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  • SalesServiceGuy
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    #16
    There is the strong probability that what Trump 2.0 attempted to do with tariffs were illegal. Trump invoked emergency economic powers when there was no emergency. The US has low unemployment, low inflation, a strong stock market and the highest GDP growth rate in the world.

    The fact that Trump 2.0 came within an inch of a brutal, damaging trade war with it's two peaceful neighbours is not a case of no harm, no foul. The fact that Trump 2.0 decided to ignore the binding USMCA trade agreement that he signed indicates that the USA may no longer be considered a trustworthy partner. The US is now in an immeasurably weaker negotiating position than it was a week ago.

    Trump 2.0 today basically secured a trade deal that was already in place by Canada in Dec 2024 with a few minor concessions. The art of the deal by Canada!

    This trade chaos is not over because China has launched legal action against the USA with the Word Trade Organization because Trump 2.0 launched a major trade war without proper reasons.

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    • SalesServiceGuy
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      #17
      Canada should cut the electricity to northern states for a few minutes in the 4th quarter during the Super Bowl! Bwahaha...Vive Le Canada!

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      • nullskull
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        #18
        Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy
        DEI = Don, Eric, Ivanka are DEI hires.
        the facebook energy is strong with this one

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        • bsm2
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          #19
          Tariffs have been a hot topic over the past two weeks. The number one uncertainty is if those tariffs would be enacted as promised how they would affect the price of ... well, everything, including EVs. And despite all of the dancing around who would be paying for those increased prices, Ford's CEO has no problem telling the world exactly who would be paying for the increased cost of the automaker's parts: you.

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          • SalesServiceGuy
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            #20
            Originally posted by nullskull

            the facebook energy is strong with this one
            I have not participated in Facebook in many years. The DEI joke is from a Canadian comedy show that is very popular across Canada.

            ... but yes, Ivanka Trump was definitely a DEI hire when she was in the White House. Don Jr and Eric Trump definitely schill for Trump with a lot of disinformation and cringy moments. Jareed Kushner, when he was in the White House, was also a DEI hire as he had no formal background in the tasks he was assigned to.

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            • SalesServiceGuy
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              #21
              Don Jr posted a video of himself duck hunting in Italy. He is accused of killing a protected duck, an endangered species, known as the Ruddy Shell duck. Do you see any resemblence?

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              • SalesServiceGuy
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                #22
                .... plus a new word, "tariff-ied".

                That is how Canadians feel about the man down south who paints his face every day.

                The way Trump dances with his two hands resembling giving two men a hand job at the same time , one would wonder if he is really a gay drag queen?


                I was in a veterninary office today with some time to kill waiting for my dog to get an arthritis shot and I discovered that almost everything in there was made in the USA. The veterinarian told me that they constantly are being asked, "do you have any dog food made in Canada?"

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                • BillyCarpenter
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                  #23
                  Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy
                  .... plus a new word, "tariff-ied".

                  That is how Canadians feel about the man down south who paints his face every day.

                  The way Trump dances with his two hands resembling giving two men a hand job at the same time , one would wonder if he is really a gay drag queen?


                  I was in a veterninary office today with some time to kill waiting for my dog to get an arthritis shot and I discovered that almost everything in there was made in the USA. The veterinarian told me that they constantly are being asked, "do you have any dog food made in Canada?"
                  You are a disturbed man. Very strange rant.
                  Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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                  • SalesServiceGuy
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                    #24
                    Canada is preparing for the 25% tariffs at the end of this month. While Canada will do it's best to avoid this unwanted trade war, every day Canadians are turning away from products made in the USA.

                    As hard as these tariffs will hurt Canada, Canada will hit the US back just as hard. Americans will feel the pain of price increases.

                    The only way to deal with a bully, which is what Trump is, is to punch him back right in the nose.

                    People on both sides of the border are going to be tariff-ied.

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                    • BillyCarpenter
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                      #25
                      Originally posted by SalesServiceGuy
                      Canada is preparing for the 25% tariffs at the end of this month. While Canada will do it's best to avoid this unwanted trade war, every day Canadians are turning away from products made in the USA.

                      As hard as these tariffs will hurt Canada, Canada will hit the US back just as hard. Americans will feel the pain of price increases.

                      The only way to deal with a bully, which is what Trump is, is to punch him back right in the nose.

                      People on both sides of the border are going to be tariff-ied.
                      So, your plan is to go up against the largest free market the world has ever known?

                      I told you this before...it will hurt you much more than us.
                      Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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                      • Copier Addict
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                        #26
                        Originally posted by BillyCarpenter

                        So, your plan is to go up against the largest free market the world has ever known?

                        I told you this before...it will hurt you much more than us.
                        Of course it will, but it will still hurt the US.
                        BTW. You must have been terribly disappointed when your "master negotiator" was out smarted twice in the same week. Is that why you took a couple days off?
                        Last edited by Copier Addict; 02-07-2025, 02:26 AM.

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                        • BillyCarpenter
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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Copier Addict

                          Of course it will, but it will still hurt the US.
                          BTW. You must have been terribly disappointed when your "master negotiator" was out started twice in the same week. Is that why you took a couple days off?
                          The USA will catch a cold and Canada will get Cancer.
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                          • Copier Addict
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                            #28
                            Originally posted by BillyCarpenter

                            The USA will catch a cold and Canada will get Cancer.
                            Is this some kind of prediction? When will the US be catching this cold. Do we need to prepare?

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                            • SalesServiceGuy
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                              #29
                              Originally posted by BillyCarpenter

                              So, your plan is to go up against the largest free market the world has ever known?

                              I told you this before...it will hurt you much more than us.
                              If Trump takes this path, then yes. We know it will hurt Canada more than the US but US northern border states will feel equal pain.

                              Trump's threats have galvanized 40m Canadians to boycott the US in a way we have not seen in decades and diversify supply chains away from the USA.

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                              • BillyCarpenter
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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Copier Addict

                                Is this some kind of prediction? When will the US be catching this cold. Do we need to prepare?
                                It's cute that Canadians think they are our levels. This is the majors. Canada is college team at best.
                                Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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