Canada

All Trudeau needs to do is implement a reciprocal tariff that also increases by like amount. Boom, now you have an infinite tariff loop and a single transaction in either direction is enough to create infinite GDP.

Checkmate, economists.

Not to mention the "Governor Trudeau" extra-dumb.

God I hate politics-by-Twitter. I'm appalled that the US is turning into a fascist country, but I'm even more appalled by how pathetic, puerile and trashy the US' new fascist overlords are. At least Hitler dressed in Hugo Boss and made speeches that enthralled people: MAGA dresses like tramps, Steve Bannon-stylee and bullies other countries like kids on the playground.

I love seeing that video of a journalist asking trump about what he said about some tariffs and him responding "I think the other countries pay them". He truly doesn't know how they work.

lol ours is retaliatory but theirs are reciprocal?

Eat shit asshole.

This guy doesn’t even understand those words. They’ve got someone writing his tweets now.

God I'm exhausted.

At this point, we just need to cut it all off completely. Oil shipments, electricity, lumber, aluminum. All of it.

I know that that's a hard ask for those industries that are affected, and if it means the federal goverment has to temporarily raise the deficit in order to subsidize those industries it'll be crazy expensive and inflation will shoot up. But I'm convinced that that would be only a short amount of time that that would actually be needed.

Let the United States go one week without our stuff. 100%...fuck 'em. They'll last one week. Maybe two. And when they quit their bullshit, make it clear that we are diversifying our business partners making it easier to pull it from them again anytime they let Trump open is fucking mouth.

Hold our resources hostage against them.

All this could have been avoided if one guy had slightly better aim.

In 6 months, he's going to be talking about how Canada started this trade war.

He may be dumb but not as much as the people who voted for him

It hurts itself in its confusion

My coworker loves Trump loudly and obnoxiously. But she's mad about the tariffs and votes for the NDP here, but says he's "doing good things for his country", but can't identify what. She doesn't know anything about weaponized disinformation, Russian troll farms, or dark money, and I very gently explained these things to her today, and saw this dim light turning on behind her eyes. So many people don't know how badly they've been suckered by weaponized disinformation and dark money.

Bankrupting his country like he did with all his businesses, including a casino. Notoriously difficult to bankrupt.

Ok it's starting to feel like a game now. Can we cause American hyperinflation by a targeted tariff feedback loop?

Speech from Trudeau gave me "we're at war" vibes.

It's incredible at which speed things are falling apart.

Governor? It's he really referring to the Canadian prime Minister as though he is the governor of a state? And they said Biden was losing his grasp on reality.

Fucked up Beyond All Repair.

Dude thinks tariffs are Uno cards.

The real problem is that Trump's supporters don't understand tariffs, and wouldn't believe the explanation anyway because to them it just sounds like Orange Man Bad.

When the US imposes a tariff on Canada, importers of Canadian goods pay the tariff to the US government. To recover that cost they raise the prices they charge American customers. So Americans end up paying the tariff. The only damage it does to Canada is that the tariff could discourage US importers from buying certain goods from Canada if they can get them somewhere else without paying a tariff. That happens in some cases, but in others Canada is already the cheapest (or only) source of a high-demand item, so Americans will just pay the higher prices - the way they're still paying jacked-up COVID prices for so many things, for example.

Millions of Americans, being too dumb or unwilling to grasp this, think these tariffs are Trump heroically saving them from the evils of foreigners who want to destroy their Freedom.

@imvii Perhaps since little donny says he does not need anything from Canada we should shut off his electric and oil now. That would be before he could effectively replace it.

It's like he doesn't understand tariffs... It's hurting your country.

If you put a tariff, it increases the price you're paying. It makes the goods more expensive for your industry and your population. It makes your industry less competitive as your industry has to sell at higher prices.

Then comes the reciprocal tardif what makes your industry even less competitive. Putting more tardif will hurt your industry.

Did he say "he was the champion of the industry" or whatever similar? Well people voted for the person who doesn't know what 2+2 makes.

He also wants his face on currency. The man is a menace

Look forward to the day that orange shit stain is dead. Hopefully tonight.

Americans: Just imagine the White House is an elementary school…

It will be a shit show until Canada and the rest of the western world work out agreements independent of the US.

How!? How is this guy allowed to be President!? 🤬 This is every time I see him speak and says anything!

Trump doesn't understand he's a bitch no matter what he does.

Can't wait for "ONE BILLION PERCENT TARIFF!!!!" in 12 hours

Come on now, calling Trump the dumbest man on Earth is doing a great disservice to JD Vance who has put in an enormous amount of effort this last year to pip him at the post.

When you have a 25% tariff, additional tariffs really don't matter.

This guy is gonna start a war.

Looks like the Governor of the 47th Oblast is throwing another hissy fit.

It's all going to be used as an excuse to invade us. Oh look at Canada they made your lives more expensive. It's Canada's fault and once the people believe it, they'll have their support and invade us.

Trump: "Fuck framing lumber. All my homies hate imported timber for house framing."

Canada should just cut off non-vital trade to America until we have a new trade policy