211 Replies to “Trump blinks on tariffs”

  1. I don’t think it was Trump who blinked, I think it was Mexico and Canada that realized this is not a thing they can win. The Art of the Deal guy was doing his thing ,….

    This is all good. Go Trump

    2. Anyone here who thinks Trump won is hilarious (also, what is with the Canadians in the room who are so self loathing that they wanted Trump to win?!). We called his bluff, we showed we were serious about retaliating and the orange buffoon blinked. I say this as no fan of Trudeau either, but credit where it’s due — he won this round.

      1. “Anyone here who thinks Trump won is hilarious (also, what is with the Canadians in the room who are so self loathing that they wanted Trump to win?!). We called his bluff, we showed we were serious about retaliating and the orange buffoon blinked. ”

        Aww…and you were doing so well, masquerading as a serious poster, until “orange buffoon”.

        (just couldn’t help yourself, could you?)

        No one has to want Trump to win or be an admirer of his to acknowledge the cold, hard facts here: Canada was NEVER going to ‘win’ this. Ever. Trump held all the cards, and he knew it. It was Trudeau who tried to bluff (not Trump) and he failed miserably. This outcome was 100% predictable for anyone with even a modicum of common sense.

        (but on the plus side, though, this whole thing has exposed three or four regular posters here as (how can I say this charitably?)….umm…”slightly below the intellectual average”, perhaps? Yeah, let’s go with that, shall we?..)

        Seriously, people: what did you REALLY BELIEVE would happen if Canada got into an actual trade war with the United States? Get a grip. “Rah-Rah!” patriotism is one thing…economic annihilation is quite another.
        If you really love Canada, be thankful that the idiot Justin Trudeau *caved* as quickly as he did.

        1. Trump extracted almost exactly what had been on offer by Mexico and Canada for weeks. He balked at the last minute because he knew it would cost him too much political capital at home. How are we getting played exactly when the elephant in the room who “doesn’t need anything [we] make” or access to our markets, balked? Why not just go ahead with the tariffs?

          1. *
            What alternative universe do you live in? From the start Trump was asking for action on fentanyl and illegals crossing the border. What Trudeau finally gave him was a ‘Fentanyl Czar and 10,000 troops along the border.

            Justin’s little bit of ‘resistance theater’ was just to throw a little bit of misdirection into his incredibly unpopular polling and the cowardly proroguing of parliament.

            *

          2. “Trump extracted almost exactly what had been on offer by Mexico and Canada for weeks.”

            Wrong. Trudeau had made vague promises with indefinite timelines, as he always does, while Trump demanded immediate action.

            “He balked at the last minute because he knew it would cost him too much political capital at home. ”

            Wrong again. Trump is moving at incredibly quickly on a number of economic and political fronts, and the American public is LOVING IT.

            “Why not just go ahead with the tariffs?”

            Because he got what he wanted from them (at least for now…they are only on hold for 30 days, remember?). I know it can be confusing to see a politician actually keep his promises.

      4. “I say this as no fan of Trudeau either”

        Suuuuure, you’re not a concern troll at all.

        1. Trudeau and the Liberals are a disaster. Jagmeet is just as bad if not worse. Pierre has the best platform, but also acts like a man child more than a statesman. Even so he probably has my vote. Some of us aren’t partisan hacks and call it as we see it believe it or not. That means I can despise Trudeau and not go gaga over Trump.

          1. “I can despise Trudeau and not go gaga over Trump.”

            Yeah, nice try. You see, I despise Trudeau and was opposed to Trump’s sanctions, and I got a long record to prove that. And I can see very clearly that Potato had to concede here and run like a little bitch. We’re not the same.

          2. “Statesman”…..the word used to define a burned out politician. Trump is the model to follow…..Canada will do much better following the same ideology.

      5. Bananada has *nothing* to win with.

        Of course, Trump won this round and will win each and every round until this post-nation is no longer a branch plant of ISIS, Iran, PLO, China, Khalistan, Tamil Tigers etc, etc, with a stoppage of money laundering, and the flow of trafficked children and lethal drugs to boot.

        Why wouldn’t this post-nation also want that, unless someone(s) very special is making big money? I almost forgot the Turd declared we’ve no core identity, other than we’re defined firstly, in the pathetic negative as “not Americans.” If there weren’t Americans, who would we next “not” be?

        Until now, we’ve been a sniveling, double-crossing, two-faced, bratty kid who knows we’ll never really ever be in mortal danger, as the USA will defend us, if only to defend themselves. If we go rogue, as we are doing, the USA will crush us, as it would any metastasizing threat to them (with a non-seditious president, as they now have).

        The self-loathing began long ago (a matter of government structure and centralized power) but again intensified, intentionally, from the top, w RCMP always getting their illegal immigrant man’s baggage as he waltzes across Roxham Road.

        Alberta out!

      7. Trump didn’t blink. And just so you know, Trump isn’t the enemy….certainly not the enemy of Western Canada. Trudeau and Ottawa are. The “retaliation” you speak of, according to the Bank of Canada speaking of a protracted tariff war with the U.S., would result in a 25% devaluation of the C$, a hard recession and high inflation in Canada.

        You mention “self loathing”…..I absolute loath what Canada has become under the Trudeau(?) “government”.

      8. Are you delusional? This is the equivalent of Canada and Mexico being let out on bail before their court appearance, where they must prove they have complied with their conditions.

      9. If you are “no fan of Trudeau” it is only because his usefulness to the Liberal Party is at an end. I have seen other posts of yours, you are a tribal Liberal; the worst thing in a healthy democracy is tribalism. The party, like any, has had good moments for Canada, Laurier above all. The two Trudeaus have done so much damage to Canada, it is almost incalculable. This latest iteration has reduced Canada’s living standards by 40% vis a vis the US, eroded freedoms, hello gun laws and internet censorship, and done intragenerational damage to the finances of Canada. An entire 20 year cohort are condemned to be wage slaves, no hope of home ownership or family formation. This, and an additional long train of abuses, all of which the Party enthusiastically agreed to, because well, power, have made tribal Liberals the enemy of Canada.

