Not only is the United States now an unreliable partner, but it is actively trying to harm some of its staunchest "die in the fields with you" allies. The rest of the world cannot trust us and should avoid entering any sort of agreement with us insomuch as that’s possible. I fully expect Canada and other nations to make other arrangements both militarily and economically as they open up trade elsewhere. in a direction away from the U.S. Trump is making the United States weaker both economically and militarily. This could cause every auto assembly plant in America to shut down in a month. Canada, there are 192 other countries you can do business with.
Trump doesn’t believe in mutually profitable relationships, those are for “losers” “Winners” take in return for nothing. He doesn’t want a trade network between sovereign nations, he wants an imperial America receiving tribute, extortion, bullying and subjugation from its subjects here and abroad. The stupid thing about it all is that free trade is how wealth is generated here in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Tariffs and restrictive trade practices just limit the amount of money to be made. You’d think some "businessman" (lol!) elected President would be smart enough to either realize this or listen when his people explain it to him, but apparently not. Gaslit Maga and a good amount of the American public don’t know, or refuse to believe that Trump cannot negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag. His “negotiation style” is a zero-sum game, where he wins, you lose. That’s not negotiating. Trump is an 18th century mercantilist. Businesses cannot effectively function when the worst President in US history and the US government is clowning around like this.
These actions are an important test for the American business community. They know this is not a pro-business strategy to promote economic growth. I hope business leaders have the courage to say so. I'm assuming Mexico and Canada have retaliation planned that's unlike anything Trump saw the first time around. Trump's 25% tariffs are a complete betrayal of the historic bond between these countries and a declaration of economic war against trusted allies. These "Taxes" will have immediate and direct consequences on Canadian and American livelihoods. If the US shows that it is willing to arbitrarily impose tariffs as a form of hostage taking for leverage, then other countries will find us a bad partner. This will undermine our economy, our power and our national security.
Trump "says" these tariffs will be in place "until" Canada and Mexico stop fentanyl and border crossings. I call bullshit!.
Trump doesn’t believe in mutually profitable relationships, those are for “losers” “Winners” take in return for nothing. He doesn’t want a trade network between sovereign nations, he wants an imperial America receiving tribute, extortion, bullying and subjugation from its subjects here and abroad. The stupid thing about it all is that free trade is how wealth is generated here in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Tariffs and restrictive trade practices just limit the amount of money to be made. You’d think some "businessman" (lol!) elected President would be smart enough to either realize this or listen when his people explain it to him, but apparently not. Gaslit Maga and a good amount of the American public don’t know, or refuse to believe that Trump cannot negotiate his way out of a wet paper bag. His “negotiation style” is a zero-sum game, where he wins, you lose. That’s not negotiating. Trump is an 18th century mercantilist. Businesses cannot effectively function when the worst President in US history and the US government is clowning around like this.
These actions are an important test for the American business community. They know this is not a pro-business strategy to promote economic growth. I hope business leaders have the courage to say so. I'm assuming Mexico and Canada have retaliation planned that's unlike anything Trump saw the first time around. Trump's 25% tariffs are a complete betrayal of the historic bond between these countries and a declaration of economic war against trusted allies. These "Taxes" will have immediate and direct consequences on Canadian and American livelihoods. If the US shows that it is willing to arbitrarily impose tariffs as a form of hostage taking for leverage, then other countries will find us a bad partner. This will undermine our economy, our power and our national security.
Trump "says" these tariffs will be in place "until" Canada and Mexico stop fentanyl and border crossings. I call bullshit!.