Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on “Electricity” coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF T...
Placing an energy tariff on a country hell bent on becoming energy independent....not very smart. The country has 10 provinces, 10 Premiers, and only 1 has not jumped on the Trump Man Bad train.
My company (we make very large industrial equipment) just had a meeting about the 25% tariff hike yesterday. Purchasing informed us that just ONE order we have in queue will cost an additional $1 Million to import before we perform any work on it.
Now given that it's going to 50%, they must be pulling their hair out crunching the numbers again.
Maybe the WEF leadership shouldn't have been so quick to close so many US factories years ago.
Trump is being nice,they get 100% of their gasoline from us.
The US refines their nasty stuff.
They are too green to refine their own gasoline.
Let's see how that works out for them. They have gotten lazy and overconfident.
Right?
Also, Musk has a direct ear to the President, and his Tesla company actually already proved they can stabilize a country and contenent's power needs when they built that huge battery backup facility for Australia (for free) and then paid itself off with the profits in like a year.
This kind of threat is essentially "Don't you dare do that thing you can do to make me completely unnecessary or I'll melt down on social media!"
The melt downs are entertaining though, and I do hope this prompts a huge US battery power stabilization project like Australia's. I'm actually surprised it wasn't already a thing after Texas had some high profile power issues that a battery system could alleviate - but maybe the timing wasn't right and it needed to be international rather than just a state level example before it starts happening.
Battery stabilization would have made Enron's rolling blackouts scam unprofitable way back when, and will definitely threaten power company profits in places like California that are enjoying huge markups.
Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on “Electricity” coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th. Also, Canada must immediately drop their Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various U.S. dairy products, which has long been considered outrageous. I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area. This will allow the U.S to quickly do what has to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada. If other egregious, long time Tariffs are not likewise dropped by Canada, I will substantially increase, on April 2nd, the Tariffs on Cars coming into the U.S. which will, essentially, permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada. Those cars can easily be made in the USA! Also, Canada pays very little for National Security, relying on the United States for military protection. We are subsidizing Canada to the tune of more than 200 Billion Dollars a year. WHY??? This cannot continue. The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State. This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear. Canadians’ taxes will be very substantially reduced, they will be more secure, militarily and otherwise, than ever before, there would no longer be a Northern Border problem, and the greatest and most powerful nation in the World will be bigger, better and stronger than ever — And Canada will be a big part of that. The artificial line of separation drawn many years ago will finally disappear, and we will have the safest and most beautiful Nation anywhere in the World — And your brilliant anthem, “O Canada,” will continue to play, but now representing a GREAT and POWERFUL STATE within the greatest Nation that the World has ever seen!
I accept your offer, President Trump, but the vast majority of my countrymen are not interested in joining the Union. Frankly, I don't think you want the French Canadians. They are much more trouble than they're worth.
Im with you buddy. As everyone around me boycotts american products at the store, I'm filling the fucking cart. Canadians need a decent ass whooping to understand how insignificant this once great country is. I'm cheering for Trump, fuck ford and the carny
That sentence makes NO sense.
Nobody puts a tariff on their own exports.
Tariffs are put on other countries' imports.
It's an export tax.
Both of you: have my up vote.
Ontario resident here; this Premier (Governor) just triggered a provincial election based on being " The strongest one to fight Trump" and one with a similar majority to the previous election.
Now goes about poking the bear with these uncalled for tariffs.
I keep thinking that the tariffs and military protection is actually in the context of a coming global conflict where Canada's deep ties to India and China are revealed, and should we not fold into the US as the great 51st stay, we will be declared enemies of the West.
Hopefully there's a path for Amnesty for Canadian Patriots who disavow their government and wish to join the great ranks of MAGA
Just come on down when you can. We would be happy to have you.
I appreciate that and you'd think that but legally immigrating requires either being sponsored by an employer for a Visa or buying a business with a capital investment around 500k.
Hopefully once we're the 51st stayed, there's freedom of movement and resettlement and I can go be with my family in Arizona
Doug Ford must smoke more crack than his late brother Rob if he thinks that his threats will have any impact other than total disaster
The same old same old is gone retards. Work with us or get left behind fools. You are not the school yard bully Canada, you are picking a fight with the guy who stomps the school yard bully's ass
O Canada. I think its lesson time behind the woodshed.
I always say the complaint department is behind the dumpster
Doug Ford is a fool if he thinks he’ll win a tariff war with arguably the strongest economy in the world! And Trump declaring a National Emergency within the threatened area means that all national resources will be brought to bear to help alleviate any negative impact that Ontario’s energy tariff will have on the affected areas. Yet all of Canada will suffer from the aluminum and steel tariff’s that will be imposed!
I think it's time to "Blame Canada"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA&t=7s
And the normies are still supporting green energy. Moving for electricity dependence even though another country could take that electricity away. Requires a degree in advanced stupidity.
https://youtu.be/4WwJ6OVSwkM?si=pbSfClddSNgQB7hA
Trump has the biggest balls of them all!
This guy Trump. They don’t make any more like him. How can anyone hate him
We do not need their energy plus I love the fact when we hit 100 percent we will be on an even playing field
Maybe I’m slow and somebody can explain it to me, but if the reciprocal tariff agreement essentially forces countries to reduce their tariffs to zero for us and we do the same how do tariffs make us money? Is it the remaining countries that keep their tariffs on, is it foreign countries that build plants in the United States What am I missing here?
Bringing business back home to the USA