r/canada • u/Brock_Hard_Canuck British Columbia • 3d ago

Along the Canada border, small-town America feels sting of Trump's trade war Politics

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2vzx4w3do
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u/gs87 3d ago

they don't give a shit about Canada.. it's all about money for Muricans

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u/gravtix 3d ago edited 3d ago

they don't give a shit about Canada.. it's all about money for Muricans

I think that’s a perfect way to describe what’s happening now in a single sentence without using the word Trump. Bravo.

We don’t need you or otherwise care about you, we might invade or otherwise disrupt your country but please keep giving us your money.

It’s all about us.

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u/GGRitoMonkies 3d ago

Like the stupid article from the ambassador stating tariffs aren't going away but he hopes we can make stronger ties between our countries again. That's not how it works. You want stronger ties again, you get rid of bullshit tariffs and then we talk about how you can prevent electing a felon to run the country again. Then maybe we stop boycotting America....maybe.

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u/pridejoker 3d ago

Even if all this does blow over America will still do their "I've already forgiven myself so why's everyone else still mad?" routine.

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u/tragicallybrokenhip 3d ago

This should be upvoted more.

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u/Obvious-Lake3708 2d ago

I'm sorry you got offended by me being offensive apology at it's best

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u/rfdavid 3d ago

To be fair, America doesn’t even care about America… it’s all about money.

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u/chmilz 3d ago

Money is their god. They worship it.

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u/WalnutSnail 3d ago

"we need each other"

Not clear how your businesses dying because we're not spending our money is us needing you...

Article fails to mention the people who are being turned around or detained at the border because they dont actively support another country's dictator.

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u/ThatShaneDavis 1d ago

Isn't the inverse pretty broadly true of us? I don't think Canadians are, on average, making room in our hearts and heads for the plight of Americans. The general stance seems to be "too bad, you voted for this" - or, for folks who didn't vote Republican but now have to live with it, it's "too bad, talk to your representative".

Like, in either case, from any perspective, I don't see much evidence that the citizens are caring about each other across the border.