I have a lot of issues with Trudeau but the one thing I have to give him is that he can really deal with Trump well
Side note but since when is Canada a major source of drug cartels and fentanyl production lol?
Zero chance he wrote this.
First fucking thing I thought. It’s too coherent, too the point. Not some rambling text of a geriatric asshole.
Agents captured an average of 1,810 pounds of fentanyl a month at the US-Mexico border … On the northern border, an average of 1.8 pounds a month was seized over the same period.
This is just a Trump power play, it has no basis in reality, but it strokes his ego and forces others to scramble.
Obviously, the recent RCMP fentanyl busts in BC got on Trump’s radar somehow, and he just assumed all that fentanyl was making its way to the US, instead of Australia like the investigation suggested.
Probably not. Trump is infamously inconstant. In don’t think there is a solid policy based on a specific identified problem. I’m pretty sure Trump’s focus on tariffs is as solid and will informed as that old grumpy guy at the coffee shop or work.
It does mean that the solution to getting the Trump tariffs lifted has nothing to do with the 1.8 lbs of meth seized at the Canadian border. Another Canadian musical premiere like Come From Away on Broadway with Trudeau hosting would go further than any number of border guards.
Shut the fuck up Donny.
I wonder if Trudeau will make the same move as the Mexican president and tell the actual truth about the meeting.
Wait what? Where can I read this?
He’s attempting to back out of his tariff promise. He’s figured out that it’s horrible. Did the same thing with his meeting with the Mexican President as if it was his idea. Only thing is that she announced right after that she basically told him that Mexico is doing enough and it’s not their problem. His cult members will not be happy if he backs out of this.
His cult members will not be happy if he backs out of this.
Oh, this is the thing that will make his cult members upset? Not… *gestures broadly*
Yeah, by definition they’ll go along with it. Probably come up with some convoluted reasoning as to how it was the plan all along.
They don’t even know what a tariff is. Trump could just not do it and they would have no idea. It’s not like anyone who knows what they’re talking about would complain about them not happening.
War on drugs reboot coming
The war on drugs never ended.
Though Marijuana has made significant gains. Congratulations to Marijuana for it’s victories.
Trump’s health secretary is a 24/7 drug user though. Then again, quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.
Wow. Hard to believe that is the incoming head of, currently, the most powerful country. It’s interesting that “Retweet” is “ReTruth” on Trump Social. A bit on the nose that, the truth is whatever we say it is, no? It feels like a collective delusion, which I suppose it is
Big “currently” lol
Side note but since when is Canada a major source of drug cartels and fentanyl production lol?
No fucking clue, I didn’t even know that was a thing (it probably isn’t). From an American point of view, it makes me wonder if he’s going to try to sell the idea of a border wall/patrol between Canada and the US, to keep people from trying to leave in the near future (and of course, he doesn’t understand that the US has struggled to build a wall between Mexico and the US, and the Canadian border is way longer).
You know, at this point I wouldn’t even be against a border wall but probably not for the reason he’d be thinking. You guys are scaring us a little
We’re scaring us a lot
Canadians 🤜🤛 Americans being terrified
I’m a dual citizen so everywhere I go I’m scared
There’s second tier reports coming out now that Trump ‘joked’ about Canada becoming a 51st state when Trudeau was in Florida.
Waiting and hoping a quality news org will pick up the story, I hope it is very much not true but I can definitely imagine him saying shit like that.
There will be “caravans of people coming from Canada” whenever Trump or Fox News thinks it is convenient.
RVs of people coming from Canada, perhaps?
If that includes the Queen of Canada’s RV you do have reason to worry
The way things are going she’ll be our next PM after the incoming Tory shitweasel resigns.
Geez, I hadn’t heard that story before. She’s bonkers.
She’s been doing this for 4-5 years already.
Whatever, these are the same pack of idiots that thought immigrants were eating their pets. It’sALL just bullshit
I mean, the people leaving won’t be the same ones who thought immigrants were eating their pets. They’ll be the ones that the immigrant-eating-pets-believers are trying to drive out of the US (like LGBT, POC, etc).
Never. Canada is never a significant source of fentanyl.
Just wait. We’re gonna reject the milquetoast bigot like they did, because we have a high number of halfwit yokels like America has. Having been raised yokel but left the community to attend schooling, I see all my former neighbours heartily endorsing the leopards as family pets.
What’s with the Unnecessary Capitalization? Is the President Elect literate?
Barely. He read too much Mein Kampf.
you damn well know that he isn’t
Trudeau but the one thing I have to give him is that he can really deal with Trump well
This is what I don’t like about him, he should have been transitioning us into an EU economy
You’re delusional if you think Canada will ever decouple its economy from the country it shares a multi thousand kilometre land border with
Trump is doing the uncoupling, though what we need to do is to expand our horizons: EU, UK, Ukraine, Turkey, and yes, Mexico—instead of trying to throw it under a bus to appease Trump.
Our economy used to be tied to the crown
Our economy also used to be comprised entirely of beaver pelts. What is your point?
That it can function otherwise and stability helps in the long run
Also we should get back into beaver hats
Hard to argue with your second point. Can’t argue to your first point because your name has me thinking of other things…
The Arctic is an important topic?
Referring to glacier melt or something else?
Because that’s not an Arctic-specific phenomenon, that’s global.
I doubt it’s about glacier melt… Maybe he thinks there’s oil to be had up there.
It’s called the northwest passage. It’s supposed to be a vital shipping route once the ice melts.
It’s also an important region for defense. Look at a map of the north pole. Russia is right there. We’ve never had to worry about a naval incursion before. With melting ice we do.
And, yes, there is oil up there.
I assumed the deficit went the other way!
The answer is a search away, and yes Canada has a trade deficit with the U.S.
I honestly wasn’t sure before the search, due to the large amount of natural resources we export.
I’m dreading pierre winning next year now that trump is going to be In power. At least Trudeau has experience dealing with trump. I fear Pierre will be another Harper that caves to anything America wants of us.
I see Trump, I downvote and block the community
I mean, you do you but it’s a Canadian politics community and Donald Trump/Justin Trudeau are pretty (to put it mildly) relevant to Canadian politics
Now to find out every community in which you comment, and post a trump story.
Enjoy!
I’ve seen a few comments from people who’ve blocked posts by keyword. “Trump”, “Musk” etc. I think it’s totally fair to want to curate your feeds to fit your interests. You might want to explore that as an alternative approach to what IMO is a valid desire.
I’m worried for you if you just block by community because:
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You’ll be perpetually playing whack-a-mole and it’ll be an exhausting and frustrating experience for you. And that would suck.
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You’ll eventually have blocked such a significant swathe of Lemmy that it might feel artificially empty to you. And that would also suck.
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Bye! Enjoy ignoring reality for the rest of your life!
How often do you see Trump? Should we be worried?
Stupidest thing I’ve seen today.