      11. The people who think Trump was right to force Canada to honour it’s promises are not “self loathing”, nor do we loathe Canada..

        It’s you and yours we loathe, because you’re thieves, promise breakers, dishonourable dogs who always weasel out of every deal they ever made.

        It’s you who are ruining Canada and we loathe the lazy, thieving, dishonest, dishonourable Canada you are trying so hard to create.

    3. No worries. Z thinks that corrupt Ukraine is winning too.

      TDS runs strong in the brain damaged.

      1. “No worries. Z thinks that corrupt Ukraine is winning too.

        TDS runs strong in the brain damaged.”

        It really does. As I said above, some posters have exposed their shortcomings for all to see. How does that saying go: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool…”?

    4. Exactly right. Justin is the one who blinked. Aka he caved, as reality finally started to sink in. Good thing, too, or you guys would be screwed, even more than Justin had already screwed you in nine years. (What’s wrong with you, Brian?)

    5. I’m guessing he got everything he asked for on the border. Ask for way more than you want, and “settle” for what you originally wanted. Wonder what he’s going to ask for in 30 days.

    6. How ANYONE can believe that Trump blinked is deep, deep, deep into their cognitive dissonance. Brian, Brian, Brian … I really LIKE what you’re doing … but come on ma’aaan …

      And if you do firmly believe that Trump blinked … then does that make Trudeau the actual German-styled Fascist Leader in this equation? So now you can accuse ME of tripping Godwin’s Law? Come on maa’aaaan … I really WANT to like you … because any friend of Kate’s … is a friend of mine.

      1. And of course you’d choose to dislike someone for having a differing opinion a singular news event? It’s cancel culture on display, folks. One must not upset the narrative and introduce any nuance. Everything is black and white. Trump never makes a mistake! He is the second coming of Christ, a demigod right here on terra firma. I shall chisel his face onto Mt. Rushmore myself (oh wait, Elon said that one).

        1. “And of course you’d choose to dislike someone for having a differing opinion a singular news event?”

          It’s perfectly alright to have a differing opinion, Ivan…you just have to be able to back it up with facts. People who argue based only on emotion (Hi Jessica!) will lose every time, in my experience.

        2. Cancel culture, indeed. Never, every waver from the orthodoxy, or you’re cancelled.
          Thank you.

        3. How do you get cancel culture out of my saying … “any friend of Kate’s is a friend of mine”? and “come on ma’aaan, I really want to like you”?

          I can’t express my disagreement? I have to agree with everything you say … like you accuse me of doing with Trump? Do you even read what you post? Do you even hear yourself talk?

        4. Since when is disliking someone cancel culture. You’re disliked here yet you haven’t been cancelled. Hmmm.

  2. This isn’t blinking.

    Trump gets what he wants and can use tariffs for leverage again in the future.

    If Canada sticks to the deal, then there won’t be problems.

    This is Canada caving in an promising to be a good and responsible neighbor. Mexico is also caving.

    1. I get the sense that when Greenland becomes Protectorate of the US like the US Virgin Islands, the headline here will say “Trump loses Greenland battle” because he didn’t just take it over like he says now.

      They just don’t get it.

  3. Trump didn’t blink. Trudeau got told by an adult where the bear craps in the buckwheat.

    Probably not a good time to be gloating about a lion deciding not to eat us.

    The thing to do now is to go above and beyond what was agreed to to ensure we crack down on illegal activity and terrorist immigration.

  4. Danielle Smith’s comments are sensible. Everybody get to work and stop grandstanding.

  5. What Trudeau offered was what he offered weeks ago. Not that I can stand the man, but that’s the reality.
    I still think we have not seen the end of this, not by a long shot.

        2. What do you not understand yet? Scream louder.

          You could call the world police. You could call Nancy Pelosi. You could call Gov French Laundry for all we care.

          It’s quite something to watch your Stockholm Syndrome play out. TruDOPE and his LIEberal TRAITORS have been fcking over your industry 24/7 for 10 years, yet you rush to defend Derp Turd. FASCINATING.

    2. But nothing was implemented. I know some things don’t happen overnight but the way this country works these promises could take years.

      1. Trudeau will finally resign before the 30 days as he will be unable to achieve any of the promises.
        Trudeau blinked and all but one premier proved to be fools and unable to respond. Liquor off the shelves. The liquor already paid for. Oooh.

        1. They just got those Blackhawks a couple of days and weeks ago. Two of them…..chartered. As a reaction to Trumps talk about the border.

    3. Not sure about that. His border plan was “over the next 6 years”.
      What am I missing Brian?

      1. The Blackhawk helicopter that now routinely flies over my house in Estevan, 6 miles from the border.

      2. “Not sure about that. His border plan was “over the next 6 years”.
        What am I missing Brian?”

        His blatant distortion of the truth. TDS will do that.

    4. He made #ShinyPony come to the table properly, and he took an election campaign issue away from the #Fiberals, whatever imbecile ends up running that party.

      He also made #ThePony look like a ponce, by making a deal with Mexico first and not taking his calls for several days.

      This is not what you call blinking. This is called winning. And I love it.

      Consider for a moment Brian that the only reason there is fentanyl production and smuggling happening on the scale it is in Canada is because the RCMP and the provincial forces are letting them do it. The federal government policy on fentanyl is that they don’t care. Same with money laundering, mass car thefts and illegals heading to the USA, they don’t care.

      Well, today they finally care. Because they’ll lose more money and power from Trump’s tariffs than they will from clamping down on organized crime. How disgraceful that it takes an American president to make the Canadian Prime Minister care about crime in this country.

      1. This is about a LOT more than fentanyl. Why is he all of a sudden talking about banking now? Where did that come from?

        1. It’s about telling China to piss off and stop their obvious attempts to bookend the the good old USA.
          Opium wars redux is in flux, and the belt and road can go lick a toad.

