Art Of The Deal

Media Shiny Pony Trump 92 Comments

As the Canadian explainer class tweets apoplectic rage…

CNN;

The jobless rate inched down to 3.8% in May, another sign of the strong economy and tight labor market. That tied the lowest unemployment rate since 1969. Since then, the only other time unemployment was this low was in April 2000.

 

The economy added 223,000 jobs, better than economists expected.

 

“The US economy has this incredible head of steam,” said Josh Wright, chief economist at the software firm iCIMS.

 

The economy been expanding for almost nine years, the second-longest streak on record. And employers have added jobs every month for seven and a half years.

 

Wages grew 2.7% in May compared with a year earlier.

More…

Grab your winnamins and hide the Ju-Ju bones. I thought this was going to be an issue when Prime Minister Trudeau publicly told reporters the content of a private conversation between Vice-President Mike Pence and himself.  With incredibly bad diplomatic form, Justin from Canada has not only cemented the Steel and Aluminum tariffs as permanent – but Trudeau has likely destroyed any hope of the U.S. remaining in NAFTA.

h/t Another Ian

92 Replies to “Art Of The Deal”

  1. Glavin: “Make them hurt. Make them howl.”

    Yeah. A tarrif on US-made toilet paper is going to bring ’em down.

    1. Time to start killing-off the Spotted Owl habitat again! MOGA … Make Oregon GREAT again!!

  2. The Canadian government and some provincial governments, as well as most of the media, have made no bones about their contempt for Trump and MAGA, but somehow expect to get preferential treatment. Also, making gender social justice issues key to an updated NAFTA were ludicrous.

    As well, Liberal and NDP governments in Canada have done their best to destroy industry and resource development, so the outraged little emperors have no clothes on.

  4. Fortunately, Trump and his supporters care nothing about what Andrew Coyne and his cohorts think. Increasingly, many Canadians don’t either. What Coyne forgets is that Trump’s priority is serving America and in many respects he is doing very well. It is refreshing to have a leader who’s priorities are transparent.

    1. You just dont understand, “S”, the Canadian economy is a pittance compared to the American economy. Either Canada makes a deal, or suffers WITHOUT. Yes, its that simple. But hey, keep insulting TRUMP, that sure has worked well for those that continue to underestimate him, as he continues WINNING!

      Is Juthtin THAT stupid? Sh!t, answered my question. Looks good on Ontario! and qbec!

    2. Take your trend back to 1960. You will notice 2 things. First, the recession in 2008-2009 was the most severe in terms of job loss in the past 50 years. Second, the return to positive job growth (your trend) afterward was lower than in previous cycles. Also note that recessions occur on average every 10 years or so and we are due for another one.

      A bigger concern should be what Trudeau and Notley have done to Alberta over the next 20 years. There are no new announcements of large investments in the oil sands (in fact the opposite, scaling back), just talk of carbon taxes. If this ever changes, it will take years to see the effect of new investment. This will affect First Nations, governments and provinces that benefit from transfer payments.

  7. While it is regretful that Canada is on the shitty end of this tariff stick, it is incumbent upon the President to take care of AMERICA first. Canada’s close relationship with the most amazing and prosperous country in the world does not entitle you to absolute access to our markets and economy. Truth is Canadian set-asides, underhanded subsidies, and socialist commie economic interference have always irked the free trade proponents in the USA. Canadians should be more than grateful for all the US has done for Canada so far such as provide a carte blanche national defense so that you way waste that money on welfare and socialist enterprises, providing almost all the money in the Canadian economy, treating you like a peer instead of the hired help that you are, and for tolerating your bizarre lack of gratitude for providing you with virtually all of the technological advancements to use at your leisure. Let’s see if your new friend China is as benevolent and tolerant with the man-child known as Canada as the mighty USA has been. Good luck with that.

    And by the way…your welcome.

