• Badland9085@lemm.ee
    5·
    3 hours ago

    And lemme guess what we’ll hear in the next couple of weeks or months:

    “I’ve made the best deals with Canada and Mexico. They’ve been rude and uncooperative in helping us secure the borders, but now look, they had to.”

    And then there’d be the the suckers and ass-kissers:

    “Fentanyl’s not a thing anymore in the USA because of Trump.” (says a person who lives in a neighbourhood never affected by fentanyl abuse)

    “President Trump has made our country more secure than ever, preventing illegal immigrants and drugs coming in from Canada and Mexico, while making them pay for it.” (vixen news or something)

    “Illegal immigration was at an all time low under President Trump.” (says a person who’s never looked at the stats)

    Given what was actually realized, Trump did not have to play coy and use tariffs as threats, and it would’ve been a rather easy call to ask for what he wanted. He’s essentially sent US allies on a wild episode to essentially bully them to show off his regained powers.

    Oh, and of course he only “pauses” the damn thing. He could re-use it after all. Classic bully behaviour.

    • OldTellus@lemmy.ca
      16·
      16 hours ago

      That’s going to be up to each of us, I certainly am. America raised their hand to us, whether they strike or not is beside the point, they can’t take that back. I am going keep as much of my time and money in Canada as I can. I think all Canadians should.

      • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
        2·
        3 hours ago

        All my family and friends are carrying on the boycott. Low sample size, but we can be pretty petty as a nation. Fond of being on the right side of the FAFO equation.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
    8·
    16 hours ago

    The prime minister also made a series of new commitments to Trump, including a promise to appoint a new fentanyl “czar.” And he promised to list Mexican cartels, one of the top purveyors of fentanyl and other drugs in Canada and the U.S., as terrorists under Canadian law.

    I can almost hear how that conversation went.
    “YOU HAVE TO APPOINT A FENTANYL CZAR”
    “uhhh alright”
    “AND DECLARE MEXICAN CARTELS TERRORISTS” “sure thing, Donald, can you remove the tariffs now?” “ONLY UNTIL I COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE”