I am in a state of dissociative awe by how incredibly stupid, dangerous, and idiotic this all is. Just the inevitable result of a generation of unserious leadership and Conservative and Canadian dysfunction. https://t.co/neFs58aMsI
So to recap:
▪️the USA’s closest ally gets a 25% tariff on national security grounds,
▪️ China, the USA’s biggest strategic adversary and ultimate source of fentanyl ingredients, gets hit by *lower* tariffs,
▪️ While Trump pursues an economic partnership with Putin’s murderous Russian regime,
▪️and Trump muses about opening negotiations with the Iranian theocracy, the world’s largest sponsor of terrorism.
To the very online MAGA North crowd: stop embarrassing yourselves by defending this lunacy.
this trophy presentation is so funny because it doesn’t look like any of them actually give a shit about the hardware — they literally just wanted to beat USA’s ass lol
"We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag." Ronald Reagan, 1988
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@MarcLevesqueEco I will point out that both Mark Carney and Stephen Harper are trained economists. Our profession is often maligned left and right, but those two are the adults in the room right now.
Just watched the Carney and Harper interviews and the first thing that comes to mind is that they are both leaps and bounds above Trudeau and Poilievre. What did we do to get this? A case in point: one is MIA and the other is ranting about a « carbon tax election ». 🤦🏻
This is your irregular reminder that imperialism is a mercantilist project.
For mercantilists, a trade deficit is a problem to be solved, and the simplest solution is to take over the country with which you have a trade deficit.
Free traders know trade deficits don't matter.
If Poilievre wants the next election to be a « carbon tax election », what is he going to call it in those provinces where the Federal carbon tax does not apply, like Quebec and BC — an election about nothing? He needs to drop the BS and get serious.
Poilievre is going on in the HoC about « carbon tax Carney » and calling for a « carbon tax election ». Why does he still think that he needs to mimic Trump’s name-calling and ramble on about the carbon tax? He wants to be PM and he sounds like a dumb schoolyard bully.
federal Liberal caucus begins writing the third draft of their sternly-worded letter asking the PM to consider, please, if it's not too much trouble, thinking about maybe resigning
Because they were exposed to a constant stream of insane, fact free propaganda designed to undermine the faith of Westerners in one of our civilization's greatest triumphs: science and medicine.