    1. I would suggest that your PM … as they say … “Dance with man who brought you…” … not with the exotic Hindu in the shiny jacket with the Nehru collar

    3. China has import tariffs of 25% on goods and 12.5% on services. No one complaining about Trump ever seems to mention this. Why should America allow free trade on its imports and not receive free trade on its exports?

        1. Do you really not realize that that is exactly what Trump is doing?
          Seriously?
          Really?

          1. Nope he is including everyone as collateral damage. Nothing good will come of this.

    4. Thank you for your comment. I agree wholeheartedly with what you said and am ashamed to be a Canadian today.

  8. Does Coyne understand that President Donald J. Trump is not the President of Canada? and he wasn’t elected to make Canada great again?

    Those Americans are sure to tune in to Coyne, sometime tonight when they’re finished their work for the day.

    1. Coyne is a CBC whore… Coyne thinks the bestest PM ever was Peeair the Turdo… Coyne advocated voting for Liberal doofus Stevie Dijon the incomprehensible man from France, then Coyne advocated voting for the arrogant prick from Harvard, Iggy… then Coyne advocated voting for the NDP under Mulchair… Coyne is a loser… I’m just surprised anyone reads or listens to the chinless douche.

  9. Does Macleans magazine (Kate’s link #2 above) offer to pay the costs of university fees, tuition, and books to work towards a business or business related degree? Walmart has made arrangements with 3 universities similar to Canada’s Athabasca University, to cover these costs as a means of incentive to hire and keep employees. Any employee of Walmart, including the Joe working in receiving that’s only been in the country for 6 months and needs some help still in understanding technical english. Walmart is charging the employees that partake, $1.00 / day for this.
    Sure these are not tier one universities, but they are the hand up (as we conservatives have been suggesting is needed) and not the “hand out” to gaining a foothold in being a better citizen.

    Why would they do this?

    3.8% unemployment does not provide such a grand pool of potential hires to choose from. Supply and demand.
    This wasn’t the case when B. Hussien O’bama was President. Things were different then.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2018/05/31/walmart-college/#35c7e97b6204

  10. Seeing all the leftist rage over Trump, including from those in Canada, is very enjoyable.

    What is less enjoyable is that not one media elite or leftist wants to lay any blame on Trudeau. Indeed their anti-Trump sentiment is burned so strongly into their tiny brains that they cannot even conceive that Trudeau’s stupidity and that of his hugely incompetent cabinet might have had a role to play in the tariffs.

    Far better to blame Trump than to dare make an honest and critical assessment of the Shiny Pony.

    The G&M lead editorial “Trump steel tariffs are the work of a reckless bully:”
    The Star lead editorial “Donald Trump’s trade war is undermining U.S. credibility”
    The CBC “‘I’m pretty well pissed off’: Strategic or not, here’s how Trump’s tariffs on U.S. allies could backfire”
    The Guardian “Canadians and Americans are family. Donald Trump is testing even that”

    and so on. All very predictable from those who do not have a clue what Trump is up to.

    1. People criticized Harper over the softwood lumber deal, but at least Harper understood how to get a deal done. The current Liberals have no idea how to handle the economy, and we are paying the price. Their main “foreign policy” seems to be preaching to others about women and social justice issues. They are truly like high schoolers trying to run a country. It is very frustrating.

  11. It is totally remarkable that so many Canadians are so uneducated, but then again as I’ve said before, Canadians are just stupid. You can educated the ignorant but you can’t educate stupid. Tariffs are a tax imposed.

    tar·iff
    ˈterəf/
    noun
    noun: tariff; plural noun: tariffs

    1.
    a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
    synonyms: tax, duty, toll, excise, levy, charge, rate, fee, countervail; price list
    “the lower tariffs across the border”

    So for all of you stupid Canadians, “Let me be clear” all Trudeau has done is to increase the price of all of these ‘tariffed’ goods at the checkout counter. The hope is that the price will deter you from purchasing these items, and that will impact on the American companies and it turn the American economy. So, yeah, like that’s going to work, try going without toilet paper (need I mention Venezuela) or how about going without your morning OJ or your strawberry jam. Canada does not have the climate to produce all that it consumes and by default we import consumables. If the P/T drama queen and his junior varsity team continue on their chosen path we won’t have to wait too long before we enjoy the decline. Probably sometime around Christmas when all of our fresh produce, imported from the great USA, will be priced well beyond our minimum wage earners and our retirees ability to pay.

