1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Yet he's a billionaire with (per you) an 89 IQ. 

 

It is a lot easier to make money by stealing it then it is by earning it. 

6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It is a lot easier to make money by stealing it then it is by earning it. 

But it is difficult participate in criminal activity (per you) for 50 years and sued 3,500 times without going to jail and or ending up broke with a (per you) 89 IQ 

10 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Oh look, Canada folded too 😜

I would not be so sure (that it was Canada, or indeed Mexico).

 

American politics is dominated by money, this new (current) government is absolutely beholden to it. The MAGA masses got them into place, and now they have done their job, they are done with. This is a government for the wealthy, Trump's antics with tariffs have caused immediate and dramatic falls on the stock markets, and are set to do immense economic damage - to America. Some very wealthy (and influential) people have without a doubt had some very agitated and pointed off the record conversations. It was the orange <deleted> gibbon that caved!

12 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Only the leftists in Canada are against the US, and that is nothing new. Why don't you ask the truckers how they feel? 

 

Poor, poor lefty. 

 

You are deluded. Public opinion is running negative against the USA. The people booing the US anthem at sports events are not leftists.   The first minister of  Ontario, Canada's largest economy, is a Conservative and was a big fan of Trump. And then Trump wanted to damage his nation's economy and bully his country. Now he is Captain Canada and was the most vocal enthusiast of retaliatory tariffs and for cutting  oil and gas to the USA.  The first minister of Quebec, is a right wing cultural nationalist. He is now  marching in lockstep with the other provincial first ministers. The last time they were unified on a common enemy was during Covid.

Trump has unified  Canada and given it a common enemy. You can't get any more politically arrogant than that. 

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadian-leaders-call-for-retaliation-unity-in-response-to-donald-trumps-tariffs-on-canadian-imports/article_f1fff268-e0db-11ef-a95f-af0d84bd113d.html

 

 

Your  labeling people as "leftist" whenever there is a position contrary to that of the Trump collective is infantile and demonstrates that you are unable to offer a rational argument to support or justify your position.

 

When you can get Poilievere to take Trump to task  and point out the lies of Trump it makes clear how dumb Trump's stunt was.  There is no turning back now.

 

 

If there was some level of consistency when it came to his rhetoric on the borders it might be more believable but his arguments are bordering on that of someone who is not only completely unhinged but someone who is completely irrational. 

 

In Donald Trump’s mind, and in his alternate reality, there is a “massive” amount of deadly fentanyl pouring into the country across the U.S. northern border with Canada.

In the real world, exactly 43 pounds of the deadly synthetic drug were seized at the U.S.-Canada border last year — one-two thousandths of the 21,000 pounds seized at the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

That disconnect illustrates succinctly the president’s approach to both the very real fentanyl problem and the nation’s trade relationships with our North American neighbors — an approach apparently based on his whims and the political expediency of the moment rather than facts and a coherent plan.

 

For months, Trump has been claiming that fentanyl from Canada required the imposition of punitive tariffs — only to later say that Canada deserved tariffs because it ran a trade surplus against the United States while simultaneously suggesting that the entire problem could be resolved if it agreed to become the 51st U.S. state.

 

This week, Trump backed down from his 25% tariff threat against both Canada and Mexico for at least one month without gaining anything. Mexico again promised to deploy troops to help prevent illegal border crossings, as it has repeatedly in recent years. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the same $1.3 billion in border security enhancements he had already pledged in December, only this time with the addition of a new “fentanyl czar” in the Canadian government. Again, evidence that he is a terrible negotiator. 

 

In the meantime, Trump has done nothing since taking office to push for the fentanyl-detecting equipment that had been contained in bipartisan border security legislation that he blocked last summer.

 

Is stunning incompetence is really starting to reveal itself. 

“He stood in the way of 100 fentanyl detection machines,” said Andrew Bates, a former White House aide under President Joe Biden, referring to the devices that the Department of Homeland Security says are the best tool for stopping the flow of the drug.

