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*PM says Trump is trying to make it easier to annex Canada — but it won't work *

An unbowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will hit back hard at the U.S. after President Donald Trump launched a North American trade war by slapping devastating 25 per cent tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt "a total collapse of the Canadian economy" because he thinks that will "make it easier to annex us."

But Trudeau said that will never happen because "when it comes to defending our great nation, there is no price we all aren't willing to pay."

Trudeau said Canada will not back down from a fight in the face of "completely bogus and completely unjustified" trade action that has the potential to ruin bilateral relations and prompt job losses, economic devastation and higher inflation on both sides of the border.

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[–] militaryintelligence 40 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It's designed to isolate the US from its allies, along with everything else Trump is doing

[–] merdaverse 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Trudeau said he had a message for the president: "Donald, you are a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do."

When you have to talk to a fucking toddler

[–] CitizenKong 9 points 8 hours ago

The way he switched to toddler-talk when adressing Trump was masterful.

[–] [email protected] 141 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it is also designed to collapse the US economy too.

But yeah. Trudeau's speech is 100% essential listening. It is so rare that a politician just tells it like it is and he completely did.

[–] Buffalox 22 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (17 children)

Trudeau’s speech is 100% essential listening.

A link to that would be appreciated.

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[–] Buffalox 85 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

USA has become the enemy of democracy, NATO and traditional allies. But I'm sure EU and UK will be happy to strengthen relations, trade and even defense cooperation.
It may not be as convenient as having a big neighboring friend, but hopefully dampen the cost to Canada, while USA will have no such opportunities that I can see.
As long as this continues, it means the USA is an enemy, not just Trump and his administration, but USA as a whole.

I recommend that Canada block all oil exports to USA, this will increase gas prices at the pump, and Americans hate that.

[–] werefreeatlast 15 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Its $4.50/gal at the pump right now. Let's see that sucker go to $10.00 and let's see Mr T defend removing electric vehicle chargers from anywhere.

[–] Buffalox 14 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh no!!! $10 would make the whole country explode. We just want a new administration, not chaos. 😋

PS: American gas prices makes my head hurt, how many liters are in a gallon?
Ah well here we go:

1 gallon is 3.79 liter.
1 USD is 0.941 Eur

So 4.5 x 0.941 / 3.79 = €1.12 per liter.

That's almost half of here, so bringing it to $10 would only make it slightly more expensive than most European countries.
I think Canada can do that. 🍻

[–] werefreeatlast 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

$60 bucks per fill up for a hybrid would suck. That's hobby money.

[–] Buffalox 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Last time I filled her up, shew was almost empty, and it was about 800DKK = $114 USD.

This is probably by American standards a fuel efficient car, with a 60 liter tank or almost 16 gallon.

[–] Krelis_ 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Can we leave Mr. T out of this, the man who goes by that name still has my respect :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Mr. T famously advocated for people to not drop out of school with the phrase, "I pity the fool who don't stay in school." I always imagined him taking this to absurd degrees. I imagine him harassing and shaming people to endlessly stay in school until they're enrolled in doctoral programs they have no interest in.

"Leave me alone Mr. T, I don't want to do a post-doc!"

"I PITY THE FOOL WHO DON'T STAY IN SCHOOL!"

[–] Mirshe 1 points 6 hours ago

He also stopped wearing most of his gold after being down in New Orleans helping clean up from Katrina. Said he felt it was wrong to be displaying such wealth when he was staring at people who had just lost literally everything.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Murica is that shitty dog owner at the dog park who is sitting on the bench looking at their phone while their dog is running around bitting and trying to fuck the other dogs.

GET CONTROL OF YOUR FUCKING DOG!

[–] Carmakazi 21 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

We're an angry drunk running down the street with a shotgun trying to pick fights. Dangerous and repulsive, but all reasonable people can do is try to get out of the way until police arrive. Except there is no police in this geopolitical metaphor.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

The angry drunk is actually the police man

[–] Kaput 2 points 18 hours ago

Maybe everybody should go in the washroom together like that little town that had a bully problem.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

Good. Use the small words that Donnie can understand. Make the pissbaby throw another tantrum.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Sorry for messing around with this post. Lemmy.world has a weird bug(?) where posts with CBC articles won't federate. Had to trick it.

[–] Late2TheParty 22 points 1 day ago

Well, joke's on you, Mr. Prime Minister. It's prolly gonna destroy ours first! So nyah!

😢

[–] DaddleDew 13 points 1 day ago

I'm glad the gloves are being thrown and they call it for what it is. That delicate diplomatic dance that lead up to this was clearly not working.

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