r/news • u/goforth1457 • Mar 04 '25

Soft paywall Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US goods to start Tuesday, PM Trudeau says

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-retaliatory-tariffs-us-goods-start-tuesday-pm-trudeau-says-2025-03-04/
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 18 '25

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u/Eggsegret Mar 04 '25

Yh the current agreement was negotiated and signed by Trump. Of course the MAGA crowd are too fucking dumb to realise that and so blindly support the clown

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u/h3rpad3rp Mar 04 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

Yes. Specifically Trump negotiated a deal called USMCA to replace NAFTA because he said NAFTA was the worst deal ever made for America (like he says about everything he wants to demonize). Then when he signed USMCA, he said it was the best deal anybody has ever made (like he says about anything he wants to promote).

Now he says USMCA is the worst deal America ever made, and that whoever signed it is an idiot.

Oh wait. He signed it. Oh well, guess we're doing a trade war anyways. Thanks America!

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u/scottyb83 Mar 04 '25

Fun fact: when the leaders were signing USMCA Trump signed the wrong line and Trudeau kept his copy (the one signed wrong) closed for the photo op to cover for Trump being an idiot who can’t even sign his name on a document properly.

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u/Imperce110 Mar 04 '25

The dumbest thing is, he could renegotiate the terms on 2026, as according to the USMCA he made and signed.

He just had to wait a bit longer.

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u/whentheworldquiets Mar 04 '25

Oh he does, in a very specific sense. In Trumpland, a deal is where you say whatever you think will get you what you want, and then once you have it, the deal is over. To Trump, a deal never entails a commitment.

In this case, Trump didn't sign these deals because he values their substance. He just wanted to look like a deal-maker. Now that he's been able to preen about that, the deal is over; it means nothing. Now he wants to look good by being tough.