        3. Have you just not been paying attention? Last time around the tariffs were a negotiating tool to get US and Mexico to quit their protectionist BS while still retaining access to US markets. That’s his end goal here, too – actual free and fair trade in North America without any of the supply management bollocks and cronyism for Liberal Party sycophants.

        5. Next, Marketing Boards.
          Don’t get too comfortable.
          Or, you prefer the Canadian kleptocracy?
          It’s about time the establishment in this country got shaken down to its foundations.
          It’s all too true, that this country is living FAT because of its proximity to Uncle Sam and its 13x bigger economy.
          Without the US, Canada would resemble the economy of the Falkland Islands.

        6. Brian
          You are completely out of touch, now get with the program, Trump is doing the hard lifting for us Canadians.

        7. I agree that this is about more than fentanyl. I would guess, having no special knowledge, that this is about regime change in Canada.

          Trump doesn’t want to work with #ThePony because he knows China and (guessing) Iran and India are pulling the strings. How else do you explain Official Canada’s love of Gaza over Israel? There’s dirty money involved and lots of it, has to be.

          So, regime change. He’ll keep trolling them until they fold. Probably won’t take long, they’re running on fumes already.

          I can hardly wait to see what he does to Starmer in Britain. That’ll be sweet.

        8. It came from the same position as getting rid of supply management and shutting the border to U.S. banks.

        9. Who has oversight of US banking, even in foreign countries? Does oversight apply to foreign banks operating in America?
          Why were Canadian banks allowed to operate (fully) in America, but US banking firms not allowed to do the same in Canada?

          The more you know.

    5. Brian I am beginning to believe you are a closet Lieberal. Shameful – you can’t stand the man who is saving his country. You have no credibility with me. Trump won, you and Turdeau lost!

      1. I’ve personally asked hard questions of Trudeau, face to face. I asked Trump about Keystone XL.
        I am in no way a closet Liberal. Ever.

    6. Please post the time stamped offer from Trudeau … weeks ago. I’ll wait … dum, dum, de, dum, dum, dum

      1. Government of Canada announces its plan to strengthen border security and our immigration system
        From: Public Safety Canada

        News release
        December 17, 2024 – Ottawa, Canada

        Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs, along with the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, released Canada’s Border Plan. Backed by an investment of $1.3 billion and built around five pillars, this plan will bolster border security, strengthen our immigration system and contribute to ensuring Canada’s future prosperity.

        https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2024/12/government-of-canada-announces-its-plan-to-strengthen-border-security-and-our-immigration-system.html

          2. Joe, you see that in the link that was provided.

            “Budget 2024 provided $743.5 million over five years, including $159.5 million ongoing, to support the stability and integrity of Canada’s asylum system, increasing processing and decision-making capacity.”

            Fortunately, the Liberals won’t be around to do so.

          3. Art

            Thank you.

            But the announcement says $1.3 billion.

            It also says there is $743 million in Budget 2024.

            What we don’t know:
            How much of the $1.3 billion is new money?

        2. Funny … I’ve never heard of that. At all. I didn’t hear your PM tell Trump … “don’t worry, we’re ON IT”. Never heard that ONCE. Was that broadcast in Alberta … and I just missed it?

          Puhleeze. Trump and his associates can smell bullshit when it’s left on the streets for him to step in.

    7. “What Trudeau offered was what he offered weeks ago. Not that I can stand the man, but that’s the reality.”

      NO. The reality is that he made vague promises weeks ago, then took no action on them. THAT’S reality.

      1. Fred

        The $1.3 billion was announced publicly on Dec 17.

        On Feb 3, Trump announced he and El Turd came to a $1.3 billion agreement.

        What’s the difference between the plans?

        1. The difference is the Turd has 30 days to take meaningful action. Canada also promised to meet it’s NATO targets a couple years ago without ever intending to, that may become a problem next.
          Much more interesting is if there is meaningful cross border cooperation on organized crime, in no time they will be into the intersection of China and the Liberal Party, dirty drug money laundered through Canadian banks and making housing unaffordable for a generation of Canadians. The Liberal Party is corrupt to its core.

  6. Trump blinked eh! Sure!
    I think he just shut his eyes with glee because it’s going to cost canada 1.3 billion dollars to secure that border.
    Hmmm…may have to raise that carbon tax a bit more to pay that bill.

  7. Trump blinks??? Considering the outcome it’s more appropriate that Canadian governance is tapping along with a white cane and a guide dog. At least a guide dog knows when to walk forward and they’re cuddly.

  9. Trump will make canada great again – despite the Liberals.

    All the actions being taken are what a country run by adults should be doing.

    1. I desperately believe that … because like it or not … as goes America … so goes the WORLD. And certainly as goes our closest trading partner. And I look forward to using my new branch of Wells Fargo bank in Vernon, BC … withdrawing some of MY BEEG American DOLLARS!! to spend in Canada.

    1. Too funny. Trump throws the hand grenade into the group and then watches the reaction and fallout. Thus the 30 day reprieve.

  13. Trump didn’t blink. He knows perfectly well that the threat is far more powerful than the actual implementation. He is like a fisherman playing the fish to wear it out.

    He’s a master negotiator and being unpredictable is an important part of his technique. He keeps them gassing and while they run around setting their hair on fire he waits for them to run out of options and realize they are trapped.

    There are two aspects to the tariff threat.

    The punitively high tariffs everyone is looking at is simply being used to manipulate the Canadian or Mexican government. He knows the disastrous and I don’t think he intends to implement them if he gets his way first.

    Other tariffs are coming and they won’t be as high. They will be designed to reduce the incentive to offshore American business and manufacturing. They will be strategical and implemented surgically over time as the situation settles.

    Right now there are very big things happening in Washington while Trump’s organization guts the monster that has grown up there.

    When things settle it may become apparent that simply getting rid of a lot of superfluous regulation will accomplish his goals and tariffs may be minimal.

