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Seems reasonable.
gonna disagree here. the Americans have been gaslighting us about these dumb tariffs for months - this seems to be more of that. no real commitment, no guarantee, no action. just a conversation. you weren't having those already?

like, what did Ford or ON get out of this?
 
this is a gift link so free for yall:

Canada’s greatest vulnerability is disinformation, and we have no defence for it

or some young man, somewhere in Canada, his Instagram feed is right now serving up a humorous but enticing fantasy.

“What if the United States, Mexico and Canada united to create one country?” an animated video with crude references asks. “Economically, this union would dominate with a GDP of over $28-trillion, making it the richest country on Earth! ... Geographically, this supernation would span 21.66 million square kilometres, overtaking Russia as the largest country!”

For almost a minute, it pitches giving up Canadian sovereignty in order to rule the world. For a young man watching, with his hopes for a stable career, homeownership and a safe world to live in withering away, it might be an alluring idea.

That video comes from an Instagram account suspected of originating in Russia, and posted after Donald Trump started musing about the idea of turning Canada into the 51st American state. Its use of professional-looking graphics, economic data and masculine stereotypes sets it apart from the more subtle approaches to cognitive warfare on social media.
 
Not really sure what the premier of one province is going to negotiate with Lutnick.
He clearly rattled Trump. Now you take a step back to show how reasonable you are.

May or may not mean anything at all, but the goal here is to find a way to get Trump to back down on tariffs. Which I think ultimately he probably will, especially if the market keeps tanking.

As much as we'd love to just tell Trump to go fuck himself, it's better for Canada to reach a deal, especially if we don't give up much but convince Agent Orange that he "won". Art of the deal, baby.
 
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