1st Mexico now Canada. Tariffs on hold.

[Paul52]

19 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

 

Check the record player, it seems to be skipping.

Were you being deliberately ironic?  Have Americans finally leaned about irony?

[newbee2022]

On 2/4/2025 at 5:11 AM, dinsdale said:

The "stick" part of "carrot and stick" seems to be working.

Vice versa

[newbee2022]

18 hours ago, impulse said:

Just round 1.  It's a long game

And I'm not so sure who will win. Tariffs alone doesn't say enough. It will have to specify all those exceptions. Otherwise US people might be hit by higher prices but no alternatives. I suppose Trump's advisers told him this.

[The Old Bull]

Trump did not fold. The sanctions were never intended to happen. Two things were at stake, first testing blowback from his own people and second tightening up the Canada and Mexico borders. He achieved both goals with a bluff, a good poker player. I don't think he is as stupid as he pretends to be.

[Tug]

29 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

Trump did not fold. The sanctions were never intended to happen. Two things were at stake, first testing blowback from his own people and second tightening up the Canada and Mexico borders. He achieved both goals with a bluff, a good poker player. I don't think he is as stupid as he pretends to be.

In my humble (conspiracy theory) it was and is a distraction so trumps co conspirator musk gets all out data out of our government for future use in rigging elections killing off Medicare social security to keep tabs on folks ect ect and guess what he’s a foreigner + light years ahead of trump intelligence department….that being said Canada and Mexico both agreed to do what they allready agreed to do.trump looks the fool and further tarnished Americas standing in the world.

[jerrymahoney]

1 hour ago, The Old Bull said:

Trump did not fold. The sanctions were never intended to happen. Two things were at stake, first testing blowback from his own people and second tightening up the Canada and Mexico borders. He achieved both goals with a bluff, a good poker player. I don't think he is as stupid as he pretends to be.

And like the boy who cried WOLF!, there may be only so many times he can get away with that modus operandi.