That should be all I would need to say about that but we do need more words. It’s tough to come up with more words when talking about this absolute jackass because he rambles on and on and really all you need is one good strong voice to say to him, in public and on camera, something like “We don’t eat without Canadian potash, you jackass”. But nobody does.
thefastslow on
Forget making a deal with the United States and worrying about it being negated by the next administration, you can’t even be sure that the same president will honor the deals that have been made.
Anyways I’m sure somebody will try to spin the instability as a good thing, except it destroys any trust people have in the U.S. economy.
Putrefied_Goblin on
Trump very obviously has no idea how the world works, and no one will stop him from making these stupid decisions for which he very clearly doesn’t understand the consequences.
No place on earth is completely self-sufficient. Throughout history and pre-history, this has never ever been the case for almost any society with more than a few hundred people. You cannot function without trade, especially at the scale and complexity of nation-states. Self-sufficiency is an American delusion, fed by other delusions of exceptionalism and individualism, and we’re going to hit some hard limits. No person, and no country, can do it “all by themselves” without others; that is the height of arrogance and manifests from selective bias.
CertaintyDangerous on
Not only agricultural chemicals, as noted down thread, but electricity and energy.
Autarky is a popular principle with authoritarian regimes.
SpareManagement2215 on
doesn’t most of our lumber come from Canada? and a lot of auto parts for “US made” vehicles?
if you want better “affordability even tho that’s a made up word by the Democrats”, this is certinately an odd choice.
We could deforest all public land trees and still not have enough to meet US building demand and then we have the added bonus of no more trees.
McBuck2 on
He keeps saying they don’t need Canadian products yet he keeps buying them. Do we call his bluff? He seemed upset when we stopped buying US booze.
Q-DI on
Trust on the orange that bankrupt 3-4 casinos, thousands of jobs and millions and millions of dollar. And to think people still respect this fker on deportation and economy…
CloudTransit on
This was explosive news in Mexican media. It’s hard to find in US reporting. The news cycle in the US fails to keep focus on existing stories. However, if you were in Mexico, you wouldn’t lose focus on the direct threats to your trade pacts and sovereignty.
Think of the number of fronts that have opened up, especially in the last few weeks.
Greenland: a threat to Denmark, NATO and Greenland.
Venezuela: a violation of international law, and the sovereignty.
Cuba: energy supplies under threat or embargo.
Canada: trade pacts threats.
Federal Reserve: weaponized DOJ investigation, threatening integrity and independence.
Mexico: threats to run military operations on Mexican soil, veiled threats against Sheinbaum, trade pact threats.
Iran: inviting civil unrest without the ability to support the protesters.
Minnesota: a massive ICE operation causing mass disruption in Minneapolis area.
DOJ: many failures to have credible attorneys or cases move forward.
Public health: measles outbreaks, loss of guidance on immunization schedules, breakdown in funding for medical research, etc.
Trade policy: an impossible morass of tariffs, canceled tariffs, underreported inflation impacts, spurned alliances, etc.
Selective funding cuts. Administration assertions of cuts to programs in blue states.
Chaos in travel restrictions, visa requirements, assylum claims.
And this list is hardly complete.
crohnscyclist on
Trump: Whoever signed that was a real idiot. Like I’ve seen some idiots in my day but they must of been seriously dumb. Oh wait, I’m getting a note from Marco. I signed it.
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We don’t eat without Canadian potash.
That should be all I would need to say about that but we do need more words. It’s tough to come up with more words when talking about this absolute jackass because he rambles on and on and really all you need is one good strong voice to say to him, in public and on camera, something like “We don’t eat without Canadian potash, you jackass”. But nobody does.
Forget making a deal with the United States and worrying about it being negated by the next administration, you can’t even be sure that the same president will honor the deals that have been made.
Anyways I’m sure somebody will try to spin the instability as a good thing, except it destroys any trust people have in the U.S. economy.
Trump very obviously has no idea how the world works, and no one will stop him from making these stupid decisions for which he very clearly doesn’t understand the consequences.
No place on earth is completely self-sufficient. Throughout history and pre-history, this has never ever been the case for almost any society with more than a few hundred people. You cannot function without trade, especially at the scale and complexity of nation-states. Self-sufficiency is an American delusion, fed by other delusions of exceptionalism and individualism, and we’re going to hit some hard limits. No person, and no country, can do it “all by themselves” without others; that is the height of arrogance and manifests from selective bias.
Not only agricultural chemicals, as noted down thread, but electricity and energy.
Autarky is a popular principle with authoritarian regimes.
doesn’t most of our lumber come from Canada? and a lot of auto parts for “US made” vehicles?
if you want better “affordability even tho that’s a made up word by the Democrats”, this is certinately an odd choice.
We could deforest all public land trees and still not have enough to meet US building demand and then we have the added bonus of no more trees.
He keeps saying they don’t need Canadian products yet he keeps buying them. Do we call his bluff? He seemed upset when we stopped buying US booze.
Trust on the orange that bankrupt 3-4 casinos, thousands of jobs and millions and millions of dollar. And to think people still respect this fker on deportation and economy…
This was explosive news in Mexican media. It’s hard to find in US reporting. The news cycle in the US fails to keep focus on existing stories. However, if you were in Mexico, you wouldn’t lose focus on the direct threats to your trade pacts and sovereignty.
Think of the number of fronts that have opened up, especially in the last few weeks.
Greenland: a threat to Denmark, NATO and Greenland.
Venezuela: a violation of international law, and the sovereignty.
Cuba: energy supplies under threat or embargo.
Canada: trade pacts threats.
Federal Reserve: weaponized DOJ investigation, threatening integrity and independence.
Mexico: threats to run military operations on Mexican soil, veiled threats against Sheinbaum, trade pact threats.
Iran: inviting civil unrest without the ability to support the protesters.
Minnesota: a massive ICE operation causing mass disruption in Minneapolis area.
DOJ: many failures to have credible attorneys or cases move forward.
Public health: measles outbreaks, loss of guidance on immunization schedules, breakdown in funding for medical research, etc.
Trade policy: an impossible morass of tariffs, canceled tariffs, underreported inflation impacts, spurned alliances, etc.
Selective funding cuts. Administration assertions of cuts to programs in blue states.
Chaos in travel restrictions, visa requirements, assylum claims.
And this list is hardly complete.
Trump: Whoever signed that was a real idiot. Like I’ve seen some idiots in my day but they must of been seriously dumb. Oh wait, I’m getting a note from Marco. I signed it.