    He has, however, talked seriously about eliminating income tax and yasunbg tarrifs for revenue. This is a complex question because many or most Americans don’t pay income tax to any significant extent and eliminating the income tax without any other tax being implemented would favor the very wealthy.

    So, these are early days and in coming months we will see what develops.

    2. I love your fishing analogy! Set the hook … adjust the drag … and give out some line. Beautiful!

  14. Completely wrong headline.
    It is Trudeau who’s been forced to comply with Trump and thus who “blinked”.

  15. Oh “Trump blinks” did he…you’re out of your fng mind. And precisely why I don’t give a shit for your columns.
    Moron.

      1. Trump got what he wanted – public capitulation by Canada. And the tariffs are only on hold for 30 days to see if Canada actually follows through. JFC, jettison the Canadian national inferiority complex for a minute and think.

      2. Your support for wind farms and solar panels is shameful. We should be building more coal fired generating plants. Like others have said “I don’t give a shit for your columns.” You are nothing but a closet Turdeau supporter and believe the CO2 causes global warming scam.
        If you cared for Canada that headline would read ‘Trump won, Turdeau lost’.
        Let me ask “how much is the CCP paying you to post your dribble?”

      3. Except you don’t understand the game. Trump pitches in a hand grenade into the group and then watches for the reaction and fallout. That’s the purpose of the 30 day reprieve. The chess board shifts…if you don’t understand that you have never negotiated.

      4. He doesn’t want tariff revenue. He wants fealty.

        You of all people know this. Why are you working to stretch this out? Which of the many sides are you looking out for? Who benefits from puffing up the “aggrieved patriots of Canada” and poking at Trump?

        This could cost your friends badly if it doesn’t work right, and it’s very hard to predict what comes.

  16. Trump had this deal a month ago.

    He essentially pulled a Trudeau type stunt to look good to his base.

    But worse than that for Canadians, he’s given a boost to the Liberal/NDP coalition whom most of us at SDA despise. It might be enough to generate another minority government.

    I’ve heard from contacts in Washington that a number of people told Trump and his advisors, that although the US as a whole is better able to withstand a trade war than Canada is, a significant number of states have Canada as their largest trading partner, and these states would suffer enough in a trade war that their electorates would take it out on the Republicans in the midterms.

    If Trump loses in the midterms, his program will be in serious trouble.

    1. If we wanted to get serious, we don’t stop oil shipments, we stop potash. The US depends on Canada for nearly all of its potash and there’s no way in hell it could have backfilled it before spring seeding. Crops would likely see a 25% reduction in yields, maybe more.
      Financial Post this afternoon:

      Some Republican lawmakers pushed back against the tariffs, with Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley asking for exemptions on behalf of American farmers.

      “Biden inflation increased the input cost to farming by 20 per cent including particularly high prices on fertilizer,” he said, in a post on X on Monday. “So I plead with President Trump to exempt potash from the tariff because family farmers get most of our potash from Canada.”

      1. In all of Trump’s bluster about not needing our oil, our lumber, he never once said they didn’t need our potash. That’s because they do, desperately. No potash, food production plummets.

        1. Actually it is phosphate that is the crop nutrient in short supply, all of which used in canuckistan comes from the US. The only reason why potash is not mined in the US to any large extent is because cheap stuff comes from the north. There are two US potash projects in the works: one in Utah and the other in Michigan but neither would produce for this spring. Given these facts, the solution to this problem is quite obvious: any shenanigans on the potash front and no phosphorus heads north.

      2. Brian, the US has approximately 300 years of potash reserves and can met every need for the country. Canada controls the market because of their superior grades, but absent imports, we can get can get along very nicely without Canadian potash.

          1. Mine production: 20 million metric tons

            In 2023, US phosphate mining production totaled 20 million metric tons, a slight drop of 200,000 metric tons from the previous year. The nation’s nine producing phosphate mines are located across four states: Florida, North Carolina, Idaho and Utah. Florida is home to global giant Mosaic (NYSE:MOS), which is one of the largest phosphate producers in the US.

          2. Because … just like the oil sands … we buy it because it’s CHEAP … and we can leave ours in the ground until a shortage arises from stubborn, short-sighted Canadians … and sell it for HIGH prices.

            Geeze … you’re not very sophisticated for an oil sands Trade Rep.

    2. “Trump had this deal a month ago.

      He essentially pulled a Trudeau type stunt to look good to his base. ”

      Oh, get serious. Trump has *zero* need for that. He WON. He won BIG. His base is thrilled.

      “But worse than that for Canadians, he’s given a boost to the Liberal/NDP coalition whom most of us at SDA despise. It might be enough to generate another minority government. ”

      Trump didn’t do that, though: Poilievre did, by going along with the Liberals for fear of losing votes.

      “I’ve heard from contacts in Washington ”

      Sure you have, Joe….sure you have.

      “that a number of people told Trump and his advisors, that although the US as a whole is better able to withstand a trade war than Canada is, a significant number of states have Canada as their largest trading partner, and these states would suffer enough in a trade war that their electorates would take it out on the Republicans in the midterms. ”

      Those people, if they exist, would be fools.

      This ‘trade war’ wouldn’t have lasted long enough to make any difference. AT ALL. Pure fantasy.

      (you’re another closet Liberal, aren’t you Joe? Come on, admit it…you’ll feel better once you get it off your chest, like “coming out” as being gay, I imagine…)

      1. Freddy

        He essentially pulled a Trudeau type stunt to look good to his base. ”

        Oh, get serious. Trump has *zero* need for that. He WON. He won BIG. His base is thrilled.

        Think about it Freddy. You just agreed with my point. He WAS appealing to his base which is thrilled.

        Freddy
        What did Trump win? He had this deal a month ago. This was all a charade to appeal to his base.

        Re Contacts. If you have none, that’s your problem. Having worked in the US, and having relatives who are Americans; I have lots of US contacts, Most of them are Republican, but a few are Democrats. I will listen to all of them. If you don’t believe that, that’s not my problem.
        I was simply providing information. You of course are free to only listen to what you want to hear; that’s up to you.

