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- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@sh.itjust.works
- world@quokk.au
US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to “shut down” its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington’s ally to be absorbed into the US.
do you think trump actually believes he can sanction canada into surrendering national sovereignty or is this part of some idiot gambit to crash the us economy on purpose
He’s seen up close how well it’s worked on Russia.
It’s just destruction and chaos to weaken Russia’s competition.
Yes and yes. Putin engineered the situation to be a win for him in either case.
Getting Canada to surrender sovereignty is the bit. Crashing the economy is a happy coincidence for him. The true goal is profiting from the chaos in between it all.
His negotiation strategy is to demand 1 billion dollars and settle for $3.50. which is fine when you’re a TV personality, less so when you have nuclear weapons.
can we just give him a dollar?