RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Married A Horn said:RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:The scariest part about all of this is that Trump does not realize who actually pays the tariffs. Or he doesn't want to acknowledge it.Assassin said:You dont get what Trump is doing. He is bringing everything back to the USA. He wants us to be as self sufficient as possible, moving as far away from the globalist experiment of George Soros as quickly as possible. Look back at every single thing that he has done.RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Warren Buffett considers tariffs an act of war. I agree with him.KaiBear said:RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:You are okay with going to war with Canada? That will make Trump no better than Putin. Trump's quest for new territory (Greenland, Canada, etc.) is quite troubling.KaiBear said:boognish_bear said:Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces he’s adding a 25% surcharge on the electricity exported from Ontario to Minnesota, Michigan and New York.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 11, 2025
He added “if the United States escalates, I won’t hesitate to shut the electricity off completely”
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To arbitrarily cut of all electricity to our states would obviously violate various contracts.
Would be an act of war.
In case of such draconian actions I would not fault Trump if he decides to commit paratroopers and take over those facilities in Ontario.
I half expect this to happen.
If Ontario willfully fails to provide electricity to the populations of three of our states despite viable contracts………that is in reality an act of war.
Hell yes I am ok with defending our citizens.
If there are valid contracts in place at a set price for x amount of megawatts for months/ years, it seems to me that Donald Trump and the United States have violated the contract(s) by just Willy Nilly jacking up tariffs.
Trump's treatment of Mexico and Canada is atrocious. Neither are our enemy. Trump is certainly not treating them like allies. Would sure hate to see both countries cozy up to China/ Russia/ N. Korea because of Trump's arrogance. The world is a dangerous place. Trump should try just a little bit of diplomacy here. We need more allies, - not fewer.
The tariffs are paid by the importer of record, which is mostly American companies and Americans. This is why higher inflation will be a highly probable outcome.
Do you consider the astronomical tarriffs on our ag products that Canada has as an act of war
You should be more concerned about the 60 percent + of produce we import from Mexico. Retailers have already told Trump prices are going up. Trump's response? He does not care. Get ready for Covid era pricing at the grocery store. Let them eat cake (very expensive cake). Unforced error by Trump.
Trump can't blame this fiasco on anybody but himself. It is funny to watch Trump's cheerleaders proclaim that no recession is coming. Kind of gives me flashbacks of Janet Yellin's "Inflation is transitory" stance. I am very disappointed in Larry Kudlow. He should know better.
Great! You can start supporting American farmers!