Jedidajah Otte Wed 5 Mar 2025 10.10 EST
"Since Donald Trump began his tariff threats against Canada and his ‘jokes’ about making Canada the 51st US state, I have not bought a single product originating in the US,” said Lynne Allardice, 78, a retired business owner from New Brunswick, Canada.
“Not a single lettuce leaf or piece of fruit. I have become an avid reader of labels and have adopted an ‘anywhere but the US’ policy when shopping. I will not visit the States while Trump remains in office, and most of the people I know have adopted the same policy.”"
The only explenation I can think of is Trump is running everything like one of his businesses. You are friends with no one. You bluster and pretend, make outrageous demands with no intention of meeting them. He was notorious for not paying his bills and telling contractors to try to get their money. He may be playing the old tactic of asking for $1000 when you know it will be rejected and really aiming for $100 in the first place. He may not even have a plan and just posturing is his goal. He may just put this farce on for a few weeks, then drop it after causing chaos in the markets and with consumers. Then he’ll make some vague declaration of victory, his supporters and congress will cheer for him without asking any questions and he’ll move on to the next performance.
My question is why do his supporters think causing discord with our closest allies for 100 or so years is somehow helping us? I can only guess a combination of a total lack of education (especially history and analytical thought) and willful blindness, like the victim of a scam who can’t admit they were scammed.