Summary

In a virtual speech at the World Economic Forum, Trump suggested Canada could become a U.S. state to avoid his proposed tariffs on imports.

The remark elicited gasps from the audience.

Trump claimed the U.S. does not need Canadian lumber, energy, or vehicles, vastly overstating the trade deficit between the two nations.

He reiterated his intention to impose tariffs, potentially as high as 25%, on imports from Canada and Mexico starting February 1.

Economists warn such tariffs would raise prices for U.S. consumers.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Four more years of this shit. But oh well, it's worth it if it spared a few people of superior moral integrity from compromising their principles to vote for Harris when she didn't measure up to their requirements and the Democrats didn't run a good enough campaign and besides it was kind of cold that day and it would have meant putting on pants.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Why are you okay with your fellow Americans being unrepresented in the voting booth?

Are you working to replace First past the post voting in your state? People should be free to vote for those they deem best, while still counting their vote against those they don't want in office.

We don't need to wait for a miracle from congress. How we vote us controlled at the state level. Alaska has already done away with FPTP voting. Alaskan Republicans were so upset that Ranked Choice voting kept Sarah Palin out of office they offered up a referendum to go back to FPTP voting. The people of Alaska voted to keep it

Why do you want to use the same voting system republicans prefer? Do you support democracy? Or do you get off on telling people how to vote?

Videos on alternative voting systems

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[–] cryptowillem@lemmy.ca 0 points 15 hours ago

That is a huge leap of logic from the parent comment. They sarcastically said how happy they were that some people got the satisfaction of staying home and not voting, and you took that to mean they don't support democracy?

I'm Canadian, and Justin Trudeau, our current (for a few more weeks) Prime Minister, campaigned in 2015 that it would be Canada's last election with FPTP. They put a committee together that made some recommendations, but the government untimately ignored those recommendations, said it was too hard, and nothing changed. (Yes, that's an incredibly simplistic take, don't @ me).

FPTP benefits them. The Liberals won a majority of seats with only 40% of the popular vote. Large parties tend to benefit from FPTP because it discourages minority and fringe votes. So while I'm sure you're right that the Republicans prefer FPTP, I'd bet a shiny Canadian dollar (or about 0.69USD) that the Democrats also prefer FPTP.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Feel free to express (and explain) your opinion that some people are unrepresented, but why are you okay with pretending that's my opinion and asking me to defend it? Millions of people who voted for Biden in 2020 refused to vote at all in 2024 because the Democratic Party hadn't given them a candidate they liked. More than enough to defeat Trump, but that wasn't important enough for them to step off their moral high ground, and now here we are.