Thumper really doesn't get it. He's furious he can't penalize U.S. business and citizens with the tariffs he had in place, so he created new ones! Canada cancelled tariffs (exception being sec. 232 tariffs) so that Canadians didn't get penalized for purchases. We found an alternative; we just don't buy from the U.S. !!
You’re touching on an important point a lot of people miss Jim.
Tariffs are often framed as punishment against another country, but in reality they function more like a domestic tax. The costs usually land on the importing country’s businesses and consumers first, not the foreign government.
Canada’s approach... removing most retaliatory tariffs while shifting purchasing toward alternative suppliers... changes the pressure point. Instead of taxing our own population, it redirects demand elsewhere.
Markets adapt faster than politics.
If buyers find substitutes in Europe, Asia, or domestic production, trade flows move. That’s not ideology... it’s basic economics.
The bigger issue here isn’t anger or personalities. It’s leverage, supply chains, and who ultimately absorbs the cost.
I mean I didn’t think for a second the Supreme Court’s ruling was gonna matter in any shape or form so this isn’t really shocking for me
SCOTUS basically told Trump in its ruling how to get around its own ruling! Unbelievable. ❤️🇨🇦
It's too bad all his inner circle is just as bad as he is and seem to praise him with these antics.
Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I hope that this act of dissent is the start of many more.
Can he be arrested for not complying with a Supreme Court Order?? Surely something has to be done?
Thumper really doesn't get it. He's furious he can't penalize U.S. business and citizens with the tariffs he had in place, so he created new ones! Canada cancelled tariffs (exception being sec. 232 tariffs) so that Canadians didn't get penalized for purchases. We found an alternative; we just don't buy from the U.S. !!
You’re touching on an important point a lot of people miss Jim.
Tariffs are often framed as punishment against another country, but in reality they function more like a domestic tax. The costs usually land on the importing country’s businesses and consumers first, not the foreign government.
Canada’s approach... removing most retaliatory tariffs while shifting purchasing toward alternative suppliers... changes the pressure point. Instead of taxing our own population, it redirects demand elsewhere.
Markets adapt faster than politics.
If buyers find substitutes in Europe, Asia, or domestic production, trade flows move. That’s not ideology... it’s basic economics.
The bigger issue here isn’t anger or personalities. It’s leverage, supply chains, and who ultimately absorbs the cost.