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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs after Donald Trump confirmed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% on energy, set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Trump justified the move by linking it to fentanyl smuggling concerns.

Trudeau called the tariffs “unjustified” and imposed 25% tariffs on $155 billion in U.S. goods, with $30 billion effective immediately and the rest in 21 days.

He warned of price hikes and job losses in the U.S., arguing the move violates Trump’s own trade agreement from his last term.

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    8 hours ago

    I didn’t want Trump to become president for many reasons, one of the main ones being I didn’t want him to pull USA out of NATO, because it strengthens our shared enemies.

    Things are actually going worse than I expected, which is really impressive.

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      I know people are probably sick of hearing this, but I kind of figured this would be the worst possible case imaginable because the same thing happened to Hitler. They threw his ass in jail and then after a couple of months they let him walk and then when he regained power, he knew that he could never lose power again, and if he did, he’d never be able to accomplish his personal objectives. 

      There’s something about history that we can learn from here. I don’t know why Trump was even allowed to run, but yeah, here we are. 

      • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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        5 hours ago

        He was allowed to run because McConnell stonewalled Obama and let Trump select a bunch of Supreme Court appointees, which then decided that trump can’t be held accountable for anything.

        Then everyone decided the rule of law was important, except trump, which means he’s steamrolling every safeguard we had.