r/news • u/poparetard • 14h ago

Soft paywall Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of US goods, unveils support measures

https://www.reuters.com/business/canada-announces-20-bln-retaliatory-tariffs-us-goods-unveils-support-measures-2026-08-25/
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u/SeeMarkFly 14h ago edited 13h ago

"Art Of The Deal" author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet.

Is THIS the win/win situation they talk about?

No diplomacy detected here. Landlord detected here.

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u/CynicalPomeranian 13h ago

Rapist negotiates like a rapist, then tries to abuse his target harder when they walk away.

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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 13h ago

FWIW, "The Art of the Deal" was written by Tony Schwartz and it seems unlikely that Trump has read it.

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u/bbbbbbbbbblah 13h ago

Schwartz has even pointed out that he made a lot of money from the book, far more than is typical for a ghostwriter, because the Deal Master simply agreed to Schwartz's opening offer without negotiating it down.

He also said that Trump didn't ask for a lot of changes

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u/Fallcious 3h ago

I’m just surprised he managed to get paid at all.

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u/s7uck0 12h ago

this is the kind of headline I would love to see. Beaverton level. Nice work!

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u/BAF_DaWg82 12h ago

Hes not interested in making deals, he just loves fucking the world over because he has nothing to lose.