Sunday, February 02, 2025

Canada Responds with Tariffs on U.S. Goods

Canada will retaliate against President Donald Trump's new tariffs with 25% levies on a raft of U.S. imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, warning Americans that Trump's actions would have real consequences for them. As relations between the long-time allies who share the world's longest land border reach a new low, Trudeau told a news conference he was slapping tariffs on $107 billion of U.S. goods. Trudeau said the coming weeks would be difficult for Canadians but that Americans would also suffer from Trump's actions.

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"Tariffs against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities," Trudeau said, addressing U.S. citizens during a press conference in Ottawa. "They will raise costs for you, including food at the grocery store and gas at the pump."

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Nice going, Epstein's wingman.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 09:49 AM

The bankruptcy-prone orange pedo lashes out at the WSJ for panning his dotarded tariffs.

www.rawstory.com

#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 10:09 AM

The Dumbest Trade War in History

www.wsj.com

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 10:17 AM

"The Dumbest Trade War in History"

Waged by the dumbest president in history; and his dumb, dumb, dumb supporters.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-02 10:50 AM

The next several years, like the last week, will be spent simply pointing out that Donald and MAGA are stupid. Epically stupid. Inspiredly stupid.

Stupid enough to be picked in formaldehyde and placed on display in a Stupid Museum.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-02 10:54 AM

You know, between not being able to afford eggs and now Canadian bacon, no MAGA will touch a plate of Eggs Benedict ever again.

Stupid people don't deserve breakfast.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-02 10:55 AM

"Canada, NATO, and the FBI are our enemies. Russia is our friend."
-MAGAts

#7 | Posted by censored at 2025-02-02 11:08 AM

Putting Tariffs on our largest Trading Partners is Pure Genius!

Ax' Trumpers.

And much of the EU will be joining Canada and Mexico with Preemptive Tariffs on the US.

So much winning!!

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-02 11:22 AM

Tariffs against Canada will put your jobs at risk, potentially shutting down American auto assembly plants and other manufacturing facilities

So much winning.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 12:17 PM

Now do Mexico!

#10 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-02 12:21 PM


So much winning!!
#8 | POSTED BY CORKY

Not if you're DialAgain, why would Canada, Mexico and the EU tax its own people MORE?

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-02-02 12:21 PM

#11 - as previously demonstrated and now confirmed, you don't understand tariffs.

#12 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-02 12:48 PM

"From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula, from the fields of Flanders to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours," (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) said. "We've built the most successful economic, military and security partnership the world has ever seen."

Trudeau encouraged Canadians to buy Canadian products and vacation at home rather than in the U.S.

"We didn't ask for this but we will not back down," Trudeau said.

Great first 12 days in office, President Dumbass.

#13 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-02 01:03 PM

When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One.

~ The------------- ~

77 million dumfux actually believed the demented sack of----------.

#14 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 03:32 PM

...no MAGA will touch a plate of Eggs Benedict...
#6 | Posted by Zed

I'm pretty sure their speed is more like an Egg McMuffin.

#15 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-02-02 03:34 PM

Car Prices Face $3,000 Increase as Tariffs Hit Auto Sector

www.bloomberg.com

Heckuva job, Fat Smelvis.

#16 | Posted by Reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 04:37 PM

What's the over/under on how long it will take for the bankruptcy-prone orange turd to eclipse his 15% unemployment rate? 18 months?

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-02 06:25 PM

~80% potash for US farming from Canada. Good look with that you dumb sons of bitches. Anyways, bought a bunch of seeds. At least I know how to garden to help round out my son's diet.

#18 | Posted by dibblda at 2025-02-02 11:04 PM

Appears our Canadian friends aren't very happy with the fair-weather, transaction based, brain damaged, psychotic ex friend that lives south of them. Lots of booing at sports events these days. At least Trump dodged the Olympics.

#19 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-03 09:05 AM

The tariffs with Mexico and Canada are reportedly a cudgel to get them to crack down on border control. Mexico capitulated and their president agreed to send 10,000 troops to the border, which means the Mexico tariffs will be lifted.

Hopefully Canada will see the light (Northern lights?) and recognize it can't win a trade war with the US and crack down on border enforcement.

Trade wars are bad. Historically, counties that don't trade with one another have a tendency to go to war.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 02:23 PM

Yeah, that 1% of fentanyl coming from Canada (43 pounds) is really worth wrecking both our economies and pissing on our staunchest ally.

Trump sucks. He's a terrible leader.

#21 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-03 02:26 PM

I look forward to Trump continuing to BLOW Orban and Putin while smashing our allies for no reason. What a tool.

#22 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-03 02:26 PM

It really isn't the problem of Canada or Mexico that the US, according to Trump and his slathering MAGAts, does such a poor job patrolling its borders. Easier to blame shift.

#23 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-03 02:28 PM

Any word on the US closing the spigot on the estimated 200,000-500,000 iUS firearms that end up in Mexico each year? (www.cbsnews.com)

#24 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-03 02:36 PM

Surge in U.S. firearms smuggling fuels Canada's gun violence crisis (www.wfaa.com)

#25 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-02-03 02:40 PM

" 43 pounds"

Are you aware of how many lethal doses of fentanyl 43 pounds can produce?

" Answer: 43 pounds of fentanyl could produce approximately 9.76 million lethal doses."

x.com

9.76 million lethal doses. Still want to pretend 43 pounds is no biggie?

#26 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 03:07 PM

1% of the illegal fentanyl comes from canada.

its not worth pissing off our best trading partner.

#27 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-02-03 03:15 PM

It looks like Canada is backing down.

#28 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 05:31 PM

It looks like Canada is backing down.

#28 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I can't find it.

Want to link or even specify?

From what I can tell, Donald is backing down.

I mean, he's the one that threatened hell and damnation.

#29 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 05:39 PM

#26 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

You people ignore everything that is known about fentanyl distribution in this country.

You people are a major market for fentanyl.

#30 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 05:40 PM

Zed,

Looks like it just happened.

" Later in the day, Trump put a pause on Canadian tariffs after an apparently productive call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who said Canada would appoint a czar to combat fentanyl trafficking and would ensure permanent monitoring of the U.S.-Canadian border, Reuters reported"

www.azcentral.com

#31 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 05:46 PM

#31 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Jesus.

Trudeau gave the Orange Genius a face-saving way of backing down, just like Sheinbaum did.

"a czar to combat fentanyl trafficking"

Is very likely the man or woman who already combats it, and is doing a damned good job limiting it to 1%.

Don't you get tired of all this silly MAGA exaggeration and puffery?

Of course not...

#32 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 05:50 PM

All I said is it looks like Canada is backing down. They are at least taking a modicum of action and we avoided a tariff war with Canada in the process.

#33 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 05:51 PM

#31 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Trudeau threw a bone to Donald. He gobbled it up and has you to celebrate his "success".

Idiots all of you, starting with the alleged president of the United States.

#34 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 05:54 PM

All I said is it looks like Canada is backing down.

#33 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

And all I said is that you people are being stupid.

#35 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 05:54 PM

Admittedly, the concession from Mexico is a much bigger deal. This is very little action on Canada's part.

#36 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 05:56 PM

the concession from Mexico

#36 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

There was no concession.

#37 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 06:05 PM

This is very little action on Canada's part.

#36 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

This is no damned action on Canada's part.

Trudeau whispered sweet nothings. Donald got a hard=on.

#38 | Posted by Zed at 2025-02-03 06:06 PM

Admittedly, the concession from Mexico is a much bigger deal. This is very little action on Canada's part.

You mean from the US to stop all firearms being shipped to Mexico?

#39 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-03 07:30 PM

" You mean from the US to stop all firearms being shipped to Mexico?

#39 | POSTED BY YAV AT 2025-02-03 07:30 PM | REPLY | FLAG"

I addressed this on the Mexico thread. I can reprint here, if you'd like. But you'd have to say: Pretty please with sugar on top.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-03 08:14 PM

What is "the Mexico thread"?
The idiotic Boaz thread?
The Canada thread?
You could have just posted a link, like this:
drudge.com
where I responded to you, BTW.

