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#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-08-24 01:03 PM
...I not surprised that none here are lauding Canada caving in on Trump's tariff negotiation. ...
TRUMP, Master Of The Deal! : )
So your answer to "Where Are Free-Market Cons After Trump Intel Shakedown?" is an obvious deflection and change of subject?
First, these were "retaliatory/reciprocal tariffs" on goods that already comply with NAFTA/CMUSA trade agreements, and the big tariffs on cars stay for now.
Second, and more important, Canada (and any other country) doesn't need to punish their citizens and businesses for wanting or needing/having to buy some things from the US. They made the point already. Boycotts of US goods and services have started, and the US small businesses felt it first and politicos heard it "loud and clear":
www.cnbc.com - Republican senators join Dems on bill to exempt small businesses from Trump's Canada tariffs - 2025-07-23
Vacay travel to the US from Canada is already down substantially, sales of US booze and many other US products are already down 67% because of boycotts and some provinces bans... you don't need tariffs (to make stuff more expensive to buy) when people are already pissed off enough at you not to buy your stuff at all...
"Manufacture" this!
www.jalopnik.com - The F-35 Is Losing The (Trade) War - 2025-08-22
|------- ... Not since World War II have so many American planes been taken out of the air. -------|
For example, India AF just ordered 97 of their own Tejas, with GE engines and Israeli AESA MMR radars. Of course, LCAs are not in the leagues of F-35 or French Rafale planes they also fly, but at 4x cheaper in cost and maintenance, "quantity has a quality of its own." Countries don't like to be coerced or held hostage to unpredictable whims and caprices of potential "kill switches" or threats of non-support... which until recently (BT / Before Trump) they didn't have to worry about:
www.cbsnews.com - Gabbard barred sharing intelligence on Russia-Ukraine negotiations with "Five Eyes" partners - CBS, 2025-08-22
But Trump "likes to win" especially if he has to cheat:
www.thedailybeast.com - Roger Clemens Outs Winner-in-Chief Trump as Golf Loser - 2025-08-25
|------- Trump told reporters that day "It's good to win. You heard I won, right? Did you hear I won? Just to back it up from there, I won. I like to win." ...
Trump... finished dead last... -------|
When will MAGA drones start understanding that Trump's "ego wins" are losses for everyone else, including them?
Just like his "wins" destroyed capital and bankrupted businesses he started (which is why so many of his former "partners" want nothing to do with him and his "businesses") he is now doing the same to the entire country - .
The more Trump keeps "winning" the more people and the economy of the US will be "The Biggest Losers" and, unlike unwinding Trump's "deals," rebuilding trust and relationships takes a long time.
"Art of the Con" is strong with this MAGA cult, eh?
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