Pride goeth before the fall.

[Rebel5soul]

Oh, this thread is far from over. There's thirty days now to iron out the China issues.

For example, China is WAY over capacity with steel production and need to move product. So to avoid US tariffs they're dumping via Mexico. I suspect the same is happening via Canada.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Attacking your 3 largest trading partners right out of the gate is a great start!

Maybe China, Mexico and Canada should create their own trade treaty and stop selling to the USA.

Idiots.

Lol

Nothing like taking a 2x4 to the side of someone's head to get their undivided attention.

Someone mentioned 'diplomacy' earlier in the thread. You and I know how that works, 2 years from now the parties would still be having meetings, trading notes, and nothing will have been accomplished.

 

[Lance_Castro]

Nothing like taking a 2x4 to the side of someone's head to get their undivided attention.

regardless of what governments do or don’t do about this assault, canadians have stopped buying american as of this week.

 

[Rebel5soul]

regardless of what governments do or don’t do about this assault, canadians have stopped buying american as of this week.

Fine. Very little of what Canada imports from the US are consumer goods.

And here's a challenge for you US posters out there. Go around your abode and count the items that are labeled, "Made in Canada."

 

[zipman]

Trump is the one who buckled and now looks even weaker.

What a buffoon.

 

[Noitall]

Trump is the one who buckled and now looks even weaker.

What a buffoon.

23 yrs...still an idiot

 

[ClockworkFox]

Not a huge surprise. They held out longer than Columbia though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886440603996840266

So he's given himself and Claudia some breathing space. No tariffs for a month, so all those avocados for the guacamole are safe for the moment. Not to mention Tabasco. And sombreros. Mariachi trucker music. Beans.

 

[zipman]

So he's given himself and Claudia some breathing space. No tariffs for a month, so all those avocados for the guacamole are safe for the moment. Not to mention Tabasco. And sombreros. Mariachi trucker music. Beans.

Mexico also sent 10,000 troops to the border under Biden. Only Biden didn't have to threaten tariffsand throw the stock market into a tail spin.

 

[Rebel5soul]

So he's given himself and Claudia some breathing space. No tariffs for a month, so all those avocados for the guacamole are safe for the moment. Not to mention Tabasco. And sombreros. Mariachi trucker music. Beans.

Funny you should bring that up.

Let's start with Tabasco, it's made in Louisiana.

And I love Schumer dragging out the beer and avocado in his heart felt appeal to Americans. It's a serious sign of exactly what he thinks of the general public.

 

[ClockworkFox]

Funny you should bring that up.

Let's start with Tabasco, it's made in Louisiana.

And I love Schumer dragging out the beer and avocado in his heart felt appeal to Americans. It's a serious sign of exactly what he thinks of the general public.

I stand corrected, Rebel5sould, thanks! The things you learn - yes, I looked at the label, and it's Avery Island, Louisiana. So Avery Island had better hope Don isn't going to slap a tariff on it.

Now I have to find the opportunity to use the new info to my own glory and advantage. This may necessitate inviting people to a slap-up meal at a Mexican restaurant, and waiting patiently until some unsuspecting twat says "Mm, I just love Mexican food, and especially with their Tabasco sauce", whereupon I can roll my eyes and sneer "Mexican? No, it's made in Louisiana, in the US, actually. Read the label, will you, you fucking ignoramus."

It's wonderful to get one up on others, isn't it? Although sometimes you have to work at it.

...

Now. Guinness is Irish, isn't it? ... Last time I looked it was, anyway. Even if Heineken or someone bought it up, they'll still have to use water from the river in Dublin to make it, won't they? If Donald hits the EU, that's bad news for all those Irish American Guinness-swillers down around Boston and the rest of Massachusetts.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Not a huge surprise. They held out longer than Columbia though.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1886440603996840266

We did what now?

We agreed to name drug cartels as terrorist organisations. We didn't need a trade war to do that. Just a conversation to set up an agreement to do so.

Lets see, JT allocated 1.3 Billion to the CBSA ( way back in December). Money which the CBSA have been begging for, for over a decade. WE agreed to join border task force ( good idea btw) and we're going to name someone to head up looking into those 43 pounds of Fentanyl that crossed our border in 2024.

However this is great news to Canadians. We are massively swamped with stolen handguns from the US. Those gun go into the hands of criminal gangs. If you think for a second all the new personnel and equipment is going to be used to secure your border, you're way fucking dumber than I thought.

Remember we (Canada) only secure our side of the border. It is not illegal for a Canadian to cross into the US. We don't charge a Canadian for crossing into the US illegally. The US does. We only charge a person, if they cross into Canada without going through a border check point ( or reporting in such as water crossings).

