A “trade war” - what happens when this is over in months and trump gets all his reasonable requests? Who is at fault then?
What do border encounters look like on a border that is not policed at all?
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Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread
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A “trade war” - what happens when this is over in months and trump gets all his reasonable requests? Who is at fault then?
What do border encounters look like on a border that is not policed at all?
acesfull86
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Idk why this would be over in two months when we’ve reliably been told Canada will bear the brunt of the tariffs.
chop2chip
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Probably lots more Mexicans, Venezuelans, and Columbia heading north than south.
It’s so ****ing wild to me that the official MAGA response to *anything* Trump did that hasn’t worked out, including the things he very publicly applauded himself for and encouraged these same people to join in the applause for, is to point to Deep State trickery. Somehow nothing is ever Trump’s fault.
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
We have a lot of experience damaging and destabilizing those countries.
What would a trade war success even look like for the Canadian border? Should Canada be protecting America’s border for some reason?
A lot of people gave Joe **** for being senile, but here we are with a President who apparently can’t remember the difference between the word subsidy and purchase.
A subset of an absurd number is still a lot but I’m glad you’ve now realized it’s still not nothing.
We can address both simultaneously. Is that ok with you?
We aren’t trying to punish Canada because of their economic practices. But long term we would benefit much more from tariffs on Canada than they would from us.
People aren’t going to want to lose access to the US markets to non tariffed nations.
Even if I were to grant you enormous leeway and agree there’s any sort of Northern Border crisis, Canada’s only national interest in policing that border involves things going into Canada. I don’t feel like *I* should pay more for goods in an attempt to get Canada to do America’s job for it.
chop2chip
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I was referring specifically to just the northern border
acesfull86
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Weird post from Trump considering this is apparently all about fentanyl and migrants coming across the border
nsacpi
Expects Yuge Games
it only makes sense if his objectives are understood...to cause chaos and to humiliate a country that is actually a very good neighbor
acesfull86
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“The tariffs are going to make us very rich, and very strong,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Hard to get very rich if you’re pulling the plug in two months…