    1. YUP. And prices rising is inflationary and that usually affects interest rates.

    2. Do you expect no retaliation? So the obese useless president can keep doing it?

      Also if you pay attention almost all of these goods are easily replaceable from other sourxes

      1. Your DERANGEMENT is FUNNY, Keep it up, lunatic! You remind me of a typical clown that believes every drop of CBC propaganda,

  12. A tougher, more bloody-minded and artful Canadian government would have put Canada’s national interest FIRST long ago. Not the interests of the UN and its peacekeeping boondoggles, not climate change posturing, definitely not “gender chatter” and not BC or Québec or any other moaning province or region.

    The guiding practical philosophy for any sovereign state in whatever “global affairs” is supposed to be is not the oxymoronic concept of “international law” and Kumbaya sessions but NULLI SECUNDUS: “After me, you come first”.

    Canada cannot rival the US. But being a credible, grown-up, self-reliant and self-assured nation with a gangbusters economy and a state-of-the-art no-nonsense military capable of really “ante-ing up” (as well as properly watching our own coasts and Arctic) when the chips are down would go a long way to improving our status.

    Sigh. One can only dream.

    I’ll bet the Americans are still laughing themselves to tears over our “gender issues” NAFTA posturing!

  13. Get into a trade war with the US, make them suffer; absolute malarkey. Boys vrs men as the old saying goes.

    Then again, tariff US imports, collect some revenues and blame higher prices on Trump. Perfect ploy.

    BTW, the same argument can be used for Canuck steel & aluminum imports into the US.

    While I don’t agree with the use of the US security justification for tariffs, Justin, Chrystia and the whole Grit bunch dropped the ball on negotiations. Surely there was some room for negotiation; until Justin heard the word sunshine and his ignorant arrogance took over.

    Not defending the US actions here. Our comparatively high quality product will still be purchased at higher prices because there is a niche market for it. It’s a little like bit like softwood lumber; old plants using tariffs to compete with modern plants. IOW it’s politics and all our politicos could do was show a bad hand.

  14. President Trump has nothing to do with the improving American economy. All the preparation was done by President Obama. President Trump getting the credit is the result of the Republican-controlled media parroting his talking points. Wake up, Canada!

    2. Ha ha ha! The useless black Irish fella did nothing for America except weaken it. You must be particularly stupid and special.

    3. Obviously you have suffered a catastrophic head injury… perhaps you fell off your girls bike… please seek medical attention as quickly as possible.

    4. Sure and the failure for the American economy to even reach 3% GDP growth was:

      Dubya’s fault. How utterly childish an argument.

  15. The shoes start to drop. Watch yourselves, things are going to get rough very very quickly.

    Out of the blue, a long standing business arrangement with RBC was cancelled suddenly. I’m a third party service provider, and was talking to them last week about some work. Last night a sudden cancellation of everything. RBC has got some numbers that scare them and are cutting costs quickly.

    It was obvious to me that the chinese money inflating real estate in Vancouver and Toronto was going to end very badly, probably with some banks needing serious bail out money or outright bankruptcy. With the oil patch slow, and the booming housing markets deflating, we are in for some rough times.

    1. “Sunny ways my friends… Sunny ways”… a quote from the son of a madman and a schizophrenic Mother.

    2. yup, and it is Chinese money, and around here, Indian money as well, that has been pushing the “housing” market, AND (you reading here allen stupid and untard) distorting GDP numbers.