        And as for calling me a closet liberal, go ahead, if that’s what turns your crank. Hurling insults in a discussion is the last refuge of someone who doesn’t have anything meaningful to say. I had thought you were above that sort of rhetoric.

        1. “Freddy

          He essentially pulled a Trudeau type stunt to look good to his base. ”

          Oh, get serious. Trump has *zero* need for that. He WON. He won BIG. His base is thrilled.

          Think about it Freddy. You just agreed with my point. He WAS appealing to his base which is thrilled.”

          Sorry: THE ELECTION. He won THE ELECTION big…hence no need to pull any kind of ‘stunt’ for his base.

          (to be clear, I should have said “his base is already thrilled)

          “And as for calling me a closet liberal, go ahead, if that’s what turns your crank. Hurling insults in a discussion is the last refuge of someone who doesn’t have anything meaningful to say. I had thought you were above that sort of rhetoric.”

          Who did you vote for last election?

          1. Freddy

            The discussion was not about the last US election. Trump won that, I know that, and hopefully you do also.

            The comment was about the $1.3 billion “deal” that Trump said he reached with Trudeau. You know, the same one that El Turd announced on Dec 17 2024.

            Perhaps with YOUR vast world of contacts/expertise, you could enlighten us as to the specific differences between today’s deal and the Dec 17 one.

            It would be very helpful to the discussion if you would kindly point out how Trumps BIG WIN today differs from that of Dec 17.

            My post also referred to the US midterms, which Trump hasn’t yet won. He has a narrow margin in the House. A trade war, if it hurts a few key US constituencies, could result in Dems taking the House, and possibly the Senate in 2026.

            Feel free to suggest the Dems will self destruct, and I hope they do, but as Kenji pointed out, midterms often go against the ruling party.

            Re who I’ve vote for;
            federally – mostly Conservative, never Liberal, never NDP. I did vote Rhino once because I thought Mulroney was a crooked scumbag.

            Provincially I was a Loughheed fan, I liked Klein, I supported Danielle Smith, and I’ve also voted Wild Rose.

            If that, in your opinion, means I’m a closet Liberal, so be it.

          2. “Freddy

            The discussion was not about the last US election. Trump won that, I know that, and hopefully you do also. ”

            Yes, but MY POINT was about Trump winning the election, and thus having “zero need ”
            to impress his base…and of course by that I mean his VOTING base. Obviously.

            You’re trying too hard, Joe. Maybe if you hadn’t developed that childish habit of calling Donald Trump “Trumpy” I might have had a little more respect for you than I do for Jessica and her own immature schoolyard taunts. But hey, you do you, okay?

        2. Trump needs to “thrill his base” … why? To get re-elected? Come on ma’aaaan Trump is focused on governance and returning America to adult control. Out with loser policies … in with the WINNING.

    4. Trump has always realized that he needs to get done what he wants to get done in the first two years. He is WAY ahead of you. As for your “contacts”, that has no value.

  17. Justin Trudeau: I just had a good call with President Trump.

    Also Justin Trudeau: I’m really not looking forward to my call with Xi Jinping.

    2. Trump says he wants Canada to become the 51st state. That is up to:
      a) the people of the new state (do they want it)
      b the US Congress, which has to approve any new state, or states, admission to the Union. Simple majority in Congress is required.

      1. Admitting Canada as one state:
      Population of Canada is 40 million.
      Population of California is 39 million.
      Thus, the new state of Canada would get more Electoral College votes than California.

      In the last 5 Canadian Federal elections, the Lib/NDP/Green vote has been 53%, 56%, 63%, 63%, 51%. Pretty blue.

      Think Republicans want that?

      2. Admitting Canada without Quebec:
      Population would be 31.5 million
      Population Texas is 31.3 million.
      I haven’t summed the federal votes by province, but I’m guessing the total without Quebec would still put Lib/NDP/Green over 50%

      3. Admitting provinces, or groups of provinces as more than one state.
      I don’t know what Congress would go for.

      But Ontario by itself, would be the fifth most populous state. BC would be 23rd, Alberta 25th.
      Even little New Brunswick has more people than Alaska or North Dakota.

      In the last three Ontario provincial elections the Lib/NDP/Green vote has been 59%, 58%, 62%, so pretty Dem leaning.

      I suspect Democrats would be salivating at the prospect of multiple blue states versus one red state of Absask.

      51st state?

      It’s not going to happen.

      2. Joe
        You still call secular Jews atheists, instead of Jews? You are a liberal by most standards. And my Jewish friend also thinks you are anti Semitic. Now take a hike with that big BULL that helps you post.

      3. No….Canada won’t become the 51st State….but Alberta and perhaps Saskatchewan and a large part of B.C. might become a stand alone country. Especially if by some fluke, the green fascist Carney wins the upcoming election.

    1. Trump said he was going to enact tariffs. He did not. He changed direction. In a game of chicken, that’s blinking.

      2. Trump wants border protected. He got it.
        He wanted Canada’s governments to see he was serious. He got it.
        This cost trump zero. Not a penny. All upside.

      3. Brian, it’s not a game of chicken no more then oncoming Kenworth is to a Fiat. If this is Trump blinking, then you have lost the thread. He spent 4 years thinking about what he was going to do when he got back in and this was high on his list. Trudeau has left us defenceless against any enemies and Trump is just taking care of his Northern border before Russia or China does. I’m glad it’s going to be a relatively benign takeover by Blinky and not Xi or Putin. I gotta go and watch “Canadian Bacon” again. Who knew John Candy was a prophet?

        1. I agree with you, but the Kenworth did indeed turn. And yes, he did this because Trudeau was an unserious leader in serious times, and he’s taking full advantage of it.

      4. “Trump said he was going to enact tariffs. He did not. He changed direction. In a game of chicken, that’s blinking.”

        He said he would enact tariffs IF HE DIDN’T GET WHAT HE WANTED. But he DID, Brian. He DID get what he wanted. How is this so hard to understand?

