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For its retaliation, Canada has went through serious work to select specific products and industries to impose tariffs on that will have the maximum political impact on the US while minimizing damage to Canadians.
Meanwhile Trump just went 25 percent on everything expect for energy with no additional thought given. He looks like a complete amateur.
Not doing the full 25% on energy shows that the US can't afford to do so. All Canada needs to do is make energy more expensive for the US. Top it up till 25%.
Making a specific country pay more for exports is the nuclear option. And frankly, it's well deserved at this point. With all the "jokes" about ~~annexing~~ making Canada into the 51st state, there's more than enough justification for it.