The Tarriff Hype.

[petros]

“Nobody knows what the heck is going on,” said Goldy Hyder, CEO of the Business Council of Canada.

“You’re literally dealing with an environment where things are being made up as they go.”

This has been my life since Jan 20th.
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U.S. trade representatives informed their Ontario counterparts that Trump has carved out two other categories — one for “medium” tariffs and a third simply dubbed “China” — (???)
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The details of those groupings are unclear. That fuzziness adds to a broader atmosphere of uncertainty ushered in by ever-evolving tariff threats that has chilled investment and frozen decisions on everything from hiring to marketing at companies across the country.

“They’re not starting that new line, they’re not planning that new expansion. They’re cancelling the new brand or the new product they were going to launch in the U.S. or Canada,” said Matthew Holmes, head of public policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.

“The constant drumbeat of tariffs — it’s going to be on this date, no it’s going to be on that date ... now we’re doing a surprise one this week, just cause — is unpredictable and stress inducing.”

The distrust sowed by both Trump's threats and whether he will follow through opens the door to economic tumult in the near term, said Preetika Joshi, assistant professor at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Canada among Trump's ‘friendly’ countries — for now — as next tariff deadline looms — The Canadian Press

Uncertainty reigns ahead of a looming U.S. tariff deadline next week, with bu

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So both Trudeau & Trump have anointed Carney before a Canadian Federal Election? It’s nice to see them getting along and agreeing on something. Is this what that Mar-a-Lago thing was about leading to all this “51st State” rhetoric?
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This sounds tinfoil-hat-ish even from me & I’m the one throwing it out there…

In the end this chick will get the credit which leaves Carney folded and bent.

'Exactly what we wanted': Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defends Florida trip, doubles down on fighting tariffs

Premier Danielle Smith says speaking with a controversial U.S. podcaster on tariffs had the exact outcome she wanted.

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[Ron in Regina]

 

[Ron in Regina]

Might leave Carney folded and bent, & the PM.

 

[petros]

Might leave Carney folded and bent, & the PM.

No. Not at all. The Liberal party and the now admittedly collapsed green economy never went away.

What's is their stance on Ukraine, Houthis, Iran, Taiwan, BRICS, the recession, housing, and health.

We've heard nothing. Zero

 

[pgs]

No. Not at all. The Liberal party and the now admittedly collapsed green economy never went away.

What's is their stance on Ukraine, Houthis, Iran, Taiwan, BRICS, the recession, housing, and health.

We've heard nothing. Zero

Trump , Trump , Trump . He is now Carney’s bestie .

 

[petros]

Trump , Trump , Trump . He is now Carney’s bestie .

Putins too if you believe the chimps.

 

[Ron in Regina]

No. Not at all. The Liberal party and the now admittedly collapsed green economy never went away.

What's is their stance on Ukraine, Houthis, Iran, Taiwan, BRICS, the recession, housing, and health.

We've heard nothing. Zero

If Trump & Carney keep that in the background of (Eastern?) Canadians consciousness for one more month…then it’s all irrelevant. Trump gets Trudeau’s handpicked replacement that he’s said he’d rather horse trade Canada’s future, natural resources, & economy with anyway, because of his benevolence, etc…

Here’s the blank slate to be filled in:

…and here’s the background irrelevance:

…and here’s the ones that can make a difference:

There’s a month to go. Let’s see who shoot’s themselves in the foot the most & if it’ll make any difference.

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[petros]

If Trump & Carney keep that in the background of (Eastern?) Canadians consciousness for one more month…then it’s all irrelevant. Trump gets Trudeau’s handpicked replacement that he’s said he’d rather horse trade Canada’s future, natural resources, & economy with anyway, because of his benevolence, etc…

Here’s the blank slate to be filled in:
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…and here’s the background irrelevance:
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There’s a month to go. Let’s see who shoot’s themselves in the foot the most & if it’ll make any difference.

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What are you smoking? Trump doesn't want a green commie in Ottawa.

 

[Ron in Regina]

What are you smoking? Trump doesn't want a green commie in Ottawa.

Oh, so that’s why he’s helped pump up a wet fish like Carney in ways that would be impossible without Trumps influence then?

That’s pretty sneaky in a Trumpian sorta way…It’s all part of a diabolical plot to take a sure win by the Conservatives to install the Liberal guy that he doesn’t want to deal with?

Pre-Trump waaay back 2 months ago. Notice the date below:

Vs now with Trumps meddling in Canadian affairs not helping Carney & the Libs?:

Trump doesn't want a green commie in Ottawa.

How sure are you of your statement above? How sure are you that Carney is not gonna capitulate massively shortly after an election if he becomes PM?

 

[petros]

Oh, so that’s why he’s helped pump up a wet fish like Carney in ways that would be impossible without Trumps influence then?

That’s pretty sneaky in a Trumpian sorta way…It’s all part of a diabolical plot to take a sure win by the Conservatives to install the Liberal guy that he doesn’t want to deal with?

Pre-Trump waaay back 2 months ago. Notice the date below:
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Vs now with Trumps meddling in Canadian affairs not helping Carney & the Libs?:
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How sure are you of your statement above? How sure are you that Carney is not gonna capitulate massively shortly after an election if he becomes PM?

