Sunday, February 16, 2025

Trade War Round 1!

Trade War Round 1!

Trump has ass handed to him.

By Keith Thomas

2/5/2025

Spin MAGA spin.

            The short answer in the first round of the Trade War started by Trump is that he got his ass handed to him by Canada and Mexico. His ass was handed to him so bad that even Fox Pravda acknowledged it. Give them a day or two and they’ll figure something else out though.

            Führer Trump claimed that he got concessions from Canada and Mexico. He didn’t. Canada made the “concessions” that Trump has claimed back in December.[1] [2] They did make a few fluff enhancements to make it look like something happened. This was a far cry Canada becoming the 51st state unless they caved completely.

            BTW the trade deficit with Canada is 40 to 70 billion dollars NOT 200 billion.[3] And a lot of that deficit comes from America buying cheap crude oil from Canada. Canadian companies now have a month to find new supply chains to replace goods from the United States. Trudeau < says > that if Trump wants a golden age he’ll need more of what Canada already supplies to the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D3cLhDFmZOo

            Turns out that Canada has a problem with drugs and guns coming into their country from their southern border.[4] Seems that drugs, crime, and guns are coming into Canada from the United States. The number of drugs and immigrants going south from Canada are miniscule.[5]

            Mexico did agree to send 10,000 troops to our southern border.[6] They did the same thing with President Biden in 2021.[7] In turn Führer Trump agreed to try and stop the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico. Führer Trump won’t succeed at that any more than MAGA will reduce the supply of military weapons in this country.

            Nothing from China yet other than they threw down with some tariffs of their own. Only they raised the ante and went for a 15% tariff on goods from the United States.[8] This isn’t the first party that they have been to.

            MAGA Führer Trump over promises and under delivers. The exception of course is when it comes to bringing harm to working people and the United States of America.

Then Trump delivers in spades.

[1] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/02/government-of-canada-expands-plan-to-strengthen-border-security.html

[2] https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/12/government-of-canada-announces-its-plan-to-strengthen-border-security-and-our-immigration-system.html

[3] https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/fact-check-canada-makes-up-just-02-of-us-border-fentanyl-seizures/

[4] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/harper-trump-border-drugs-guns-1.7432991

[5] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/harper-trump-border-drugs-guns-1.7432991

[6] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-troops-deployed-border-part-deal-pause-us-tariffs-2025-02-04/

[7] https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2025/02/04/mexico-sends-troops-to-border-juarez-in-operativo-frontera-norte/78212488007/

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