Trump solves part of his Panama problem.
It drives me nuts how many people are willfully uneducated. I get to deal with them with my job. No matter how much data you show them that their position is wrong, they continue to disagree without counter argument, beyond, itâs just my opinion.
This comes from a kind of sarcastic site but its pretty funny.
In the villages, Americans are unable to differentiate friend and foe. If you kill one Viet Cong, your enemy count reduces by one. If you kill one wrong man, your enemy count increases by 10. Mostly they kill the wrong man.
â S. Vietnam general, Vietnam War (Netflix series)
Update from Ontario. All US liquor and wine pulled from liquor store shelves today. Apparently we drink a lot of American liquor so that ainât nothing.
The province just cancelled a large contract with starling. That one might do some damage just because it might piss off Elon.
The province will no longer accept tenders from US companies, and seems like smaller governments may follow suit. Iâve no concept of what kind of scale that is.
And, Ontario supplies a decent amount of electrical tonl some northern states. Our esteemed and respected ,(lol, no heâs not) leader is making loud noises like he may just turn that off completely. I thought heâd impose export fees. Nope, heâs talking kill switch.
Future talk on a lot of other things as well. And the provinces and the feds are coordinating like Iâve never seen before. Seems like theyâre going to burn it to the ground.
If trump.doesnt lift the import tariffs, I predict some Americans are going to feel some pain.
I think that if Canada wanted to quickly get the attention of Joe and Jane Average 'Mericun, cutting off electricity and closing airspace to transiting traffic would be sufficient inconvenience to get their attention.
(Whether it would get the attention of the Americans whose opinions actually matter to the administration is an open question.)
Slower-to-emerge impacts of the trade warâŚI wouldnât ignore the potency of the MAGA Kool-Aid and the Fox/OANN propaganda machine to shape the opinions of the cult.
But there will be some folks who come to their senses. I do hope Elmo hasnât eliminated funding for the program to treat obese leopards, because they will be eating many faces.
I agree. Canadians have a very hardened resolve right now over this. I feel like most of us are prepared to suffer quite a bit of financial pain to get through this. I imagine itâs the same south of the border. If the propoganda machines paint this as Canada bad, US is winning, then maybe people will be OK with skyrocketing fuel and lumber prices. Because higher prices will just be tangible recognition that Canada is screwing them over.
of course, trump is already talking about bringing the tariffs down from what I read today. The problem is that now Canadian politicians are taking action. Some of that action is going to be permanent, and thereâs going to be some strong resistance to reverting back to other actions they are taking. Because itâs pretty clear that removing tariffs mean nothing, itâs the ongoing threat of tariffs that isnât likely to change. Like have some tariffs because youâre sending drugs across the border. OK, so we try and fix that, and tariffs removed. 1 month later, have some more tariffs for another reason. Weâre dealing with irrationality and random threates - and I know thatâs a feature not a bug for trump.
Will tRump feel this pain? No? Then he wonât care.
Hurting his enemies will make him dance with joy, like Hitler in that propaganda short.
Iâm of the attitude that of the actions weâre taking, if we get asked to revert them, we should only do so after some negotiation and benefits. Kentucky wants to sell bourbon into Canada? Well, start explaining to us why we would allow that when it could possibly eat into Canadian whisky sales. Whatâs in it for us? And the answer wonât be âbecause Trump lifted the tariffsâ.
Also, consider that there is talk in some MAGA circles of the expectation that Uncle Elmo is going to be cutting everybody a $5000 check, the (probably false) prospect of which might offset whatever pain they might expect in their mental accounting.
Lol Iâll believe that when I see it. Even though from a macro perspective itâs probably a good idea.
There has been permanent damage to the US-Canada relationship regardless of what happens next. Itâs not like a sporting event where everybody shakes hand afterwards. This is more like a marriage that has gone on the rocks.
Tl,dr: Trump charges $5M for a private dinner with him at Mar-a-Lardo, or $1M for a group dinner.
I assumed that those $millions were being used to reduce the national debt butâŚ..
maybe heâs using it to save up for his E Jean penalty.
Wouldnât be surprised if itâs all being routed through Trumpcoin or Truth Social, etc. They claim itâs going to his presidential library, but whoâs to say where that money went? Even in normal times it would be untraceable, let alone following the money in the wake of a hostile government takeover. Depending on how much of America remains (and Trumpâs mortality plays a part), we could be more concerned over treason trials than tracing a few bribes from years ago.