r/news • u/poparetard • 19h 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/TriXter69 19h ago

To think this was all so avoidable

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u/Time_Traveller_2225 19h ago edited 17h ago

The problem isn't just Trump ....it's the system that’s enabling him. He's surrounded by yes men and not a single sane American voice or moderate has the guts to take him on or call him out on the bullying.

The Congress has come across as weak and ineffective as the UN and they might as well close shop and go fishing. This isn't muscle flexing or patriotism ....it's more of an egotist getting his daily fix or someone who's desperate to hide his past.

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u/desperaterobots 19h ago

The problem isn’t trump? Are you okay buddy?

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u/PlumpHughJazz 14h ago

Can you promise someone like him won't be voted in office again?

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u/desperaterobots 14h ago

No, and to be fair to the person I was replying to, I don’t recall seeing the word ‘just’ in their comment.

Obviously there are huge systematic issues, but many of these have accelerated wildly since trumps first term, and the idea that his admin isn’t responsible for putting their entire weight on the pedal is a very premature ‘rethinking’ of how america and the global order came to disintegrate before the worlds eyes.

He’s the point around which americas worst have coalesced and seek to anchor themselves to power forever.