#41 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-03 08:19 PM

#40 - obviously not drudge.com was it...

#42 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-03 08:21 PM

Hm.

#43 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-03 09:45 PM

we avoided a tariff war with Canada in the process.

#33 | Posted by BellRinger

Wow, we've been dodging that bullet for quite some time now. Glad it's all suddenly worked out.

#44 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-02-03 10:35 PM

#40

---- off ------.

#45 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-04 12:11 AM

#40

---- off ------.

#46 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-04 12:11 AM

Wow, once again Legallygiveshead graces the site with rapier wit and insightful analysis of the issues. Keep pushing forward with your quest for enlightenment, LGH. We are all supporting you.

#47 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-02-04 12:32 AM

As I posted on another thread:

WSJ: "Trump blinks on North American Tariffs"

"BTW: Trudeau's "capitulation" (LMAO!) was exactly what Biden and Trudeau had agreed to and implemented months earlier. So much amazement!"

#48 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-04 09:05 AM

------- manufacturers a crisis out of thin air negotiates a "solution " that matches the status quo and declares victory

When in reality we are worse off and upset close allies who do have other options for trade etc

You have been informed and educated. Be a better person.

Truth Hurts

#49 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-02-04 09:18 AM

You have been informed and educated. Be a better person.

Optimist.
They sure seem stuck in stupid.

#50 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-04 09:21 AM

------- (2025): "We have the worst trade agreements with Mexico and Canada that the world has ever seen . Whoever negotiated this deal is horrible "

-------(2018): " I negotiated the greatest trade deal in history "

#51 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-02-04 09:27 AM

Looks like. Anada forced Trump to back down again. Will MAGAts ever tire of being owned?

#52 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-02-04 04:20 PM

They're too stupid to understand Trump agreed with Canada doing what they promised to under Biden and Mexico doing exactly as it always does.

They're claiming it as a victory.

Trump really does love the poorly informed for a reason.

#53 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-02-04 04:22 PM

How stupid and/or gullible do MAGAts have to be to believe the US won any type of victory with this phony act of trying to look tough?

#54 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-02-04 05:05 PM

= How stupid and/or gullible

Enough to elect Trump in the first place... and reticent to admit it. So we're screwed.

He's attacked our 3 top trading partners, 2 of them for no real reasons. And the other one is not going away anytime soon.

#55 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-04 05:10 PM

btw, M8... hope you are going to be around to comment on the literally dozens of lawsuits that being filed due to his EOs. Guess we'll see if Roberts has any limits to his loyalty.

#56 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-04 05:13 PM

How stupid and/or gullible do MAGAts have to be to believe the US won any type of victory with this phony act of trying to look tough?

Posted by moder8 at 2025-02-04 05:05 PM | Reply

I am beyond fed up with the lot of them. They are beyond help at this point in time. They've sold their souls. Brainwashed cretins they are.

#57 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-02-04 05:20 PM

Once again you idiots on the left get schooled again. Canada gives in like Mexico did. You should all feel stupid about your ranting but no. After all you said Biden was fit as a fiddle and Harris was brilliant. The world again is laughing at your stupidity.

#58 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-02-04 08:27 PM

@#58 ... Canada gives in like Mexico did. ...

How did they give in?

Please be specific, with links.

Or is the comment the usual troll by your current alias?


#59 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-02-04 08:30 PM

Fishpud, you should stop sucking on the orange pedo's taint long enough to give this a read.

www.wsj.com

#60 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-02-04 08:34 PM

Once again you idiots on the left get schooled again. Canada gives in like Mexico did. You should all feel stupid about your ranting but no. After all you said Biden was fit as a fiddle and Harris was brilliant. The world again is laughing at your stupidity.

You are a totally misinformed poster. I'm hoping that you are just listening or reading nonsense on Facebook or "X". If you had any actual facts in your head, you never would have posted that - and then you wouldn't have looked so stupid. I do hope you're embarrassed, though. That would be a hopeful sign that you have a bit of self-worth and maybe a little morality left in you. If so, I urge you to nurture it.

Namaste.

#61 | Posted by YAV at 2025-02-04 10:18 PM

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