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Trump pauses tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days, Trudeau says

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM.

  1. okeechobee

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  2. JustaGator

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    Said the clowns who actually think Trump was going to do anything for them.

    You elected a moron conman - and you can't admit it to yourself, because there is no bottom after that.

    You bought into his bullshit AGAIN!

    The economy was in decent shape, but it can only go down with this sort of bullshit he uses to short sell markets!

    It's like watching re-runs of what he did the entire first term, grift like a small-minded conman to stay one step ahead of the law and suck his handler's weeny. Sad!
     
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  3. Orange_and_Bluke

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    And he is in your head!
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  4. Tjgators

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    and we refine it. Our refineries are not set up to refine the lighter shale crude. We export that more expensive oil. We refine what Canada sends us (it's cheaper), use it, and send back some so they can use it.
     
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  5. docspor

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    Looks like Trump had a plan until he was punched in the mouth
     
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  6. JustaGator

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    Mexico probably told him that they could starve the US in about a week if he wanted to play games and try them.

    Their new La Presidentia could eat him for breakfast! She'd crumple him to the floor with a swift kick to the kids, cut his tie off with her switchblade for a napkin, and the extinguish her cigar on his forehead - just for fun.

    How do we tell gently tell MAGA the truth: they worship the 4th grade bully who crumples after the first punch from a 2nd grade girl and then cries like a bitch?
     
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  7. okeechobee

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    Yes, I'm sure Trump never suspected Canada might retaliate despite the very public promises they made of doing so before Trump announced the tariffs and no doubt being warned by dozens of advisors of retaliation prior to. Trump, being the multibillionaire mogul that he is probably never thinks about the consequences of his actions in negotiation. It couldn't possibly be that Trump squeezed a very vulnerable Justin Trudeau into significant concessions. You're all over it, @docspor.
     
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  8. mdgator05

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    Can you point out the many, many differences to their plan in December? *Pulls up a chair*
     
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    What concessions? Why should we have to "squeeze," our allies in the first place? I'm all for leverage over a hostile country, but breaking his own trade agreement (that I'm sure that he insisted was the best plan ever) to cause maximum confusion is inexplicable.
     
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  10. okeechobee

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    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement on social media on Monday afternoon shortly after his second phone call of the day with U.S. President Donald Trump.

    “I just had a good call with President Trump. Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border,” he wrote.

    Trudeau added that Canada will also be making new commitments to appoint a “fentanyl czar,” to list drug cartels as terrorists and to launch a Canada-U.S. Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering — promises he said will cost $200 million. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been calling on the federal government to appoint a “border czar” to appease the U.S. administration.

    BREAKING: U.S. tariffs on hold 30 days as Canada beefs up border | National Post
     
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  11. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Looks like you got played if you believe this.
    Ha.
     
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  12. jjgator55

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    He’s right.
     
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  13. Tjgators

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    so, who punched him in the mouth? the 10,000 Mexican guarding the Mexican side of the border or the $1 billion Canada and their fentanyl czar have committed? Panama President? Colombian President?
     
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    Sort of like saying they don’t need it but let’s go through the motions so he’ll stop whining.

    “US border authorities seized 21,889 pounds of fentanyl in the 2024 fiscal year. Of that amount, 43 pounds were seized at the Canadian border — about 0.2% — compared with 21,148 pounds at the Mexican border, about 96.6%.”
    https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/us-canada-trade-fentanyl-fact-check/index.html

     
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    The multi-billionaire who had to take a tin cup and pretend to fire people on TV to keep his head above water after 5 bankruptcies?!?

    You probably watch the WWE like it's real don't you?

    You just can't help but swallow whatever Trump offers can you?

    That hook line and sinker must be buried is your rectum by now, bet it hurts every time he pulls on it, but you just LOVE.. THE... PAIN!
     
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    Can you point out the differences with the Canadian border security proposal from Dec. 17, 2024? I'd very much enjoy having you go through the details of that proposal and this proposal and picking out the differences.

    Also, if you could, would you mind letting me know how many times the Mexican government has sent 10,000 or more troops to a border at the US's behest. Feel free to restrict your answer to the last 6 years.

    I will so enjoy your ted talk on these important topics!
     
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    I bet nobody had getting curb stomped by Canada on their 2025 Bingo card. Embarrassing
     
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    No, but I am loving every minute of this limp-wristed weaksauce wanna-be tinpot dictatorship you bought into.

    Trump's antics are making Joe Biden look like Joe Stalin!
     
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