Canada retaliates with tariffs

[Deepelm]

Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social)

Congratulations to Trump on securing a $1.3 billion border security deal from Canada.... which was already negotiated in December 2024.

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[nelsonmuntz]

Whether or not they actually caved is irrelevant, because you will be told they caved. That's all that matters now.

That is not accurate. Trump is creating chaos in the business world to win a news cycle. Businesses make capital investment decisions on a multi-year horizon, and right now they don't know what the legal environment will be next month. The simplest decision to make in this situation is to postpone investments. That will hit earnings of capital goods providers by next quarter.

 

[Husky25]

99 weeks of this clown show left. Minimum.

 

[Deepelm]

99 weeks of this clown show left. Minimum.

This is the one country he really didnt want to get into this with. Which I assume is why their percentage was different.

 

[Jay-Bone]

That is not accurate. Trump is creating chaos in the business world to win a news cycle. Businesses make capital investment decisions on a multi-year horizon, and right now they don't know what the legal environment will be next month. The simplest decision to make in this situation is to postpone investments. That will hit earnings of capital goods providers by next quarter.

I will continue to remain reticent. Part of the reason Trump won is because dems continue to slap high five over events like this. Meanwhile the majority of America is thinking Trump got a slam dunk. Canada and Mexico could've really put a dent in Trump if they called his bluff. But they didn't, and the stock market bounced back, and a large swath of Americans continue to think Trump is a brilliant negotiator. So no substantial ground was gained, Trump got an out for not actually implementing substantial tariffs as campaigned, Trumpers were enriched, Elon raided the government and they probed Mexico and Canada to see just how much they'd put up with. Intelligent people continuing to realize Trump is incompetent has not got us anywhere before, real repercussions need to be triggered. We missed a great opportunity to impede a dictatorship because Mexico is so beholden to us and Canada is on the verge of tipping conservative. And businesses will continue to think, I knew he wouldn't really impose substantial tariffs, back to business as usual.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

I will continue to remain reticent. Part of the reason Trump won is because dems continue to slap high five over events like this. Meanwhile the majority of America is thinking Trump got a slam dunk. Canada and Mexico could've really put a dent in Trump if they called his bluff. But they didn't, and the stock market bounced back, and a large swath of Americans continue to think Trump is a brilliant negotiator. So no substantial ground was gained, Trump got an out for not actually implementing substantial tariffs as campaigned, Trumpers were enriched, Elon raided the government and they probed Mexico and Canada to see just how much they'd put up with. Intelligent people continuing to realize Trump is incompetent has not got us anywhere before, real repercussions need to be triggered. We missed a great opportunity to impede a dictatorship because Mexico is so beholden to us and Canada is on the verge of tipping conservative. And businesses will continue to think, I knew he wouldn't really impose substantial tariffs, back to business as usual.

Canada and Mexico could say whatever they want and Trump supporters won't believe it.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

I will continue to remain reticent. Part of the reason Trump won is because dems continue to slap high five over events like this. Meanwhile the majority of America is thinking Trump got a slam dunk. Canada and Mexico could've really put a dent in Trump if they called his bluff. But they didn't, and the stock market bounced back, and a large swath of Americans continue to think Trump is a brilliant negotiator. So no substantial ground was gained, Trump got an out for not actually implementing substantial tariffs as campaigned, Trumpers were enriched, Elon raided the government and they probed Mexico and Canada to see just how much they'd put up with. Intelligent people continuing to realize Trump is incompetent has not got us anywhere before, real repercussions need to be triggered. We missed a great opportunity to impede a dictatorship because Mexico is so beholden to us and Canada is on the verge of tipping conservative. And businesses will continue to think, I knew he wouldn't really impose substantial tariffs, back to business as usual.

There is a point early in every dictator's rule where some people think that maybe this guy is onto something. That point passes, and most of the subjects' lives are significantly worse than they were before the dictator took over.