        I’m sorry, but I just can’t “dumb it down” any more than that.

        1. You can’t reason with a terminal case of
          TRUMP
          DERANGEMENT
          SYNDROME
          Note, the usual trolls and sock puppets seem to be lost for words, again.
          Still waiting for their PMO talking points to be distributed….

      5. Pssst … 30day reprieve to verify Turd’s compliance. Seriously Brian … shut up and dig up some oil sands. You’re not helping your cause. And you’re even praising your sworn enemy … Turdeau. Do you seriously HATE and FEAR US oil production SO much that you will thrown in with a man whose sole mission is to END your industry!? Wow! Just Wow.

        But hey … if you want to believe Trump blinked … I’ll treat you the same way I treat men who believe they’re women … as missing a few critical brain cells. You’ll have my pity and hope that you get the medical help you need.

  22. I’m sitting in a Mexican resort bar right now and told the couple from Toronto that the tariffs were postponed for 30 days and they were excited that Trudeau had beaten Teump.
    I told them that Trump.won. we gave him everything he wanted.
    They said ” I don’t want to talk about that ” once it became clear that we did exactly what Trump wanted.
    The truth hurts Liberals

  23. Any Canadian with half a brain should be horrified that it took a threat of this magnitude to force our craven and incompetent government to do WHAT IS MANIFESTLY IN CANADA’S OWN SELF INTEREST. This is what it is to be governed by children. Now let’s see if the habitual liars in Ottawa will actually do any of what they e promised. Frankly, I would be astonished.

  25. Trump blinks? I thought u were smarter than that. What a stupid comment. Reminds never to watch anything from ur mouth.

  27. He got what he wanted. A firm commitment to get our boulder secure. Anything ur saying now to defend ur headline and opinion is mere fluff and u no it. Sorry.

  28. Advisors, economists, corporate leaders, and fellow Republicans were likely lined up to explain to Trump why a trade war was a really, really crappy idea. The auto industry alone would be thrown into chaos, as vehicles sometimes cross the border many times during manufacture.

    And if Trump’s policies put (or are seen to put) the U.S. into recession, that’s what he would forever be remembered for; the guy who Made America Great Again but costing many Americans their jobs.

    1. Trump listened to those same people last time and remembers them and how it turned out for him. He’ll trust his instincts over their “advice” this time.

    2. During Trump’s last term the US economy boomed, unemployment fell drastically especially among minorities, many industries were moved back home, and so on. Maybe you should study recent history.

      1. Actually no. The COVID recession, occurring in the last year of Trump’s first term, was brutal, and washed away many of the gains. As a result, unemployment rose by 1.5% from the start to the finish of his presidency.

        But no one blames Trump for that, nor should they.

        But should a trade war instigated by Trump create a recession, he will get the full blame.

        1. Ha! That’s a handy app!
          I bow to your appropriate sense of humor.

          See. We can disagree and still share a laugh.

    4. Canada would get its teeth kicked in during a protracted trade war. Absolutely demolished. You might ask yourself why vehicles cross the border many times during manufacture…..it’s not because they NEED to, it’s because an agreement was cut long ago to do so. It is inefficient and could easily be done in the U.S.

      1. It doesn’t matter why vehicles are constantly crossing the border. The fact is that’s they way it’s currently set up, and it would years to fully change it. You can’t build new factories overnight. As a result, ornerous tariffs might throw hundreds of thousands of auto workers out of work in short order on both sides of the border.

        Michigan voters, who backed Trump by a slim margin, would be a tad resentful.

  29. A headline is meant to grab attention. It sure did that, now, didn’t it?

    I just want to point out to all of those choosing to crap on my head – did any of you have the balls to ask Trump, personally, the biggest question in Canada/US relations for the previous 7 years until that time? BECAUSE I DID. I was the one who asked Trump if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and invite TransCanada to build it. Face to face. In person. May, 2016. Not keyboard warriors. That’s how I got that picture above. So just remember that.

    And I am the ONLY media in Saskatchewan that in any way reflects the common thoughts and beliefs of SDA readers.

    1. “BECAUSE I DID. I was the one who asked Trump if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and invite TransCanada to build it. Face to face. In person. May, 2016. Not keyboard warriors. That’s how I got that picture above. So just remember that.”

      Why? What does that 2016 photo-op have to do with you being completely wrong about what just happened?

      (and apparently being *proud* of that ignorance?)

        1. I hear Trump is a really nice guy with a great sense of humor. THAT’S how I would approach him … not as some fearsome “hostile”. Sorry you didn’t approach him the right way.

          1. You’ll never have a case of the nerves until you are asking the guy who will soon be the most powerful man in the world a question in front of every news network in America, broadcasting live, while surrounded by Secret Service in every direction. It’s not for the faint of heart. And no, I did not ask a hostile question. But I did ask – several questions. I’d like to see some keyboard warriors do the same, in similar circumstances.

          2. OMG, you asked a politician a question!?

            You really are the greatest hero of the millennium.

            Maybe of all time. It’s very hard to ay.

    2. A headline is meant to grab attention. It sure did that, now, didn’t it?

      If you want attention for coming across as a reality-averse imbecile, it worked perfectly, yes.

    3. The headline made you look STUPID, and then you tried to defend stupid. You have completely lost me from here on.

    4. ” A headline is meant to grab attention. It sure did that, now, didn’t it?”

      Umm… yeah, sure, I guess. I clicked as I thought it was satire or outright mockery of some dimwitted senior liberal trying to save face on CBC.

      I’m still wearing my “WTF face” even after you say you wish to be taken seriously.

      Not certain you called this one accurately

      mhb23re

    5. Sticking your cock in a pickle slicer is also a great way to attract attention. I guess it depends on how badly you want the attention.