He pumped him up? What are you watching unfold? How sure am? Sure enough to know anybody seen as liked by Trump will be treated like gourmet plague infested shit in a can.

 

[pgs]

Oh, so that’s why he’s helped pump up a wet fish like Carney in ways that would be impossible without Trumps influence then?

That’s pretty sneaky in a Trumpian sorta way…It’s all part of a diabolical plot to take a sure win by the Conservatives to install the Liberal guy that he doesn’t want to deal with?

Pre-Trump waaay back 2 months ago. Notice the date below:
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Vs now with Trumps meddling in Canadian affairs not helping Carney & the Libs?:
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How sure are you of your statement above? How sure are you that Carney is not gonna capitulate massively shortly after an election if he becomes PM?

How many people do you speak with in a day that are high on Carney ? Where do you see adoring crowds gather to hear him ? Do you really think Canadians are embracing the Liberal party ?

 

[Ron in Regina]

How many people do you speak with in a day that are high on Carney ? Where do you see adoring crowds gather to hear him ? Do you really think Canadians are embracing the Liberal party ?

Zero, but I’m out here where I am on the Canadian Prairies, & not in the GVA or GTA or the East Coast, etc…

He pumped him up? What are you watching unfold? How sure am? Sure enough to know anybody seen as liked by Trump will be treated like gourmet plague infested shit in a can.

I’m watching the scoreboard, & though all (most of) the close ridings that’re undecided are being painted red, it’s sure not where things where at (less say) January 19th 2025…& it won’t be what they’re showing…but it’s sure been tampered with via Trump, & it’s not hurting Carneys odds & I don’t think that’s an accident.

How sure are you of your statement above? How sure are you that Carney is not gonna capitulate massively shortly after an election if he becomes PM?

I came to this on my own, but stumbled across this tonight waiting on Lisa before we hit a movie on Netflix:

(YouTube & I expect Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote," says President of firm with Liberal ties)

 

[pgs]

Zero, but I’m out here where I am on the Canadian Prairies, & not in the GVA or GTA or the East Coast, etc…

I’m watching the scoreboard, & though all (most of) the close ridings that’re undecided are being painted red, it’s sure not where things where at (less say) January 19th 2025…& it won’t be what they’re showing…but it’s sure been tampered with via Trump, & it’s not hurting Carneys odds & I don’t think that’s an accident.
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I came to this on my own, but stumbled across this tonight waiting on Lisa before we hit a movie on Netflix:

(YouTube & I expect Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote," says President of firm with Liberal ties)

Of course they will . It is our job to loudly keep as many liberals as possible out of Ottawa starting with the new top dog .

 

[petros]

Zero, but I’m out here where I am on the Canadian Prairies, & not in the GVA or GTA or the East Coast, etc…

I’m watching the scoreboard, & though all (most of) the close ridings that’re undecided are being painted red, it’s sure not where things where at (less say) January 19th 2025…& it won’t be what they’re showing…but it’s sure been tampered with via Trump, & it’s not hurting Carneys odds & I don’t think that’s an accident.
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I came to this on my own, but stumbled across this tonight waiting on Lisa before we hit a movie on Netflix:

(YouTube & I expect Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote," says President of firm with Liberal ties)

Why? Why doo you still believe the whole attack isn't on the eco fascist Liberals and their globalist consorts but actually against Canada as a whole?

The chimps arent fucking with your head? The same chimps who completely kicked the term "usmca complient" to the curb and told you 25% tariffs were hitting ALL Canadian made vehicles? The chimps who claim Carney calmed Trump down and is a hero?

Trump had a change of heart and now loves WEF commie eco-fascists cuz the chimps say so? The chimps who can't find their hands with both asses are right about this?

Is that your scoreboard?

 

[petros]

Read this you'll find the Moose Jaw dropping source afterwards.

America’s largest trade partners, Mexico and Canada, are facing more significant trade pressures from the Trump administration, but the imbalance of power is such that they have no credible strategy to push back. Everyone understands they’ll have to accept Trump’s terms eventually; the only question is whether capitulation comes before or after a costly fight. Riding an 85% job approval, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has enough domestic political space to yield to Trump’s demands to keep Mexico in his good graces, as she is already doing. By contrast, Canadian leaders have a political incentive to put up a bigger fight because Trump’s threats toward Canada’s economy and sovereignty have sharply inflamed nationalist sentiment north of the border in the run-up to the April 28 elections. However, I expect Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote to ensure that ongoing relations with the US remain functional.

This was written by head chimp Ian Bremmer and published by GZero Media.

Ian Bremmer: The end of the transatlantic relationship as we know it

Donald Trump’s second term is having considerably more impact on the global stage than his first. No American ally faces a ruder awakening than Europe, whose relationship with the United States is now fundamentally damaged.

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Who is Ian Bremmer?

Overview
Ian Arthur Bremmer is an American political scientist, author, and entrepreneur focused on global political risk. He is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, political risk research and consulting firm. He is also founder of GZERO Media, a digital media firm. Wikipedia

What is Eurasia Group?

