When are people going to learn that exports aren't even good. The export market just gets a lot of play in politics because of concentrated interests. Exporters lobby. Politicans present arguments to justify what they are doing for exporters. That becomes political rhetoric. Generations later people actually believe it.

Countries with high exports don't have a great quality of life. Exports don't improve the quality of life people living there. It increases work and lowers real wages as often as not. It just makes exporter's rich. Did British people actually benefit from the opium wars? Do Chinese workers have physical prosperity matching their level of productivity?

Exporters have convinced countries that money is more valuable than goods. Countries print money.

This is why the tariffs don't actually hurt Canada but are just a self-own for the US. It hurts Canadian exporters. But who cares. Now Canadians get to enjoy those products. If a few jobs are lost momentarily, they are replaced by jobs serving the domestic market.

We learned in Trump 1.0 that he is extremely isolationist and wants to cut the US off from the world like it's North Korea.

The way an abusive spouse cuts their partner off from all other social contacts.

The way FOX News encourages its viewership to stop watching all other media sources so they're in an information silo.

And the US voted for him again, because we vote based on vibes and bigotry. Because we have forgotten our civic duty to vote responsibly. Because we are suckers for lying confidence men who make ridiculous promises.

So the US is due for more than a bit of harsh finding out. We should have learned after George W. Bush. We didn't and FA'd. (Effed A?)

Anyhow a lot of Americans have cut off their MAGA relatives and neighbors. It is no surprise at all that Canada — and the entire international community — might do the same.

I'm skeptical the US is going to survive to the November election, much less the new Congress in January.

Only one nation has ever invaded Canada, and we taught them the error of their ways. If necessary, we will teach them that lesson again.

In a way, as a Canadian, I’m glad for Trump for two reasons. One, we hated him so much that the conservative candidate in our federal election lost what should have been the easiest conservative win of my lifetime because he threw in support behind trump. And two, we are finally diversifying our economy away from that volatile ass country.

An old friend of mine from university was recently in New York with her kids and posted pics of Central Park on Facebook. And I wondered how fucking oblivious is she

both settler colonial states at the end of the day....

The art of the deal

The whole earth should boycott the Yanks

America: I'm bleeding making me the victor

I wish I could export myself to Canada permanently

You don't understand it is 5D chess

Why trade with Canada when we can just start a war?

That's what I would do if I where there. I'm in the Pacific Northwest and we feel the tourism squeeze here. I don't care. You can't insult your closest friend and bully them. I want the US to suffer the consequences, for a good amount of time, so every idiot is aware of the reasons for their pain. Not to mention Canada is beautiful. I could vacation at Banff or even in the far east for the rest of my life and be fine, you guys will be fine and even happier spending money to support your own countrymen.

Trump: this is Obama's fault. Republicans: I knew it

Love this but i'll bet Facebook/insta/Amazon/apple/etc are as popular as ever in Canada.

Can we do export tariffs on potash now? I think an extra 30% is reasonable.

I'm an American who didn't vote for trump and none of this is my fault.....but fuck it make it hurt harder daddy, we deserve it uwu

I cannot wait for trump to shit himself to death. Or at least fall down and hit his big fucking orange face.

Well, most Canadians. I gotta say, maybe not surprised, but definitely irked that Carney is trying to encourage Canadians to put US liquor back on the shelves.

We are all Canada.