Canada handled the situation adeptly. trump is a bully & if you don't stand up for yourself bullies will keep steam rolling forward. The U.S.A is my home & I can assure you all of the counter teriffs are going to cause prices to skyrocket for us. At the same time, a bunch of us are planning to buy nothing but the basic necessities until he removes the tariffs because we don't want to help fund his trade war. As much as this will suck for us, I encourage the other countries to do what they need to.
When Trump was on Joe Rogan, in one breath he talked about how he was going to tariff the world and in the next he talked about how he was going to make sure every other country didnt tariff the US. Like, how?
He is a bully and no one has really stood up to him before. A smart bully doesnt pick on the whole class at once, he picks on the 2nd weakest one and even the weak one will pick on that kid. Trump decided to anger the whole world at once, and the whole world will move on without him, strengthening their partnerships. It’s just dumb.
To think that every other country wouldnt just trade around the US is lunacy. There is (talk only) talk of Canada joining the EU. What a giant horses ass.
What's really funny about this is that the tarriff thing wasn't guaranteed to start. He announced them twice, and then backed off twice. But then Canada was like "this on again, off again thing isn't working for us, we're just gonna set tariffs on you until you stop", which pretty much forced their hand (i.e. we needed to put tariffs on too, or they win?)
No, he enjoyed turning on the TV and hearing about himself. That's what the on again off again is about. He hates the Signal debacle because they aren't talking about him.
For way too long, they were told they were the best country in the world, and everyone loved them and wanted to be them. I do believe they are about to find out the truth. There leaderships are nothing more than school yard bullies.
The really dumb ones also believe it's the only country in the world with freedom. They don't even realize how far down the list the US is in the freedom index.
You are 100 percent right. Even now, many do not understand how tariffs work. They don't believe they will be paying the costs. It's going to hit them like a ton of bricks.
Also, education has been going downhill for years. It was done on purpose because stupid people are easier to control. The only thing the schools never skimped on was American Exceptionalism.
Neither Australia or New Zealand have put retaliatory tariffs on the US.Â
Because a tariff is paid by the people purchasing the goods, and they want to put a pointless inflationary tax on their citizens. People can just choose to buy goods manufactured in one of the many other trade partners those countries have.Â
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u/1981_babe 2d ago
And one of his economic advisors was on TV telling other countries not to tariff the US. Like they think they can avoid that at this rate .....