Summary
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Trump will “probably” announce a tariff reduction deal with Canada and Mexico, tying it to their efforts to curb fentanyl trafficking.
However, Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly denied any discussions, stating her office hadn’t been contacted about the plan.
Canada and Mexico imposed retaliatory tariffs after the U.S. enacted 25% levies.
Prime Minister Trudeau condemned Trump’s tariffs as “very dumb” and accused him of attempting to “collapse the Canadian economy” to enable annexation, vowing, "We will never be the 51st state.
Seems a dumb move to surround yourself with enemies at your borders and turn to an ally who is across the ocean, over what exactly?
a desire to inflict his psychosis on the world? chaos in a system offers the best opportunity to “win bigley” with the commensurate loss borne by the non-billionaire class.
crazy on a ship of fools.