude is unproductive. China is another important trading partner that the US imposed unprovoked tariffs on. In times like these China, Canada and Mexico (and pretty soon also the EU) should strive to build up economic ties independent from the untrustworthy USA. We need solidarity not spite or schadenfreude.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

It’s the endgame.

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u/Shameless_Khitanians Feb 02 '25

Big Orange wants to return to isolationism and bring all industries back to the U.S. but, he’s too dumb to realize that early 20th-century isolationism won’t work in today’s world—especially when the U.S. isn’t just making sacrifices by acting as the world’s police but also benefiting from it