The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[Innula Zenovka]

BREAKING: Trump Says He Won't Renew Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) With Canada/Mexico.

A ruthless, fully-sourced fact-check of the dumbest eight words Trump has said this week — delivered the same day US inflation hit 4.2%.

deanblundell.substack.com

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

BREAKING: Trump Says He Won't Renew Free Trade Agreement (CUSMA) With Canada/Mexico.

A ruthless, fully-sourced fact-check of the dumbest eight words Trump has said this week — delivered the same day US inflation hit 4.2%.

deanblundell.substack.com

Him trashing all of our international and trade agreements is probably the most important thing he's done relative to how much mainstream coverage it gets. ...it gets some coverage, but not enough. If he was going to murder our economy on purpose, this is how to do it.

 

[Lori Claremont]

Here's the scary part for the US: Canada doesn't forget and in all likelihood will _not_ be back. That part of the article about Canada's trade surplus? That from selling to countries other than the US, goods that the US _used_ to buy. Once all of Saskatchewan's potash is spoken for being sold to other countries, the US won't be able to buy any at any price.

When Coca-Cola closed a plant in Newfoundland in 1992, Newfies started boycotting Coke products. That boycott is still going on:

 

[Myradyl Muse]

The only thing he remembers promising is his ballroom.

Arrrgh, I desperately need a Pinocchio emogi. *slides sidelong eyelash twinkling glances to Cristiano*

 

[Myradyl Muse]

Here's the scary part for the US: Canada doesn't forget and in all likelihood will _not_ be back. That part of the article about Canada's trade surplus? That from selling to countries other than the US, goods that the US _used_ to buy. Once all of Saskatchewan's potash is spoken for being sold to other countries, the US won't be able to buy any at any price.

When Coca-Cola closed a plant in Newfoundland in 1992, Newfies started boycotting Coke products. That boycott is still going on:

We are generally polite, helpful and reasonable, but push comes to shove, we will not cater to nor back down from lying, gaslighting, inhumane, cruel, (did I say lying?) bullies. There's a special place in hell for those critter types.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Here's the scary part for the US: Canada doesn't forget and in all likelihood will _not_ be back. That part of the article about Canada's trade surplus? That from selling to countries other than the US, goods that the US _used_ to buy. Once all of Saskatchewan's potash is spoken for being sold to other countries, the US won't be able to buy any at any price.

Canada is actively increasing its economic ties with the EU at the moment. Finally French Canadians are feeling heared, or something.

Anyway you can expect this to be a long lasting effort.