      I must admit I like what I’ve seen of Brian Zinchuk and I expect I’d like him if we were ever to meet. He’s done some worthwhile things in his time and I daresay he’s doing some now. But he’s only human. He can’t be right about everything. I do think he might be wise to be a bit more circumspect when he gets into these topics that he only knows about from television. When he speaks from his own experience he shows sound judgment, and he risks discrediting himself when he pops off on this other stuff. And the work he’s doing is important and shouldn’t be carelessly exposed to discredit.

      Okay, that’s as mean as I want to be tonight.

      1. “Sticking your cock in a pickle slicer is also a great way to attract attention. I guess it depends on how badly you want the attention.”

        Oh wow…I just had a flashback to that Family Guy episode with the pencil sharpener…

    6. I don’t even know who the hell you are….nor do I care. Stop pretending you are important. You aren’t.

    7. If commenters become overly abusive, you probably have the option of moderating them.

      It would improve the discourse for at least a short while.

  30. The only time Trump blinked was when Joostaihn said, “Oh no, Donnie. Let me supply the weiner schlider!”

  31. Touchdown Trudeau

    Don’t pretend you bitch ass traitors weren’t crying salty tears when you heard the news.

    Granted, Justin shouldn’t get too high on himself. After all, it’s not much of an accomplishment to bamboozle a senile old dotard like that. Hope you enjoy the border patrols that were going to happen all along Don you imbecile

    1. That mess proves you shouldn’t drink and post. And there’s no need to decipher the pointless rambling after your two-word lede:

      “Touchdown Trudeau”

      Hilarious. In the infinity of multiverses, none include Castreau in any masculine football role.

      mhb23re

    2. John is cross since he lost his Avro Arrow shaped butt plug. Be patient with him until he finds a suitable replacement, like UnMe.

  32. Don’t buy ur comments killer. Trump played chess with children and won. Good for USA and canada. Nothing more nothing less. Move on.

  33. Brian. I’ll tell you what Trump wants.

    Not to have a WEF/ Globalist vassal state on his northern border. Or his south.

    He wants fortress North America. Because the likes of China, Schwab and Soros are not going to quit until humanity is subjugated.

    And Trump is going to do whatever he has to do to protect America from that. Within and out.

    We are lucky he sees Canada for what it is. A threat to national security.

    Maybe he’ll clean our swamp too if we are lucky.

  34. Too many of you need to listen to this short video posted on SDA a few days ago:
    https://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2025/02/02/its-the-fentanyl-stupid-3/

    Prophecy by Poilievre.

    There was another X thread that I cannot find now, posted on SDA, by Stephen Punwasi. He explains the massive fentanyl manufacturing and smuggling operations going on in Canada. Maybe someone with an X account can post it?

    In summary: Canada is a haven for drug manufacturers and smugglers. And it’s much easier for illegal immigrants to enter Canada and then cross into the US than it is to enter the US directly. Trump is right in seeing Canada as an irresponsible joke of a country.

  35. “ A headline is meant to grab attention. It sure did that, now, didn’t it?”
    Bragging?? Really Brian.
    I’m surprised and disappointed you felt you needed to resort to manipulation with this community.

    1. No, that was the headline I used on my site. And I stand by it. He said he was going to do something. He didn’t. He blinked. Yes, he did get his supposed border adjustments, but I don’t think that’s his end game. I think he wants a lot more. How do I know? Because he keeps saying it, again and again and again, as recently as this afternoon. Trump wants Canada to be the 51st state. Absorbing Canada would be the largest accomplishment for the US since winning the Second World War. That’s Mount Rushmore material.
      Bragging? No. But am I pissed off by the way I’ve been treated tonight? You’re damned rights I am. I am the friendliest media SDA has, and this is what I get.

      1. You got treated this way tonight because you deserved it. Because you put your arms around Turdeau and wrongly claimed Trump blinked. It most certainly wasn’t Trump who blinked. It was you and your buddy Turdeau who blinked. Trump was kind enough to give Turdeau a second chance. Turdeau, to my amazement, finally realized that Canada would be the big looser in a trade war.

        1. “You got treated this way tonight because you deserved it. Because you put your arms around Turdeau and wrongly claimed Trump blinked. It most certainly wasn’t Trump who blinked. It was you and your buddy Turdeau who blinked.”

          Well said, LR.

      3. ” . . . .and this is what I get.”

        I think it’s all about the timing.

        You’re trying to make subtle points about the battle, on the day of the battle, with the wrong headline. It causes your aims and goals to be viewed suspiciously.

  36. Trump didn’t blink as some Kanadians claim. Canada didn’t cave as many Americans are saying. (Although the Turd probably had to do some serious French style a$$ kissing. The Turd didn’t do anything to make himself a friend in the last decade.)
    Trump sets a goal and goes for it. When Trump can get a win for the other party at the same time he will do that too. It’s not a “I win/you lose” prospect unless the other party just lets it happen.

    1. Bang-on MikeT. Often Trump will praise a business opponent who’s caved to trump’s deal: he’s won, so why not let them lose with a bit of dignity and save face?

      Not sure if Trump will ever do that with castreau as his loathing of the ponce is too deep. In that, we are all Donald Trump.

  37. “You cannot reason a person out of a position that they did not reason themselves into.”

  38. STAR WARS: The Revenge of Trump

    CAST:

    Donald Trump as hans solo

    Elon musk as Luke Skywalker

    Steve Bannon as Chewbacca

    George Soros as Darth Vader

    Obama and Biden as key villains

    Danielle Smith as Princess Leia

    Alex Jones as Yoda

    Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh as 3CP0 and R2D2

    PLOT: current events !!

    1. Surely George Soros would play Emporer Palpatine. Wouldn’t even need makeup.

      https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/financier-and-philanthropist-george-soros-attends-the-news-photo/693700168?adppopup=true

      https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=picture+of+emporer+palpatine&fr=yhs-fc-2461&type=fc_AC934C13286_s58_g_e_d072423_n9998_c999&hspart=fc&hsimp=yhs-2461&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.tvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpub%2Fimages%2Femperor_sidious_7.png#id=43&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.tvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpub%2Fimages%2Femperor_sidious_7.png&action=click

  40. The “headline” is preposterous and stupid.

    Turdhole and his Globalist comrades saw the writing on the wall and when the Mexican Government caved into Presidents Trumps demands that left the Globalist/Turdhole/NDP rulers reeling and they caved too.

