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Donald Trump said he had terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada.

Trump said he was doing so because of an allegedly “fake” advertisement that Canada was airing that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.

Doug Ford, the premier of the Ontario province in Canada, recently said the province would spend $75 million on ads to run in the United States featuring Reagan criticizing tariffs

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    2 months ago

    So Trump’d seen the ad three days prior to his supposed late night melt down. And he’s again making large, market disruptive comments on a Friday, which will likely get toned down by Monday/Tuesday.

    This just smells like more market manipulation on behalf of wealthy backers that want to fleece people further.

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      2 months ago

      that’s the beautiful part about trump with all this, the idiot is so far gone and stupid that anyone even remotely smart/logical has to hedge on the assumption he actually carries through with whatever bullshit he says.

      the wolves are running the show right now, and they have plenty of lambs and pigs to choose from

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    2 months ago

    Sure buddy. Why not. You are naked. We all see it. At this point you’re just closing your ears going LALALALALA

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    2 months ago

    Would you look at that, the first snowflakes of the season came early! ❄️

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    2 months ago

    The king had his feelings hurt and he has no one to blame but himself.

    He signed a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada during his first term which he isn’t honoring anymore. And then he is annoyed that people are feeling angry at his shenanigans.

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    2 months ago

    “I saw an ad last night from Canada. If I was Canada, I’d take that same ad also,” said Trump. “But I do believe that everybody’s too smart for that.”

    Later:

    “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”

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    2 months ago

    Fascist Ford doing his best to help the child rapist by causing friction between us and Canada is my tinfoil hat theory.

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      2 months ago

      your not going to get anything from negotiating with trump, it should be perfectly clear now how this idiot and those behind him operate. “negotiate” and you just open yourself up to another shakedown later on

      maybe seeing a video of their jesus saying tariffs with allies are stupid is what some idiots in america need to wakeup

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    2 months ago

    You can’t reason or make deals with the great Hamberder King because his mood swings depending on how full his diaper is.

    World leaders should just ignore him. His word and his signature isn’t worth anything.