Canada is starting to get really angry at Trump.
Their Foreign Minister Melanie Joly is serious about standing up to Trump's attempt to annex her country and doesn't think it's funny.
"If the U.S. can do this to us, their closest friend, then nobody is safe."
She also directly told Marco Rubio, "Canada’s sovereignty is not up for debate. PERIOD. There is no argument, there is no conversation about it. There is no need to talk about it. You’re here, you respect us, you respect our sovereignty. You are in our country, you respect our people."
Here’s Trump, parked next to the NATO secretary, spewing word salad so rancid it could curdle maple syrup: "Canada! We pay for their military." Wrong, genius—Canada’s military budget is about $26 billion USD annually (2024 figures), funded by Canadian taxpayers, not Uncle Sam’s piggy bank. The U.S. doesn’t "pay" for Canada’s forces; NATO’s a mutual defense pact, not a charity drive. "You know, Canada pays very little for their military because they think we're gonna protect them" — oh, please, Donny, Canada’s not huddled under America’s skirt. They’ve got 68,000 active personnel, icebreakers, and jets, and they’ve been pulling their weight in NORAD since the Cold War, while you were busy dodging the draft. "If you're a state, you can be part of the deal. But if you're a separate country, you gotta get your own icebreakers" — what the hell is this gibberish? Canada’s been a sovereign nation since 1867, not some wannabe 51st state begging for a handout. And they’ve got icebreakers—look up the *CCGS Amundsen* or *Louis S. St-Laurent*, you geography-challenged clown. This is peak Trump: zero facts, maximum bluster, and a brain that thinks NATO’s a protection racket instead of an alliance. Stick to golf, champ; geopolitics ain’t your sand trap.
@leopodcast67876@essenviews Tariffs are collected at the port by the importer, then goes on into the market paid by consumers, so consumers get a price hike. As prices rise, people consume less, that hurts the exporter. The exporter look for other markets to sell. How this brings you higher wages?!
The tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are an unjustifiable economic attack on Canadians and Albertans. They also represent a clear breach of the trade agreement signed by this same U.S. President during his first term. These tariffs will hurt the American people, driving up costs for fuel, food, vehicles, housing, and many other products. They will also cost hundreds of thousands of American and Canadian jobs. This policy is both foolish and a failure in every regard.
This is not the way it should be between two of the world’s strongest trading allies and partners. We would much rather be working with the U.S. on mutually beneficial trade deals than be caught in the middle of a tariff war.
Alberta fully supports the Federal response announced today by the Prime Minister. I will be meeting with my Cabinet today and tomorrow to discuss Alberta’s response to these illegal tariffs, which we will announce publicly tomorrow.
Now is the time for us to unite as a province and a country. We must do everything in our collective power to immediately tear down provincial trade barriers and fast-track the construction of dozens of resource projects, from pipelines to LNG facilities to critical minerals projects. We must strengthen our trade ties throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas for all our energy, agricultural, and manufactured products. We also need to drastically increase military spending to ensure we can protect our nation. There is no time to waste on any of these initiatives.
I will have more to say tomorrow.
@mattliptoncomic Brian Glenn is Trump's monkey on a leash.
Please do not insult us journalists. He is not one.
He's just a right-wing talking head looking for praise.
Now the world knows he is just trash.