Canada is avoiding Trump's tariffs by not becoming a state.
They are not paying the tariffs, american people do. So by joining the US they would start paying all the tariffs that Trump is putting on China's products, European products ....
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As a Canadian, fuck you Trump. Canada will never be a US state. Not sorry.
If it goes down I'm just gonna scoot up north and fight on your side for Canadian citizenship.
That's a really good idea! I'm about 5-8 hours from the Canadian boarder but I will not fight for a fascist country. I'll either join the other side or join a resistance here.
I'm about 4 hrs from the border but could easily make that shorter in an emergency! Combat veteran as well.
I'm a vet also. Never felt the need for a gun as a civilian, but November changed that for me.
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The amount of Americans visiting Australia who assume people here would want to live in America instead given the option was astounding to me.
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Trump seems to have the goal of destroying the US from all I can tell. Our economy and power are so dependent on our connections to the rest of the world and he is burning them all down. The US dollar gets replaced as the fiat currency we are wholly fucked and this dumb shit is how that happens.
Somehow, even with conservatives owning all the branches of government, it will be the Dem's fault.
LGBTQ+ and immigrant fear can convince conservatives of about anything.
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Who needs dollars when you have $TRUMP meme coins?
Fair. I was just thinking what the monetary system really needed was to be more obscure, cartoonish, energy intensive and unstable.
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Inshallah
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Why people keep listening to what that being says? Just respond to his actions, anthing else is useless...
I somewhat agree with your point but after years of him saying he would do fucked up shit and then him doing a lot of it, it helps to be prepared for his intentions as they manifest into actions in many cases.
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Us citizens pay tariff this doesn't hurt Canadians. They should call bluff and say do 30%.
Actually tariffs will hurt Canadians deeply. Why? Because it means that Americans will lean towards not buying products made in (or partially made in) Canada. Plus, Canada would certainly reciprocate meaning the price of everything is going to go up in Canada. It's not a good situation and our government needed to be spending the past 10 - 20 years developing stronger trade relations with other countries but instead we amplified our relationship with what is clearly a very unreliable and untrustworthy neighbour.
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It potentially reduces exports from Canada to the US, hurting our economy. Nobody wins
Canada imports more from USA than it exports to USA. A trade war that decreases exports would hurt USA more than Canada.
The largest exports from USA to Canada are cars and trucks. (Finished products) The largest exports from Canada to USA are minerals, fuels and pulp. (Raw material)
This puts USA at a disadvantage in a tariff game, because it's a lot easier for Canada to replace American cars with Asian or European cars, than it is for USA to replace the variety of ressources that Canada provides
It's also a lot easier for Canada to find other customers for raw materials than it is to sell American cars on other continents.
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Trump is going to speedrun all our ~~vassals~~ allies into joining BRICS, and I’m here for it.
Dear Trump:
There is no actual fentanyl or immigration basis for tariffs on Canada. Just submit to less representation than California, and help absorb large US debt with little in return for it.
There's no basis for tariffs on Mexico either.
Canada is already a state... a SOVEREIGN state.
American anschluss of Canada to expand their lebensraum, because they feel they deserve it.
Musk does not hide how he feels about it, we wouldn't either.
Just. You know....
become a state.
rip you guys are gonna get couped
imperialism is manifesting itself in the imperial core
Canada is one of the few countries that has actually defeated the USA. They even burned the white house.
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rip you guys are gonna get couped
Seems to me we got couped. It was just mostly domestically bloodless. So far.
Don't act like Canada hasn't been seeing it's own share of right wing extremists making their way into government.
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Is the US so attractive that countries are lining up to join? 🤔🇺🇸
I want to see Canada put out an open offer for immediate welcome, territoriship, and instant citizenship for any state along the border that votes to join Canada.
Do you think he wanted to do this last time but ousted everyone who told him that's fucking psychotically stupid?
If'n he can point to it on a map
How about trump can suck my left nut. There, I said it.
I mean honestly, he's just a giant douche canoe that accurately reflects the level of intelligence and emotional maturity that the most of his fucking deplorable Nazi base is. There's nothing he's here said that isn't what his moronic base says on a daily basis and is more or less a accurate representation of America and Americans by large.
America is a nation of idiots.
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