    Stupid headline, like something out of the Glabe@Plop or the CBC… just a lie dressed up as a “victory”.
    Putting lipstick on a pigs arse. Dumb

  41. Trump blinks?!?! Sure. In exchange for a few words, he got Canada and Mexico to spend billions of dollars and commit huge amounts of human resources to help protect the U.S. border against hostile infiltration of people and drugs. Art of the deal!

  43. Trump blinked?

    Wow…

    If that isn’t the perfect inversion of reality, I don’t know what is.

    I suppose that some people bought into the transparent “Team Canada” BS the Liberals/NDP were so transparently pushing that their emotions got the better of them.

    Never forget that the real enemy of the west is the Liberal Party and the NDP and NOT the US. We have far more in common with Americans than we do with the hostile POSs in Ottawa.

    1. He did blink. He accepted basically the same deal that the Canadian government offered two weeks ago, with a few add ons.

      Why? Because he likely realized that a trade war would be disastrous for all involved, the U.S. included. So he took the exit ramp.

      1. “Why? Because he likely realized that a trade war would be disastrous for all involved, the U.S. included. So he took the exit ramp.”

        Or because he had already gotten what he was aiming for.

      2. What a surprise, the only one agreeing with that fantasy is the one who still believes in the Coronahoax.

        Propaganda is a powerful thing.

  44. Brian you have brought your much noted knowledge of the oil and gas and resources info to these pages and I salute you for it. You have taught me much about this topic.
    However that doesn’t mean you can claim to then be more astute about the political universe than your many detractors here tonight.
    Rather you could be more contrite and accept you made a poor choice of a few words out of the millions you have typed.
    I stated a truth when I wrote that Justin has known of our border failings for a long time and never acted on it so please do not insult us for not excepting your weak explanations.

    1. “However that doesn’t mean you can claim to then be more astute about the political universe than your many detractors here tonight.
      Rather you could be more contrite and accept you made a poor choice of a few words out of the millions you have typed.”

      Also well said. I sometimes wish I could be so conciliatory. Sometimes.

  45. If anyone thinks that Trump blinked,maybe they should research what happened last Sunday to Columbia while Trump was having a game of golf. What he was going to impose on Columbia if they did’nt comply with his wishes. It was’nt pretty but extremely effective. The leader of Columbia complied before the game was over. Trump likes playing golf and high stakes finance and is good at both.

  46. Trump didn’t blink. He wanted serious work on drugs and border security. He got it. The trade war is still to come.

  47. Um, did anyone notice that the tariffs were supposed to start on a Tuesday? That gave all Sunday and Monday for face saving things to happen. Trump doesn’t want to tariff Canada, he wants China off of his Northern border. Tariffs are just a way to accomplish that.

    China still remembers the opium wars.

  48. Trump wins on paper, but in the court of public opinion, it horrifies average Americans that their largest trading partner, steadfast ally and closest friend is lustily booing their national anthem at sporting events.

    1. Booing the American National Anthem is a classless and ignorant gesture.

      I didnt know sheep could boo… I thought they baaa’d. Stupid assholes.

      1. When the president is threatening to impoverish your country, and possibly annex it, booing seems fully deserved and well down on the list of things we should be concerned with.

        Maybe some Americans might contemplate why Canadians went from singing the American anthem to booing it overnight. Maybe some Canadians should contemplate that too.

        1. Kinda like what the POSs in the Liberal Party and the NDP have been doing to the west for half a century.

          Except that they are ACTUALLY doing it, instead of using the threat of countermeasures if corrupt, socialist POSs misruling a neighboring country degrade their country so much that it affects them, don’t take steps to clean up their act.

          But you’re so woefully brainwashed by far-left propaganda that you are unable to reason.

        2. Canadians went from “singing” the American National Anthem to booing it because some Canadians are classless ignorant drones of the Liberal/NDP Globalist State and its endless propaganda machine.

          Some Canadians can think critically… too many cannot think for themselves.

          Booing the American National Anthem because of propaganda they heard is not a sign of “patriotism” but rather a sign of self delusion cowardice and an arrogant intellectual laziness.

      2. “Booing the American National Anthem is a classless and ignorant gesture.”

        Quebeckers have been known to do so in the past.

  50. So tariffs on again in 30 days..

    For Trudeau”s promises are worth nothing.
    And can they even be kept without reconvening Parliament?
    Can our “I am resigning soon,for true,” PM spend these kinds of sums without legislation passed in the House?

    Canada,we all recall,has made many “Promises” these last few decades and kept very few.
    Those who see this as a victory for Canadian Politicians have a very different world view than me.
    Our Fools and Bandits just got played so hard,that they can barely whimper.

    And the ugly vicious smallness of Canadians got displayed for all our allies to see.
    And maybe some missed this,the Threat of Tariffs..
    Was just that.
    Address these issues or face tariffs..
    Almost totally ignored in Canada.
    Were the idiot posturing and fake pretence of patriotism were sickening to behold.

    Canada’s so called leadership failed to act in Canada’s interests.
    Apparently believing they held some negotiating power?
    They have already brought this nation to its knees,teetering on fiscal collapse.

    And we all saw the idiocy,naked stupidity.
    Oh Yay we are going to fight a “Trade War” with the USA.
    With what for ammunition?
    What vast reserves of public wealth are we planning on falling back on as we “Cut off Supplies to our number 1 trading partner?
    And now?
    Can Justine keep any of his promises?
    Did he ever intend too?
    And Fat Ford,having launched a provincial election dependent on the “We are standing up to the Evil USA” meme.
    Deer in the headlights kind of dumb.
    We are weak.
    Broke.
    And really really stupid.
    WEXIT.

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