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Trump's Speech To Congress: Tariffs are NOT about Border. "It's About Making America Rich"
(lemmy.ca)
I thought the reason for trashing trade agreements and taking a wrecking ball to the Canadian economy with extreme tariffs was because of fentanyl coming from Canada at the border?
Apparently not, says Trump, from his speech at Congress tonight: β... Tariffs are about making America rich again and making America great againβ.
By his own words, he has just shown his big lie.
As an American I feel like I need to apologize to the regular people of the world. I don't support anything this moron is doing. Fuck Donald Trump, the ultra rich and our spineless representatives.
Apologize all you want. Don't care.
Stop apologizing and go yell at your government officials. Run your republican magat governors out of your state government. Run your magat state rep or congress person out of office. Organize and go protest and get shit done.
Until then apologies are meaningless.
Ok, now stop apologizing and do something about it.
Momentum is building but like I said our spineless reps are not helping and the same half can protest all we want but it's much harder to educate the right or get them to see past the bullshit. It's definitely not as simple as running them off. Maybe last time he was elected but this time he somehow won the popular vote. I could talk all day about why I think that is but at this point it doesn't matter.
There needs to be protests in the streets EVERY WEEKEND. The people of North America have forgotten their power.
Protests don't do shit.
Lol say that to QuΓ©bec and France.
Thank you. Whenever I watch the American news, the only comments being made are about how Americans will survive the tariff war and be fine. And then how Trudeau should watch his words because canada "has no cards". No consideration is given to the destruction of the Canadian people and its economy, or any ownership taken for the fact that they just trashed the trade agreements under false pretences. I know there are good Americans out there, but why aren't more speaking up loudly?
It's so clearly a pressure tactic to strangle the canadian economy in an effort to annex it for USA and Russia.
As an American I hope that Canada will stay strong and stand up to him. Someone needs to- there is no one in the US willing so do so except Bernie and he's 84. Godspeed and good luck
We ALL have to make an effort to push back on Trump, or we're ALL sailing off this flat earth on a burning Russian ship.
Canada is now also under attack with misinformation. Report false information. Share fact-based information widely. Write to your congress. Have difficult conversations with friends. Use your voice.
Itβs very sad. We have a mad king, and heβs hurting not just ourselves but others too. It makes me so sad to know that so many Americans voted for him. It says that something about us is deeply sick.
Are you doing something about it? Are you outside protesting?
If not, fuck your apologies. If you're not doing something to stop this then you are a part of this and you are my enemy. Your so-called President pulled the biggest and most infamous betrayal in modern history. Your country has pulled a 180 and stabbed their allies in the back and soon they WILL attack us militarily.
I repeat, if you're not doing something to stop this then you are a part of this. At this point, apologies are insulting. Pick your side.
This feels a bit extreme. I have been to the protests since he took office but they require that I take off work and I have a wife and 2 children to provide for so until war breaks out I can't drop everything to fight these assholes. I understand your anger but it's not fair to say I'm on his side just because I'm not protesting in the streets 24/7. The problem isn't just this president or the backstabbing of our allies because despite all of that the billionaires and mega corps are doing just fine while we fight amongst ourselves. The world as a whole has allowed this concentration of power that is the driving force behind all of this.
Dude, this guy is calling Trudeau "governor" and blatantly rejecting Canada's independence. He's openly declaring that he WILL take European territory. He's openly taking the side of a dictator and ripping of your own constitution and international law not to mention calling for a genocide. He WILL start WW3 with Putin holding his leash and you WILL fight for him!
And here you are acting like he just raised your taxes or took an opposing political choice. Protesting? You should be burning the house down. But, ok...you have other priorities. I understand that. But by doing nothing you are taking his side. You are making a choice even if you don't like that choice. But that choice makes you our enemy.
Remember, back in the 30s and 40s many Germans talked just like you. Many had nothing against Jews and Poles. But ALL of them contributed to the genocide one way or another. But they, at least, had the shame to not apologize like they had just spilled a glass of milk.
I'm sure at every chance you have "burned the house down". You know where I would be if I tried to burn the house down? Jail or dead while my family remains to see my story not even make the news. You talk real tough but that's the easy part. Maybe if a war breaks out you can show everyone how it's done. Also you're crazy if you think anyone on my side is going to fight for Donald or Vlad. Like I said I understand your anger and trust me when I say I feel it too.
I hear you. You are in a difficult position, yes. You prefer to live comfortably in a dictatorship rather than risking your future. It doesn't make you a bad person. Most of us are afraid and I'm not arrogant enough to affirm without any doubt that I'd do differently. But you must realize the fact that you make that choice allows you to be part of the wrong side. If (or when) the US invades Canada, your work will make it possible. Your taxes will finance it. Your work may even directly contribute to the logistics of an invasion. And, as unfair as it may be, it does make you the enemy. After you digested that fact you will probably realize how utterly insulting it is for you to just apologize.
Unlike you (or maybe even me) there were thousands, even millions of people who were put in that same position and made the other choice. In my own country we fought against a dictatorship. My own grandfather was in jail for being part of the opposition. These people had everything to lose. They were fired, arrested, tortured and even killed. They had jobs, family and dreams and risked it all for what is right. But they were exceptional men. Most of us are just normal and we don't have it in us to fight so we become a clog in the machine. But, please, at least have the decency to not apologize and thinking it somewhat absolves you of being part of it.