• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    The world: American tariffs mean we have to de-integrate with the USA and connect with new trading partners.

    Trump: If you do that, I’ll create more tariffs!

    Empty room:

    Trump: Shit.

  • muusemuuse@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    Canada, all you have to do is outlast us, then buy us up for cheap once Trump decides to give up.

  • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Another year of this, and these threats will carry about as much weight as North Korea threatening you with sanctions.

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      5 days ago

      Next year will be the effects of this year yeah. This shit is a slow motion genocide like a giant molasses flood.

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    He (like Putin) is afraid of the EU. He won’t be able to take Canada if they are allied with the EU

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    Trump fucks everything up forcing nations to find other economic alternatives then says I will destroy you if you work together. This is the plot of a bad 70’s comic book.

  • axmo@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    Irrefutable logic:

    A -> B

    I don’t like B, therefore more A.

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    6 days ago

    From the guy who complains about having to pay for stuff, pretending it’s a subsidy.

    Sure, we can reciprocate. Further, the more tariffs he puts on, the more likely we all are to remove trade restrictions on other partners.

    Guy responsible for the “great success” USMCA hates the “unfair” USMCA.

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      6 days ago

      Threatening to throw a tantrum if one’s opponents gang up, is only an admission of vulnerability and an invitation for opponents to gang up quicker.

      Besides, the EU has already held consultations with China (which got a tariff raise last month) about how to adapt to the situation. Both have previously used response strategies aimed at Trump’s support bases. They’ll do it without hesitation.

      And if Trump is going to enact “far larger” tariffs against every big trade partner, he’ll knock the US economy into a recession.

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    6 days ago

    On a different note, so goodbye to the smallest and cheapest cars in the US market. Porsches will be fine though

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Choo choo! He comes the recession.

    His idiots already think it’s fine, and simply say “it’s temporary” when you bring this up. Like… Bitch WE’RE temporary.

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    6 days ago

    Remember he said he was going to make mexico pay for that wall? The wall was never completed.