 

Currently, only a small fraction of all cars crossing northward into the United States from Mexico are scanned as they enter. The vast majority of fentanyl seized at the border is taken from cars driven by American citizens at official ports of entry. Had the bill that Trump blocked last summer passed — he said he told his allies in Congress to 0kill it because it would have helped Democrats beat him in November — the 100 new machines would have dramatically increased the percentage of scanned cars.

 

So where are his priorities, is this really about stopping the flow of drugs, or is that just another one of his totally fake talking points? 

 

On 2/3/2025 at 9:41 AM, spidermike007 said:

As is typical of Trump this is just another plan that was very poorly thought out and the implementation seems to be just as poor. 

And the MAGATS pound their chests over "owning" Canada and Mexico.

Morons.

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

“He stood in the way of 100 fentanyl detection machines,” said Andrew Bates, a former White House aide under President Joe Biden, referring to the devices that the Department of Homeland Security says are the best tool for stopping the flow of the drug.

 

Currently, only a small fraction of all cars crossing northward into the United States from Mexico are scanned as they enter. The vast majority of fentanyl seized at the border is taken from cars driven by American citizens at official ports of entry. Had the bill that Trump blocked last summer passed — he said he told his allies in Congress to 0kill it because it would have helped Democrats beat him in November — the 100 new machines would have dramatically increased the percentage of scanned cars.

 

So where are his priorities, is this really about stopping the flow of drugs, or is that just another one of his totally fake talking points? 

 

 

Half and half. It's really about stopping human trafficking. Fentanyl is just more visible and easier for Americans to understand.

 

The whole point of increased border security is to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, terrorists, and trafficked children from entering the USA.  The Canadian border is too large and too porous for America to patrol. Ottawa has to either stop it's lax immigration policies, or accept the costs and consequences of their continued poor decisions. Trudeau originally agreed to all of this in Nov. They even allocated $1.3 billion for it. But then Trudeau prorogued parliament and went back on his word. Under threat of tariffs, he once again rolled over and Trump gave him another 30 days to put up or shut up.  Not sure how he's going to do it though, as my Canadian friends tell me it would mean calling parliament back into session to release the border funds, and the first thing parliament would do is forward a vote of no confidence.

In other news, and talking about raising prices, the US Postal Service has now officially suspended accepting packages from China.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-postal-service-suspends-incoming-packages-china-hong-kong-2025-02-05/

 

This effectively shuts down Aliexpress in the USA, along with dozens of other smaller direct to consumer Chinese marketplaces that are responsible for billions of dollars of e-commerce.  Further, many Amazon suppliers reselling Chinese products will no longer be able to deliver them cost effectively to the Amazon warehouse. So Amazon is going to take a big hit as well.

 

People can still use private shipping companies, but those require extensive customs formalities and are drastically more expensive.

 

The shortages and price increases are about to begin, and the Chinese factories, who were already struggling, just had their market kneecapped.  Expect product dumping in other markets like Thailand.

5 hours ago, uncletiger said:

In other news, and talking about raising prices, the US Postal Service has now officially suspended accepting packages from China.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-postal-service-suspends-incoming-packages-china-hong-kong-2025-02-05/

 

This effectively shuts down Aliexpress in the USA, along with dozens of other smaller direct to consumer Chinese marketplaces that are responsible for billions of dollars of e-commerce.  Further, many Amazon suppliers reselling Chinese products will no longer be able to deliver them cost effectively to the Amazon warehouse. So Amazon is going to take a big hit as well.

 

People can still use private shipping companies, but those require extensive customs formalities and are drastically more expensive.

 

The shortages and price increases are about to begin, and the Chinese factories, who were already struggling, just had their market kneecapped.  Expect product dumping in other markets like Thailand.

This has been rescinded already.

11 minutes ago, Peabody said:

This has been rescinded already.

 You mean Trump caved in AGAIN?

20 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 You mean Trump caved in AGAIN?

Never mind he will be buying Gaza Strip and building 5 star hotels  

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9 hours ago, still kicking said:

Never mind he will be buying Gaza Strip and building 5 star hotels  

With the TRUMP brand name all over them IF it ever happened, which it won't!