  16. I can get why low information partisans in the US cheer on Trump on but I can’t figure out why any Canadian would do the same. Trump’s attacks on Canadian trade practices are 10% justified an 90% BS. It is impossible for anyone to negotiate in good faith with that kind of idiocy. The notion that we can have a trade agreement that automatically expires after 5 years is just absurd. As is the notion that the US should be free to ignore the agreement whenever it feels like it while its partners remain bound to the terms. Calling such terms “fair trade” is Orwellian doublespeak.

    1. “The notion that we can have a trade agreement that automatically expires after 5 years is just absurd.”

      Why is that absurd? Really, why? On the contrary, I think a trade agreement which “never” expires is absurd. The world is always changing. Having a mechanism which forces the parties to deal with changes and make amendments or, failing in this, allows the parties to exit the agreement is absolutely necessary. A never ending agreement is absurd and unfair….. to all parties.

      Or perhaps I’m misunderstanding you. Maybe it’s the “5 years” part that you are attacking. Is it? If so, then suggest an alternative period. I invite your response.

      As a side note, I seriously doubt that this is really the central issue in the negotiation failure.

      1. It’s absurd because of the tendency for American politicians to constantly push things back. When was the last time they had a real budget instead of a continuing resolution?

  17. The American economy is roaring while the Canadian economy is tanking as investors flee this “shithole” (more appropriately stated, they are being chased away by Justin et al) and Coyne calls Trump the worst president ever? The chattering class jumped the shark years ago.

    Better fasten your seatbelts ladies and gentlemen…we are about to hit some very turbulent times.

    1. Economic growth since trump took office:

      Canada 3.66%
      USA 3.14%

      THERE GOES THE NARRATIVE!

      1. “1.3% is the correct annualized number for canada. 2.2% is the correct annualized number for the USA.”
        Allan S May 31
        Gee Allan what narrative should we be using. Your bogus stats that use an arbitrary start and end date just like climate science or your own admission that the American economy is now outperforming the Canadian economy.

        1. That’s for the previous quarter. We have outperformed Trump up until that point. I choose Trump taking office because its fun to destroy the Trumpites’ narrative of some miracle fat cheeto man ecomomy.

          If you want to go further try middle of 2016.

          1. That old saw doesn’t cut it. Going forward the US economy is slated to grow around 4%, while the Canadian will be lucky to hit 1.55 growth in 2018.

            Cherry picking past economic growth is a fruitless argument when we have one economy being freed from the clutches of collectivism while ours embraces ever more interventionism and nonsense about sunny ways, gender parity and idiotic notions of the mouse that roared Canadian “retaliation.”

            The only intelligence being insulted with parroting of past performance is yours.

            So why keep doing it? Got nothing else?

          2. I will keep doing it because it drives Trump supporters crazy. It cant be possible!

          3. Allan S.,

            Keep looking in the rear view mirror. Ignore that big brick wall rapidly filling the windshield.

      2. read my post u[p above a$$hole, you are a economic illiterate, and are too stupid to see distorted figures caused by “unique” events

  18. In case you Canadians are wondering, this shit plays in those “Blue Wall” states that are based on heavy manufacturing. The states Trump took from Hillary by siphoning off Democrats in labor. Obama and Hillary took their votes for granted. Trump knows he needs to earn them. So I don’t see how he loses walking away. Trudeau can criticize him all he wants, Trump might use the clips in campaign ads in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio.

    Maybe he even wins Minnesota now.

    1. Trump has two serious problems. With regards to aluminum, you need very low cost electricity. Not a common commodity in the USA anymore. With regards to steel, the raw material is an important factor. Iron ore. The US is but a tiny producer. China, for example, produces almost 10 times as much as America. Australia, by far the world’s largest producer of iron ore, is located on the other side of the Earth (near China). So even if you aren’t importing steel you will need to import iron ore. Canada doesn’t mine much iron ore either.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_ore#Production_and_consumption

      1. Iron and aluminum recycling is another thing. The big mill in Selkikr MB is all recycling. In fact it is more cost effective to use recycled iron and the end product is higher quality.

