Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories
Trudeau tells Trump: Tariff war will shut American factories
Canada’s prime minister fires back in Trump’s sudden trade war, warning it will hit the U.S. hard.
Summary
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denounced Trump’s sudden 25% tariffs, warning they threaten American jobs and will inflate consumer costs.
He revealed that Trump refuses to take his calls and sharply criticized claims linking tariffs to illegal immigration and fentanyl crossing U.S. borders.
In retaliation, Canada and Mexico imposed matching tariffs, targeting crucial American exports like auto parts, agriculture, and red-state staples like famous Kentucky bourbon.
Trudeau warned American factories may shut, citing integrated supply chains.
Here are some numbers to consider.
The US sold $441 billion worth of goods and services to Canada in 2024.
Canada sold $482 billion worth of goods and services to the US in 2024.
The US has a populating of 334.9 million people.
Canada has a population of 40.1 million people.
Per capita, every American man, woman, and child spent $1,316.81 on Canadian goods and services.
Candians spent $12,019. 95 on American good and services.
Who isn't pulling their weight in this trading relationship?
This isn't about illegal immigration and it isn't about the 20 lbs of fentanyl that tried to cross the border from Canada.
This is about the billionaire class raising taxes on the poor and raising prices for Americans.
That makes sense. And Congress is bought and just watching. Well, between calls to their brokers to buy!
Good.
Imagine after less than two weeks in office, you're threatening and blackmailing other nations into being annexed by you and thinking this makes you the good guy in this scenario.
I doubt he thinks he's the good guy and I'm certain he doesn't care.
Look at his official president photo, he wants to be an evil mastermind
My impression is that he thinks morality is dumb, basically. He's the protagonist of his own story, to the degree you'd expect from a raging narcissist, but not every story has a protagonist that's good.
Please! We're in dire need of consequences.
Good. Hit us with your best shot. We deserve it.
If you are a Canadian or Mexican please contact your representatives and have them do a more targeted tariff plan. Target American red states directly! Oil tariffs should be universal but anything made in red states and counties should have a 100% tariff. Force industry and goods to flow through blue areas and Trump's support will crumble.
As the other posters have pointed out, we're already on it. Which, no offence, is a symptom of why we don't want to be part of the US - our government actually works.
I looked over the official list, and it's stupid detailed. Like, a couple of goods mentioned are papers for wrapping cigars and fitted cases for church bells.
According to this (see first 2 minutes), they are specifically trying to target red states in hopes of getting republicans to try and intervene with trump.
This assumes the people in the red States would see the chain of causation, which is unlikely.
It will create an enemy out of the taxing countries. I dont have a better idea but at this point his base will never turn from him.
The number one predictor of electoral outcomes is people's feelings on the economy.
The idea is this will force red state senators to do something. It worked during the Bush administration, anyways.
Even 38.3% of Californian voters voted for Trump. The Trump party only has a 9 set majority in the house, and California has 9 of them, all of which are up for reelection in 18 months. Targeting individual states probably isn't that helpful.
It absolutely will. Red state leadership only cares about one thing. Money. The moment you start targeting their bank accounts. They'll flip on Trump. Spreading the tariffs across all voting bases is dumb. Yes 38.3% voted for Trump, but that's nowhere near as much as the other 61.7% that actually want a better future for all! Red states are already struggling. Push them to the breaking point first to see how they react. Hurting working class blue voters will only push them right.
If Canada just stopped selling aluminum and steel to the US, it would heavily affect aerospace and military manufacturing.
Potash and Canada exports a lot to the USA. This would affect the US agricultural sector.
Automotive too
Yeah during Trudeau's speech the only thing I was thinking when he was listing all of Canada's resources is, "are you trying to encourage a US invasion?!"
NATO country invading a NATO country? 🤔
Does Article 5 still work?
Now that Trudeau intends to resign he sure is a chirpy fellow isn’t he?
Am I the only one who was reminded of the opening video in Fallout 2?
Is it weird how many fallout references I've been seeing lately?
Annexed Canada; lost Alaska to China. Then got exploded a lot.
He was talking directly to the American People, as he mentioned right before this quote.
But it seems American media is invested in keeping the American people uninvested. Like this is between two leaders and we just get to watch.
I really believe Trump is refusing calls from Trudeau like its a power move in a high stakes negotiations. Instead its an idiot, Trump, doing something dumb and an actual intelligent adult is trying to tell him how dumb he is and he won't listen.
It's proof that it's not about the economy which would mean the door is always open to negotiate a better deal. It's not about drugs since Canada could be calling to say, "We've made X changes to reduce drug trade."
So that begs the question: what is this all about?
A telephone call requires him to respond without his team in the loop. He's not opening himself up to that.
Since taking office I'm getting more and more convinced that he's in two modes. Teleprompter mode, where his words have been agreed upon by his team, and twitter rant, where he's just spouting his own bile.
He never speaks candidly in person since winning the election. Even the press room statement after the air crash was a prepared piece with all the hate baked in. Sure he took some questions but they were predictable and mainly deflected.
His brain operates like a hamster and wheel. The issue is that the hamster died a long time ago.
He's acting like his allies are enemies and not countries you want to cooperate with for the common good.
Cooperation is pussy liberal shit, a real American dies alone
First you have to have an understanding of “the common good”, which I’m quite certain he is lacking. There is only “the good for me”.
The US's allies ARE his enemies, because his allies are our enemies.
When everything in the world is zero sum, there is no cooperation.
Such a sad way to view the world.
Our allies are sensible and question his stupidity. Our enemies are also sensible and so they applaud his stupidity, because they're our enemies.
Nah, he's just refusing to talk to him because his goal is to tank America and this is a step in it. Funnel all the money to himself and his friends, rape and pillage, and eliminate it as a superpower, threat, or world influence for daddy Putin.
