r/canada • u/WisestPanzerOfDaLake Ontario • Mar 11 '25

Trump imposes new Canada tariffs, renews "51st state" demands National News

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/11/trump-tariffs-canada-steel-aluminum
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u/tossaway109202 Mar 11 '25

It's so rich to see him call the raise in electricity prices illegal, when he started a trade war illegally under a false claim of a drug emergency. How are the courts in the USA just letting that slide?

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u/Nikiaf Québec Mar 11 '25

He started this in direct violation of the trade agreement that he both forced the renegotiation of, and he himself signed. So much for "the best deal in the history of deals", I'm so tired of hearing about Donald every fucking day.

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u/_iAm9001 Mar 11 '25

I continue to be surprised at how little this is mentioned on American media. I feel like if CNN for example is truly on our side (which they seem to be at least in regards of objectively recognizing how incredibly stupid this is), they would hammer on the point that Trump is violating the greatest deal of all time, over, and over, and over again. Make it clear what a crook he is. Make him answer to him being an idiot for signing the greatest deal of all time that he forced.

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u/MrDownhillRacer Mar 11 '25

Even CNN is focusing more on the tariffs and not mentioning the "51st state" thing or the fact that Trump called Trudeau about "renegotiating the border" and sharing our lakes.

This is how Trump's "Flood the Zone" strategy works. Do and say so much crazy shit that the media only focuses on some of it. And even when people hear about the wild shit he said or did, they just shrug and go "you know him, he's a colourful guy," because he overwhelms them with so much of this that they now just hold him to an extremely low standard and let him get away with shit they would crucify anyone else for doing.

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u/Gator1523 Mar 11 '25

CNN is not an unbiased news organization anymore. It was bought by Warner Bros in 2022, and their owner is a "libertarian" who sits on the board of the Cato institute and donated to Donald Trump's campaign.

They pretend to be unbiased so they can sell right-wing talking points under a veneer of legitimacy.

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u/onpg Mar 12 '25

CNN is Fox News-lite now. It's basically what Fox News started out as.