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I don't consider $1.3B in spending on border security for a 30 day pause as a victory here. After 30 days, what's the next thing that Trump is going to manipulate our country into doing? This is a test of our sovereignty and we are losing.
That $1.3B wasn't demanded or promised today. They did it preemptively in mid-December to avoid this whole situation.
They committed $200M and bunch of drug/border theatre today. Basically just allowing Trump to save face for caving.
I guess we'll know who caved depending on whether the fucker applies tariffs for real in a month or not.
We should be beefing up our borders and military not because Trump demands it, but because his existence as President of the US demands it. Even without him, Democrats don't play nice with Canada and work to decimate our industries for their own gains as well. I didn't see Biden removing tariffs imposed by the last Trump administration, but I did see him increase them.
If we can keep the orange psycho off of our backs while we sort shit out, and improve what needs improving at the same time, I can only see it as a win/win for Canada. 30 days is a lot of time to keep hashing out deals with other countries, and frankly, we should pull the trigger on tariffs and other measures regardless of what Trump does next.
We need to treat the US like the hostile foreign state they have become, and act accordingly, if we want to maintain our status as a sovereign nation.
Yep, we definitely backed down on that. He made a ridiculous demand and we agreed to it. The next demand will push a little further.