Or he is doing what his Russian master (Putin) wants..
Yeah, I don't understand how people are confused about this. We KNOW from his last term that the Russians have kompromat on MANY Republicans, or just outright own them. Did everyone forget all the Republican senators flying to Russia together to meet with Putin?
If you view Trump and Co.'s actions from Putin's POV, it makes a lot of sense.
Maybe he's just mad that his wife and daughter never looked at him the way they looked at Trudeau.
He also refused to answer calls from Von der Leyen.
He also refused to answer calls from Von der Leyen.
Maybe he doesn't know how phones work.
I do remember him talking about writing letters to Kim Jong Un after all.
His voters like him because he is like them.
No, he hates Trudeau, who has resigned. Why would you talk to a lame duck you despise?
Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
There is nothing other countries can really do about this except impose tariffs in kind. When american inflation goes up I hope Americans put stickers on gas pumps and more eating "Trump did this"
Though Trump will most likely absurdly blame Biden & democrats somehow and MAGAs will dumbly eat it all.
If they make this year as shit as possible and it evens out next year they can say they saved the failing economy.
I want to make ones that say "YOU did this" to maybe MAYBE give the trump dummies/non voters a moment of self reflection.
I'm curious if they're gonna start pulling out of our stock market
México could send 25% of his citizens.
Tariffs don't work that way, putting the tariff up was stupid and putting a reactionary tariff up would also be stupid.
Who would risk investing millions into a factory when you have no idea when your materials could be randomly taxed/tariffed. Was literally working on factory plans in Troy, MI when this put a permanent hold on it. Relying on Quebec aluminum like many others. No sense continuing if we have to use Chinese aluminum, just expand the China facility instead.
Did Donny dickbrain watch the southpark movie and think it was a documentry.
I'm waiting for him to announce "Operation Get-behind-the-darkies".
And canadian bacon!
I just watched it for the first time last week...
I guess it was funnier in the 90s...
It's baffling how foreign relations 101 gets completely thrown out the window by this shining idiot. It is SO important to establish good trade and relations with your bordering countries, and what does this guy do? The exact opposite.
Some of those relations have taken decades to refine. Now little Donny is playing with a hammer and turning it all to shit within weeks.
remind you of any sickly potato shaped dickheads in moscow who sit atop thrones of skulls you know?
The state of most manufacturing facilities is already abysmal. They barely need any help going under.
So be it.
I can't wait for the layoffs at my UPS hub. I told them it was gonna happen before the election. His shit business tactics will lead to economic devastation and was poo pooed and hand waved away. Let the hammer fall. Maybe it will wake up people.
It won't stand a chance of waking anyone up unless we rub it in their stupid selfish faces at every opportunity and they can't get a reprieve from learning about how stupid their fucking choices are. Make sure to tell the trumpists laid off "Your president!" on the way out.
Don't worry, Trump has already thought of that. No one knows more about driving businesses into the ground than him and he is still rich. It doesn't matter that he couldn't come up with cash to pay bonds, he knows more about business and negotiations than anyone. Trust in the well thought out plan!
Trump plays the long game! He absolutely negotiated as he puts it "a very bad deal" six years ago with Canada and Mexico so he could come back and stick it to them now. The brilliance, the genius behind it is mind boggling. It just goes and shows everyone how petty and greedy Canada and Mexico are for retaliating because they just hate Trump.
/S
Trump is the only person smart enough to play a game of 5D-chess this well.
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Orange 🍊
Mangoes 🥭🥭🥭
Bananas 🍌🍌🍌
Ohh, that’s clever. It took me a moment.
spoiler
Orange man goes bananas
He has to go after the beer to really hurt murica.
American alcohol is on the list of immediate tarrifs as well as orange juice, peanut butter, clothing, and cosmetics. There will be further tarrifs on dairy, beef, poultry, fruits and vegetables, steel, aluminum, cars, trucks, busses, and boats after a 21 day delay to give time for Canadian companies to adjust supply chains.
I was quite surprised to see coffee on the list. There's only 1 state far enough south to grow coffee (Hawaii).
That means they import the beans grown elsewhere for processing.It turns out that Folgers does its roasting and packaging in New Orleans. It's unclear where the beans are from, but I'm sure it's "everywhere".
To my friends in Canada, take this opportunity to upgrade from Folgers.
Coupled with the weather Florida has been having, "oranges from the United States" will probably no longer be a thing. They waited until Anita Bryant died. Coincidence? I think not. /s
Great info!
Dude, just... shut up and let him fuck over the people who voted for him.
Targeted tarrifs can be done in retaliation without hurting canada. Like not selling American booze. Canada makes tons of booze we can sell to ourselves
if only this affected just the people who voted for him...
Yeah, well, I was shocked that he didn't have to cheat this time, and that he actually won the popular vote.
This is going to disproportionately hit blue collar voters, who tend to vote red. Billionaires will also be affected as stocks tank, since most of their value is disproportionately held in the market.
Everyone's going to suffer; that's a given. I don't want the suffering to be limited to LGBTQ+, minorities, and women.
This is going to hurt me, and I did as hell didn't vote for him
We were all going to suffer, but the only hope we have of avoiding slipping into a dictatorship is if the dumb fucks who say "both parties are the same" and the true undecideds who don't pay attention suffer enough to side with the movement to preserve democracy. His base will never change their minds.
He's raping civil liberties, minorities, women's rights, worker's rights, free press; I think it's selfish to vocally complain about the one thing that affects you just because you're not a teacher, or an immigrant, or gay.
This is something the while country will feel, and I hope the idiots who aren't in his cult yet still voted for him will pay more attention as a result.