Many of Eurasia Group's leaders and advisors are former international politicians including Catherine Ashton, John Baird, Sigmar Gabriel and Marietje Schaake. Gerald Butts, life-long friend and principal secretary.

Aaaaaaand.

Diana Fox Carney, Climate Policy Expert, Joins Eurasia Group as Senior Advisor​

NEW YORK, 3 May 2021—Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, is pleased to announce that Diana Fox Carney, a widely respected expert on global climate and energy policy, will be joining as a senior advisor. At Eurasia Group, Fox Carney will work closely with Vice Chairman Gerald Butts, who helped negotiate the Paris Climate Agreement, to bolster the firm's growing climate and energy practice. By adding Fox Carney's extensive climate background to Eurasia Group's geopolitical expertise, Fox Carney will strengthen the firm's ability to partner with clients on issues that are at the cutting edge of sustainability policy and to help them navigate these profound changes.



So the Liberal election plans is lie through your teeth about fighting back then capitulate to Trump.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Vance's claims that its ally Denmark had "not done a good job" in protecting Greenland come after repeated US threats to take over the island??? What the Shit Buddy? So you want Greenland to join you because Denmark is not protecting Greenland from you? That’s your sales pitch? Wow….

In a feeble attempt to justify what is, in effect, a Putin-style bid to seize another country’s sovereign territory, Vance claimed Denmark had failed to protect Greenland from Chinese and Russian threats – but did not produce any evidence.

He also failed to explain why, if such dangers exist, the US, which like Denmark is a Nato member, has not honoured its legal obligation to develop a “collective capacity to resist armed attack” under the 1951 US-Denmark “Defence of Greenland” treaty.

US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to "partner" with the US.

Trump, too, has been prating about Greenland’s importance for “world peace”. It’s true the Arctic region is seeing increased great power competition, partly because climate change renders it more accessible. Yet Trump, in another echo of Ukraine, appears more motivated by desire to control Greenland’s untapped mineral wealth.

This is the same arsehole that was lecturing the EU recently, lecturing the Ukrainian Prime Minister right out of the White House, & now he’s over spreading goodwill and cheer in Greenland?

As in Gaza and Panama, his main interest is not security and justice but geopolitical, financial and commercial advantage. Insulting plans to enrol Canada as the 51st state reflect another Trump preoccupation: a return to an earlier age of aggressive US territorial expansionism.

Back at the White House, President Donald Trump insisted the US needed Greenland to guarantee "peace of the entire world" and that its waterways had "Chinese and Russian ships all over the place".

Hmmmm…guarantee “peace of the entire world”…

"We need Greenland, very importantly, for international security," he said.

"We have to have Greenland. It's not a question of: 'Do you think we can do without it?' We can't."

Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force.

Opinion | The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign — Guardian US

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team

apple.news

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. They do not want to be Americans.

 

[petros]

In a feeble attempt to justify what is, in effect, a Putin-style bid to seize another country’s sovereign territory, Vance claimed Denmark had failed to protect Greenland from Chinese and Russian threats – but did not produce any evidence.

He also failed to explain why, if such dangers exist, the US, which like Denmark is a Nato member, has not honoured its legal obligation to develop a “collective capacity to resist armed attack” under the 1951 US-Denmark “Defence of Greenland” treaty.

Trump, too, has been prating about Greenland’s importance for “world peace”. It’s true the Arctic region is seeing increased great power competition, partly because climate change renders it more accessible. Yet Trump, in another echo of Ukraine, appears more motivated by desire to control Greenland’s untapped mineral wealth.

As in Gaza and Panama, his main interest is not security and justice but geopolitical, financial and commercial advantage. Insulting plans to enrol Canada as the 51st state reflect another Trump preoccupation: a return to an earlier age of aggressive US territorial expansionism.

Hmmmm…guarantee “peace of the entire world”…

Such hostility is entirely understandable, given the repeated, provocative and disrespectful declarations by Vance’s boss, Donald Trump, that the US plans to annex Greenland and may do so illegally and by force.

Opinion | The Observer view on JD Vance: spurned in Greenland and humiliated at home, the vice-president should resign — Guardian US

His foolish foreign trip and the response to the Signal chat leak reflect the irresponsibility of White House team

apple.news

Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the kingdom of Denmark. Election results this month showed the vast majority of local people back expanded self-rule or outright independence. They do not want to be Americans.

Greenland is the perfect place to build AI data centers.

In reality it's geographically North America and should be aligned with North America.

 

[bob the dog]

Greenland is the perfect place to build AI data centers.

In reality it's geographically North America and should be aligned with North America.

Might need nuclear energy to do so which becomes a bit of an oxymoron after selecting a location due to it's cooler climate.

All in all, the world is going to need a lot more concrete plants imo.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Greenland is the perfect place to build AI data centers.

In reality it's geographically North America and should be aligned with North America.

And by North America, does that mean Trumps America (?) or what the Greenlanders decide for themselves?

“Nice country you got there, be a shame if something happened to it…Panama Canada Gaza Greenland.”

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ain't the only country in North America whose head of state is in Europe.