        1. I think you will find the Selkirk recycling facility to be small and insignificant (by tonnage) in the world of aluminum smelting and steel manufacturing.

        2. and NO, recycled metal product are not higher quality. To even achieve equal quality is expensive, so “recycling” is geared to lower quality to use in lower quality needs for such products. It was/is the same in plastics, were I have experience. You are a typical stooge who reads bullshit and then regurgitate it as fact. When you have no experience in a field, just STFU about it, fool.

          1. In plastics can you not control the feed products? Guess what recycled iron has NO slag as opposed to ore. I doubt the same is true about plastics.

      2. A friend who worked for Alcan for decades brought up a point yesterday. Just how high will an actual tariff be on aluminum. Ingots go from Quebec to Oswego NY, that product is then shipped to Kingston Ontario for more finishing, then back to Oswego. Then different types of finished product are shipped back and forth across the border. Sanity is scarce these days.

  19. Fellow readers, not to sound trivial, but ask yourselves how many times the Shiny Pony has gone to a town hall or even an important meeting with his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up.

    Now ask yourselves when was the last time you saw Trump with his jacket off and his sleeves rolled up?

    These things tell you something about the two men.

    1. I’d like to know who rolls up the actor’s sleeves… everyone knows the actor isn’t smart enough to roll up his own sleeves… is there an official sleeve roller upper? Maybe its the same guy that used to roll up Husseins sleeves when he was reciting scripts and reading telepromtors.

  20. With respect to aluminum production, China has increased its share of world production from 11% in 2010 to 55% in 2016. There are over 180 aluminum smelters in China, 10 in Canada (9 in Quebec) and 4 in the USA. This is really about China. That country can smelt aluminum with electricity from coal at the same price that Canada can with electricity from hydro. The link is a presentation on the state of aluminum smelting.

    http://www.kitimatchamber.ca/sites/default/files/Aluminium%20Association%20of%20Canada%20%20BC%20Presentation%20May%202017.pdf

    1. Then target them not your close ally. Theres NO logical reasoning for this.

      1. Sure there is Allan – its called putting your foot down. Enough bullsh*t, we will no longer play nice.

        Justin Trudeau has zero idea what is actually happening right now. Zero.

        He reads the script he is given, and he is being given a scrip to scuttle Nafta, so the Liberals can blame thier coming recession and exploding deficits on Trump.

        Not sure why you bother to post here as no one is fooled.

        Funny how Justin and the Libs are against putting more North American content in automobiles isnt it?
        Funny how Justin and the Libs are against wage increases for Mexican auto workers isnt it?

        Justin doing Chinas and US Chamber of Commerce ( fortune 100) bidding – too bad its going to set Canada back decades – as he has done with his unicorn fart, Saudi kickback energy policies.

        1. What bullshit? We are NOT the ones handing them bullshit THEY ARE.

          Again I wonder how different this site would be if Harper was still in charge. Your hatred blinds you.

          1. Malevolence, anger and animosity seethes out of your comments. It is you who hates, you hypocrite. Harper was a great PM, your ignorance and prejudice blinds you.

            Maybe we would have had a chance of getting away from these tariffs if an adult like Harper was our PM. With Justin in, we are doomed to get stepped on for sunny ways.

            You’re not the first troll to invade this site with a constant reference, presented monotonously, again and again; and you probably won’t be the last.

          2. Allan, Why do you think a river rafting part-time drama teacher is a business prodigy? Especially with that drama queen Freeland in charge? Seriously, you Liberals are beyond stupid!

      2. Canada is importing cheap aluminum and steel, making auto parts, and sending those parts to America under NAFTA. I guess Trump doesn’t think those parts are entirely “made in Canada”.

