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US President Donald Trump has today announced massive new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium, while threatening to “shut down” its car industry and saying the best way to end the trade war was for Washington’s ally to be absorbed into the US.

  • Match!!English
    12•1 day ago

    do you think trump actually believes he can sanction canada into surrendering national sovereignty or is this part of some idiot gambit to crash the us economy on purpose

    • @BradleyUffnerEnglish
      11•24 hours ago

      It’s just destruction and chaos to weaken Russia’s competition.

    • @grueEnglish
      7•1 day ago

      Yes and yes. Putin engineered the situation to be a win for him in either case.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 day ago

      Getting Canada to surrender sovereignty is the bit. Crashing the economy is a happy coincidence for him. The true goal is profiting from the chaos in between it all.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 day ago

      His negotiation strategy is to demand 1 billion dollars and settle for $3.50. which is fine when you’re a TV personality, less so when you have nuclear weapons.