*PM says Trump is trying to make it easier to annex Canada — but it won’t work *

An unbowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will hit back hard at the U.S. after President Donald Trump launched a North American trade war by slapping devastating 25 per cent tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt “a total collapse of the Canadian economy” because he thinks that will “make it easier to annex us.”

But Trudeau said that will never happen because “when it comes to defending our great nation, there is no price we all aren’t willing to pay.”

Trudeau said Canada will not back down from a fight in the face of “completely bogus and completely unjustified” trade action that has the potential to ruin bilateral relations and prompt job losses, economic devastation and higher inflation on both sides of the border.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Don’t be an emotional reactionary like this guy or Trump are. There are a lot of good Americans out there who are still our friends and allies. Target your feelings to the ones actually harming us. Spraying hatred everywhere doesn’t do anyone any good.

    • Carmakazi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Targeting or even murdering random Americans will only accelerate the breakdown of civility and accomplish nothing. Recognize your words as an emotional outburst and channel your anger into something more constructive.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m a Washingtonian and I’ve voted, protested, and in every way possible fought against politicians like this for decades.

      This isn’t the classic United States “fucking over other countries for US gain”. Trump and the MAGA cronies are also fucking over the US for personal gain. They’ve fooled the most gullible, ignorant fraction of the population into supporting them despite it being against their best interests, a fraction that continues to grow due to decades of intense propaganda, sabotaged public education, and political cultism.

      We’re all victims here. Some more than others but, with the exception of those supporting the fascist MAGA movement with full knowledge of what they truly stand for, everyone in the world is a victim.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 months ago

        So please do something about your executive. Because we have to respond to the actions they’re taking in your name. Don’t like it? Restrain them. There’s millions more of you than there are of them.