          1. The first thing you do is close your mines. Then you stop pumping oil. Then you close your smelters and refineries. Then primary production facilities. Then secondary products. The next thing you know you are running a service economy based on warehousing and transportation of imported goods. That is where Canada and the USA are headed. Eventually you make nothing and import everything. The government raises tariffs because it has no other meaningful form of tax increases. Eventually your dollar depreciates because no one wants to invest in your country. So the workers protest and vote in a stronger socialist government. Eventually you find yourself breaking into the zoo to catch dinner and you’re wondering to yourself, how the hell did that happen?

          2. Except canada has modern aluminum and unum facilities compared to the American ones. We also have access to cheap electricity. That’s why we produce a lot.

            In order for the American mills to be even close to competitive they have to modernize and that wont happen.

  22. Iron, steel, aluminum/alumina and non-ferrous metal manufacturing contribute about 28% of total CO2 emissions for Canada’s manufacturing industry.

    So I am quite sure Climate Barbie is jumping for joy with news of tariffs.

    1. “So I am quite sure Climate Barbie is jumping for joy with news of tariffs.”

      Oh, I think she’s probably preoccupied thinking, “Gosh, this running-a-country business is way more difficult than I thought.”

  23. Meh, I prefer to direct my ire at socialists period. By this the national politics of Canada, the U.S. and, quite frankly, the world are better served albeit by angstrom . One of the most poignant comments on nationalism I’ve read came from Goldberg’s “Liberal Fascism” where he pointed out that the nationalism of the fascist is a nationalism without patriotism. Canada, the EU cabal, et al, are in the hands of Globalists. These open border whirled citizens are economic morons (socialist) and their use of any national branding is false.
    NAFTA U.S. trade deficits with Mexico 1.24 trillion since 1994. Where U.S. used to be slightly net positive.
    NAFTA U.S. trade deficits with Canada .91 trillion since 1994 Where U.S. used to run net negative at about 24% of that rate.
    More importantly, look at the Canada Mexico trade deficit. All net U.S. gains canceled.

    Too bad there’s no brains at the helm. Canada should want to get to the table to modify their surplus with the U.S. and stop the bleeding with Mexico. i.e. scrap NAFTA.

  24. Bonjure Sookers.

    Moi is SLJ, aka Pugilist Leader from Great White Balkans.

    Moi’s from the government and Moi’s here to help youse.

    “We’re actually going to see hardship happening on both sides, well particularly on the American side of the border,…”

    …-

    “He said he had spoken with steel and aluminum producers, assuring them the federal government will help companies weather the sanctions.”

    “We’re actually going to see hardship happening on both sides, well particularly on the American side of the border, as the unintended consequences of putting trade tariffs on their closest ally and trading partner begin to be felt.” (globnews)

  25. We got another whole year of the JV team. (Thanks Ob)
    Another $53M for the F35 JV
    What’s happening with the naval ships program? And Admiral whatshisname?
    Is the new Ontario government gonna play ball with JV team? Eh Doug?
    NAFTA’s dead. JV team don’t get it.
    Keystone XL has a better chance of completion before TransMtn.

    1. Why should he? Doug will be the next prime minister of Canada, and, if there’s any justice, will die in 24 Sussex, in bed, beloved by a free and prosperous Canadian people.

      Justin Trudeau will die in prison, and will have his ashes tossed without ceremony into a mass grave.

      Meanwhile in heaven, Rob is laughing his head off.

  26. speaking of Trump, whats the status of the on-off-on-? N Korea meeting?

    miigod. the man is incroyable. I took a sales training course loooong ago: ‘give it to them take it away’ etc.
    aka Art of the Deal.
    it took me decades to learn the adage ‘dont be afraid to walk away’. in other words do NOT ‘cave in’ an accept *any* deal (better than none yelp the swirling masses!).

    which is what President Art did. he walked away. and the N Koreans did NOT then threaten ‘whatever’ but continued the politeness albeit with S Koreans. a good sign. but how would I know?

