Category: Trump

New. World. Order.

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Damage control.

Statement from the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy:

“As the Prime Minister said this week, Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in our economy and security — and we will remain focused on ensuring the future of that relationship will benefit workers and businesses on both sides of our border.

There is no pursuit of a free trade deal with China. What was achieved was resolution on several important tariff issues.

Canada’s new government is building a stronger Canadian economy, with a plan that is building our strength at home and strengthening our trading partnerships throughout the world.”

If America & Europe Lived in the Same Town

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I’ve been carefully watching a lot of British & European reaction to what happened at Davos this past week. The arrogance of most of it is very instructional.

If Europe and America were neighbors in the same town, here’s a good metaphor:

The Americans would be the average blue collar townsfolk, toiling away at their jobs, paying their taxes, and not expecting a whole lot in return from their government, other than to be left alone to live their lives.

The Europeans would be an old aristocratic family living in a posh, but not well kept up mansion on the edge of town. Over the years, these folks had stopped paying their fair share of taxes, stopped volunteering, stopped helping in any meaningful way, yet fully expecting their “lesser” neighbors to do everything for them.

When the American neighbors finally said enough is enough, the Europeans would be outraged, cry victim, and do everything they could to coerce the Americans to return back to paying for their lifestyle.

P.S. I’m not sure how Canada fits into this metaphor, but am open to suggestions.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

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I think Trump’s long game here is to ensure Mark Carney gets his majority.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”

And then peel off Alberta in the aftermath.

Related: Pro-China Networks Amplified Carney’s Beijing Messaging to Attack U.S. Policy

Art Of The Deal

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Trump should write a book.

What I find amazing is Trump runs the same play over and over again and people are surprised by it every time. Guy you should have figured out what the game plan is by now.

Even more amazing is people haven’t figured out the strategy of ask for incredible things and fall back to getting big gains. Like I see people say he collapsed on Chinese tariffs and I’m like he nearly doubled them and they stand at alike 40%. If that is collapsing then I wish every country would “collapse” on Chinese tariffs. Like seriously don’t threaten me with a good time.

Orson responds, in the comments;

This guy doesn’t fully grasp it either. He’s trying to sound like it’s a simple concept that his BIG BUSINESS BRAIN grasps, but you peons do not. He’s missing a very, very, very important factor. Leverage. If Trump has leverage, he uses it. If he doesn’t have leverage, he builds it. If there is no leverage to be had he sells potential. Don’t believe me?

In the Mail

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I received a rather bizarre message from an acquaintance of mine in the Czech Republic. He considers himself to be very well informed. Here’s what he wrote:

Hey, Robert. I need to ask you a question. You’ll always be my great friend no matter what. But I’m just curious how you feel about this now.

I’m obviously talking about your clown president. I think you’ve been a supporter of him in the past, right?

As a man who has roots in Europe & lived a large part of your life in Canada, how it sounds to you what Trump says about US friends and how he treats Canada, Greenland and Europe?

Talking about annexation of Canada, about invading Greenland etc.

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“If you cannot defend yourself, then how can you possibly defend Greenland?”

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At Conservative Treehouse;

What most people don’t understand about the strategically worded letter to Norway’s leftist Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, is how President Trump has just framed Støre as the defacto head of Brussels, representing the interests of the EU toward the framework of Greenland.

It’s not about the Nobel Peace Prize; it’s something far bigger. President Trump did not initiate contact with PM Støre; the contact was first made by Støre calling President Trump to notify him that their position was to defend Greenland against any threat from a non-NATO nation. President Trump asked how Norway was going to secure that pledge and Støre had no response.

The days of US taxpayers paying to defend territories that others extract wealth from seem numbered.

It’s ridiculous that Europe was more than happy to accept 81 years of free-of-charge American security guarantees, but the moment the United States needs land to maintain that protection, the answer suddenly becomes no.

Elbows Up Cheerleaders

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In an expanding economy, mergers and acquisitions can streamline productive capacity to meet growing demand. In a shrinking economy, the purpose of a merger is often to sweep up the pieces of a dying business to salvage whatever is left of their capital. I’m not so sure that the upbeat tone  of the article reflects the reality of the Canadian economy.

Canadian dealmaking activity is expected to pick up this year, driven by nation-building efforts and a stronger business outlook, according to a new survey by KPMG Canada.

Thirty-three per cent of business leaders polled indicated plans to make a major acquisition in the next 18 months to capitalize on potential growth opportunities, the survey released on Monday found.

New Rules

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@HansMahncke


This is remarkable to watch on multiple levels. There is the diplomatic dimension, where an American Under Secretary of State is not supposed to call a spade a spade. But when the people demanding deference to those outdated conventions are the very same elites who fear their own citizens and suppress them through increasingly tyrannical censorship, they have forfeited any claim to courtesy. You can almost picture German elites getting whiplash just from reading it.

Then there is the tactical side of it. Sarah Rodgers knows perfectly well that what she is saying is not permitted speech in Germany. That is precisely why she says it so bluntly and forcefully, almost daring the German government to react. The point is the opposite of subtle persuasion (that did not work). Instead, she’s inviting the German government to lash out at her, which would make their repression even more visible and self-incriminating.

There is also a deeper historical message embedded in this. The United States did not sacrifice blood and treasure to liberate Germany after World War II so that it could quietly slide back into old authoritarian habits under a different pretext. And if it insists on doing so, it should not assume American indulgence or silence. That era is over.

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