Premier Doug Ford has agreed to suspend the 25 per cent surcharge on the electricity Ontario sends to the U.S. after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered an 'olive branch' and invited him to a meeting in Washington on Thursday.
Someone posted that all his actions make sense if you think he’s a Russian asset and the underlying purpose (even if he doesn’t know it) is to damage US global influence and control. He’s already doing an excellent job of this by alienating their closest allies.
Oh it’s 100% the case. And even knowing it I’m still playing into Russian hands and now am against America. He has enough support that the average American is just as bad.
Honestly, we don’t know what he actually thinks. I think every conspiracy has a bit of merit, which, through its unpredictable nature, is very destabilizing.
These are not protectionist tariffs. He’s not trying to encourage US manufacturing.
He’s trying to get other countries to bend the knee, and abandon their right to regulate their economy and their environment.
To paraphrase the old saying: Canada can remain independent longer than the US can remain solvent.
Someone posted that all his actions make sense if you think he’s a Russian asset and the underlying purpose (even if he doesn’t know it) is to damage US global influence and control. He’s already doing an excellent job of this by alienating their closest allies.
Oh it’s 100% the case. And even knowing it I’m still playing into Russian hands and now am against America. He has enough support that the average American is just as bad.
Tarrifs are definitionally protectionist, but i take your point about intention.
The whole strategy is a recipe for disaster. A recipe that contains no eggs, obviously, and is served in the form of a paste.
Honestly, we don’t know what he actually thinks. I think every conspiracy has a bit of merit, which, through its unpredictable nature, is very destabilizing.