Seven Experts on How Canada Survives Trump’s Trade War | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)

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The sombre mien—that’s what stayed with me. On Saturday, Mark Carney looked less like a prime minister briefing media on trade negotiations than a wartime leader telling his country a feared turn had finally arrived and preparing them for a long ordeal. The intense, all-out effort to stop crushing new tariffs had failed, with Carney grimly explaining that the United States insists on “short-term transactions” rather than “long-term partnerships” and that its commitments could no longer be assumed to hold.

American demands reportedly went well beyond tariffs, market access, and sectoral protections. They targeted Canada’s freedom to set domestic cultural policy, interpret agreements it had already signed, and conduct trade relations with third countries. The loss of our sovereignty was too high a price for preserving economic integration. What prime minister would accept Canada becoming a vassal state on his watch? With the collapse of talks, and Carney describing the country as being “attacked,” it’s hard not to feel like we have crossed into a different moment—that we are living in a slightly darker reality.

Throughout the weekend, The Walrus spoke to economists, policy experts, and political observers about what exactly has changed and what this new period might demand of Canada.

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[-] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It will be a tree-pronged attack - impeachment, section 25, and alienating Republicans from Trump. The Republicans will never consent to impeaching both Trump and Pence, because that would make a Dem the POTUS. They need a two-thirds majority for the trial, so they still need the Republican support in the Senate. Already, Vance is working on Kushner for a blindside. For instance, from Google AI, "Both Vance and Kushner participated in the inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington, D.C., addressing international leaders regarding Middle East stabilization and Gaza reconstruction." and "Vance joined Kushner and Witkoff in Switzerland for high-level direct discussions with Iranian officials and regional diplomats to push for a halt to regional instability and nuclear ambitions". Maybe Kushner might be interested in leaving Ivanka and, well, there is the ex-not-ex wife of Vance. But for sure Kushner would throw Trunp under the bus if there was enough in it for him. Kushner for VP?

Trump is a convicted felon, Trump has already been found liable for his sexual predation, the Supreme Court of the United States has already stated that there is a strong case for considering Trump committed treason, there just wasn't a constitutional way to address the issue, and already Vance and the Supreme Court have coddled up together to tackle the constitutional issue. 'The Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled 6-3 in a case initially brought by JD Vance's 2022 Senate campaign, striking down decades-old federal limits on how much political parties can spend in direct coordination with candidates' Google AI.

Anyone who thinks the American economy is not quickly losing ground on the world stage just isn't following the World news. Already the Chinese economy is far, far above the American economy, PPP. The period of American domination of the world economy is irrevocably over. And as we all know, to an American, if you are not the winner, you are the loser, and Americans hate losing. Yes, in the eyes of most Americans, the American economy is spiraling down, and this is really bad news for the Republicans and for Trump. They will be looking for a scapegoat after November, and Trump fits the bill perfectly. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Trump renames lakes and alienates America's best friend while the country falters and once again finds itself in a no-win war, this time against Iran.

Vance will pull a 'Trump', and claim that only he can save America, but Vance will have the credibility and the evidentiary support to back him up.