In his news conference today, Trudeau said Canada will hold firm and push ahead with retaliatory tariffs and other measures until Trump backs off entirely.

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    3 days ago

    The US has always been a laughing stock, but to be this embarrassing is something I never expected in my lifetime. Fuck the US - it’s going to take a loooooooong time before anybody can take them seriously ever again.

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      3 days ago

      So much for the master negotiator.

      Is anybody surprised this guy can’t keep his policy straight? He can’t even stay on topic for 5 minutes when he talks.

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        Minutes? I literally do not believe he has the capacity to recall anything from “minutes” ago.

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        The Taliban humiliated him. He has one entirely exploitable strategy: try and be a bully and back down when he gets called out.

        The result is widespread boycott of American manufacturing, Europe pulling away from a reliance on the US including manufacturing their own arms, a pivot towards BRICS and China, and a hastened end to the dollar as global reserve currency followed by an America that has to pay its debts.

        What a fool. America’s second vote for Trump has shown the world it is an unreliable partner.