I value a good plate of poutine, hockey, and being able to drive to Windsor when I was 19 to go party. That was actually the last strip club I think I’ve been in, and it was a glorious strip club, indeed.
The other even more troubling long term possibility is entering into a new cold war with our former allies in Europe. If they go on with the social transformation under not REAL Socialism, whatever it may be called in the localities, we might have a bigger problem on our hands. This political force is ACTIVELY HOSTILE to Western Civilization and core American values.
Canada being in ideological alignment could pose acute security risks, EVENTUALLY. An invasion force rolling across the N. Plains, where our nuclear missile silos are, would be a threat we’d have to counter by at minimum militarizing the entire area.
Again, I’m not talking about not right now. Mexicans are awesome, it is their corrupt government and MASSIVE uncontrolled border that causes problems for us. If that can be remedied, I’d be pretty receptive to the idea.
How tough do you think securing Mexico’s southern border would be?
France, Romania, and Turkey have all banned the leading opposition candidates from the ballot, and that’s just been the last month. The U.K. is in the process of implementing a two-tier, race-based society driven by the same ideologues who call their opponents Nazis here.
Germany is attempting to ban the A.F.D., the second largest political party whose support is rising. Estonia banned those with dual Russian/Estonian citizenship from voting.
These are all NATO countries, rowing in a very troubling direction. It is entirely possible that the U.K. will become the world’s first Islamic nuclear power within my lifetime.
All while they harp on about “Saving our Democracy”, which just means continuing with the plan to entrench one-party rule as a wealth extraction and social transformation scheme.
IMO the mask is off, and people need to start being real about where all of the rainbow flags, vague and positive-sounding euphemisms, and gaslighting of your people is going to lead.
Mere dictionaries are insufficient to understand anything written by a leftist. Years of postgraduate study are required to understand the true essence of the lofty political policies they promote.
A 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on nations that run trade surpluses with the United States
China 34% (additional on top of the 20%, so 54%)
European Union 20%
South Korea 25%
Japan 24%
Taiwan 24%
Vietnam 46%
India 26%
Norway 15%
Moldova 31%
Thailand 36%
Iraq 39%
Democratic Republic of the Congo 11%
Republic of the Congo 10%
Angola 32%
Cameroon 11%
Falkland Islands 41%
Mozambique 16%
Zambia 17%
Switzerland 31%
Indonesia 32%
Malaysia 24%
Cambodia 49%
UK 10%
Zimbabwe 18%
Malawi 17%
Syria 41%
Vanuatu 22%
Liechtenstein 37%
Guyana 38%
Libya 31%
Equatorial Guinea 13%
South Africa 30%
Brazil 10%
Bangladesh 37%
Singapore 10%
Israel 17%
Fiji 32%
Tunisia 28%
Ukraine 10%
Nicaragua 18%
Kazakhstan 27%
Laos 48%
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast 21%
Botswana 37%
Venezuela 15%
Philippines 17%
Mauritius 40%
Chad 13%
Nigeria 14%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 50%
Chile 10%
Nauru 30%
Algeria 30%
Brunei 24%
Jordan 20%
El Salvador 10%
Pakistan 29%
Namibia 21%
Myanmar 44%
Sri Lanka 44%
Serbia 37%
Madagascar 47%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 35%
Lesotho 50%
North Macedonia 33%
Norfolk Island 29%
Réunion 37%
Mexico and Canada do not appear on this list.
The stated goal of these is to boost American manufacturing, so in theory there is no way for a country to get out of them like the tariffs from Mexico and Canada had attached to them (which IMO was just a BS excuse as well so he could enact them under emergency powers)… so these are just the new import tariffs for every product from around the globe
We can agree on the stupidity of tariffs! They make things worse, for us underlings, on both sides(edit for clarity: both countries; not both political parties).
I’m interested to learn where the tariff trade off leads in the future. They are simple enough to turn off, unlike trafficking tens of millions of people here.
We are in uncharted historical waters, making abrupt evasive maneuvers to avoid a disaster up ahead.
They definitely do make stuff more expensive in the short term.
In the long term too unless they are lifted, which doesn’t seem to be in trumps mind
The outcome is either you buy the more expensive American made version of the product (if it exists) or you pay more for the foreign made one
There isn’t an option where you buy the less expensive American made one unless you have Americans willing to work for what they work for in Cambodia
The trade off is more manufacturing in America in theory
And given trumps contrarian nature now that he has committed here I don’t see any going back until someone other than him is POTUS or there is a massive economic downturn
Well, just like with open borders, we get to learn how this plays out together. Unlike open borders, the government is telling us exactly what they’re doing and giving us at least some explanation of why. They’re definitely not telling us that tariffs aren’t happening, and it’s good when they do.
I’m still optimistic it will lead to a LOT of concessions and benefits over the long and maybe even not so long term. If the pain comes, we’ll all feel it.
There are strategic concerns in play here as well. I’m not much of a foreign policy buff, but I’ve purchased a lot of crap, big and small, under government contract DPAS procurement authority.
The international supply chain is very fragile, and we learned that during COVID.
Longer term, we have China’s shipbuilding to worry about. We’ve been the uncontested ruler of Earth’s oceans for 80 years, ensuring global trade can take place. China can soon begin stepping into a similar role, which doesn’t necessarily mean conflict, but always means potential conflict.
I’m DEFINITELY still in the let these guys cook stage.
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