Sorry boomer,Trump only won in the eyes of weak minded. People like you....

 

[Lance_Castro]

Fine. Very little of what Canada imports from the US are consumer goods.

And here's a challenge for you US posters out there. Go around your abode and count the items that are labeled, "Made in Canada."

Your President said the same thing.

Canada doesn’t matter to the USA.

It’s actually good for Canada to hear it straight up!

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Funny you should bring that up.

Let's start with Tabasco, it's made in Louisiana.

And I love Schumer dragging out the beer and avocado in his heart felt appeal to Americans. It's a serious sign of exactly what he thinks of the general public.

That can of beer Schumer was holding up was the last one in his six pack. He had just chugged the other five moments before his performance.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Mexico also sent 10,000 troops to the border under Biden. Only Biden didn't have to threaten tariffsand throw the stock market into a tail spin.

Quite a tailspin! lol.

 

[Lance_Castro]

Pride does go before a fall.

Mexico has 15,000 troops at the border, so now they can send 5,000 home.

Canada announced yesterday’s border dog and pony show of 1.3 billion… in December.

#winning!

Lol

 

[MajorRewrite]

Quite a tailspin! lol.

Yes, the markets crashed Monday morning, but recovered after Trump panicked and caved on his tariff promise.

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Yes, the markets crashed Monday morning, but recovered after Trump panicked and caved on his tariff promise.

Thanks for pointing that out.

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Here’s a little math exercise for you. Calculate the percentage drop from the market close on Friday to the lowest point it reached on Monday. You’ll discover that it’s a minuscule change and that tiny percentage fluctuations of <1% throughout the course of a trading day occur regularly and not considered crashes. That’s why the markets are not freaking out like you are.

 

[HisArpy]

Here’s a little math exercise for you. Calculate the percentage drop from the market close on Friday to the lowest point it reached on Monday. You’ll discover that it’s a minuscule change and that tiny percentage fluctuations of <1% throughout the course of a trading day occur regularly and not considered crashes. That’s why the markets are not freaking out like you are.

He's a financial illiterate posing as an internet money guru.

Most of the Lefties here have assumed that role without realizing that life isn't a movie script.

 

[Oyster69]

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Trump wants just two things from each of them;

1. Police their borders for illegals and drug trafficking.

2. Discontinue trans-shipments of Chinese goods. China is shipping shit into Mexico and Canada to avoid US tariffs. Brokers each of those nations add a small markup and then ship to the US thereby avoiding the tariffs on Chinese goods.

That is precisely what they are risking their economies over.

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Trump wants just two things from each of them;

1. Police their borders for illegals and drug trafficking.

2. Discontinue trans-shipments of Chinese goods. China is shipping shit into Mexico and Canada to avoid US tariffs. Brokers each of those nations add a small markup and then ship to the US thereby avoiding the tariffs on Chinese goods.

That is precisely what they are risking their economies over.

Another clown trump the chump sycophant!

 

[schism666]

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Trump wants just two things from each of them;

1. Police their borders for illegals and drug trafficking.

2. Discontinue trans-shipments of Chinese goods. China is shipping shit into Mexico and Canada to avoid US tariffs. Brokers each of those nations add a small markup and then ship to the US thereby avoiding the tariffs on Chinese goods.

That is precisely what they are risking their economies over.

you usually write a bunch of dumb posts before you finally fall, ish

 

[LLCox]

This is what happens when your inspiration for World Domination comes from an old Batman movie.

I thought I recognized that music in the background.

 

[Politruk]

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Trump wants just two things from each of them;

1. Police their borders for illegals and drug trafficking.

That is NOT their responsibility.

 

[Politruk]

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Doesn't seem to be working out that way, now.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Mexico and Canada are going to end up paying dearly for their prideful responses. Their retaliatory tariffs are going to make very little difference to the US economy.

Trump wants just two things from each of them;

1. Police their borders for illegals and drug trafficking.

2. Discontinue trans-shipments of Chinese goods. China is shipping shit into Mexico and Canada to avoid US tariffs. Brokers each of those nations add a small markup and then ship to the US thereby avoiding the tariffs on Chinese goods.

That is precisely what they are risking their economies over.

This has aged well.......lol

 

[Lance_Castro]

something like 96% of all agricultural fertilizer made and used in the USA is made with Canadian potash.

Without potash, American Agriculture grinds to a halt.

The only other country in the world with the potash necessary to support American agriculture…

…. Is Russia.

Potash, lumber, oil, electricity…