    Trumps legacy is being created as we watch. warts and all, but what is the cost of a mushroom cloud over your city as opposed to some hut feewwings?

    1. Hey historyBLUFF! Are you still quoting that union HACK site, Tyee? Stupid is as stupid does, you prove it! Go cry at your union hall, maybe Jerry Dias can growl some more and pull on Soy Boy’s puppet strings!

      MAGA TRUMP,he is doing what he was elected to do. Why do Fib lickspittles like you protect Qbec dairy farmers? Do you enjoy paying double for cheese, dairy and farm products? Why shouldn’t there be American imports of everything, afraid to compete, or can’t? That’s the problem with corrupt elite Laurentian class, they talk a good game, but sound like scared chickens when threatened. Look at the lickspittles in the media the last two days, full of sound and fury, but know nothing of which they speak.

      Trudy is an idiot, so is Freeland and the rest of the
      Liberal clowns. Zero business acumen, but they sure can pose and posture. The question now is, will Soy Boy tank the economy, or come to his senses, when the back room boys tell him if he doesn’t, his PM job is done like day old poutine!

  27. Best part of the Trump Presidency:
    Being reminded by Liberals EVERY DAY that they lost, and are sore losers.

    1. Unless Canada wants to exit NATO, they should honor their commitments.

      2% GDP is a commitment.

  29. The only thing worse than hypocrites are whining hypocrites.

    Canada imposes a 240 percent tariff on US dairy products, and liddle turdo la doo has said on many occasions that he supports this status quo.

  30. No hope of the US returning to NAFTA? Good.

    No hope of a free trade deal? Not quite.

    A free trade deal between Canada and the US is still possible if, in 2019, Canadian voters send Justin packing and replace the Libranos with someone at least as committed to purging the Canadian civil service of globalists, slamming the doors of north America in the face of spongers and terrorists, and slamming the doors of prison cells in the faces of the Librano leadership before throwing the keys in the Ottawa River—the ones who don’t have their fraudulent Canadian citizenships revoked and get put on a plane back to whatever their home countries have in store for them (this means you, Chrystia “Freeland”).

    A challenge? Yes. Impossible? Not at all. All it will take is a little courage, and for the Canadian people to unite as one against their real enemies, from Riyadh to Rockcliffe Park.

    1. NAFTA still exists. Trump will likely need congressional approval to change that

      1. Congress knows better at this stage than to deny Trump anything he wants. NAFTA is done like dinner. Canada’s choices are draining the Ottawa Valley swamps, or kissing her biggest export market goodbye.

        The globalists’ only chance to rein in Trump is to hike global interest rates enough to cause a financial crisis. Canada’s housing market, and the Canadian banks that bankroll the Libranos, will be collateral damage.

        In any realistic scenario, the Libranos are finished at the federal level, Justin and Gerry are going to prison, Chrystia’s going to Siberia, and Doug Ford will be laughing all the way to 24 Sussex.

        1. Are you actually that clued out where you blame Trudeau for Trumps downright illiterate protectionist measures?

      2. Hopefully, President Trump puts the 2% GDP spending for military on the table next. Why should the US bail out the dead beat dads of NATO? Perhaps he’ll bring the troops home from Europe and tell the imbecile in Ottawa, “you’re next”.

  31. I’m thinking our new flag shall have a guillotine on it.
    Symbolizing our new traditions.
    Death to Kleptocrats.

  32. The metrosexual PM has no idea who Donald Trump is. This is not about tariffs. This is about
    President Trump luring our trading partners to the negotiating table. He lives, eats, breaths,
    and craps deals. Treuduh is too stupid or too far to the left to understand that Trump made
    several overtures to renegotiate the NAFTA deal. More sensible world leaders are already
    sending emissaries to Washington DC. Your PM is still playing Tiddliwinks against a man
    who has mastered 3 dimensional Star Trek chess.

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