And the rest of the world is signing on for it. We’ve had enough of “Muricans” giving orders. Let’s all take these arrogant bastards down
I have no problem with taking the arrogant bastards down, but that’s not all the people in the US.
What I really want to see is A Bug’s Life come to life, with the American people finally rising up and burying their oligarch overlords.
I’d be willing to assist them in that just like France did last time.
Thank you, kind sibling. This rift is the most frustrating diplomatic choice I’ve ever seen America make. I hope we can make it right and grow closer someday.
Make no mistake: there are still others in this world who care about you, as a people. Your leaders are not on that list: they do not care about you. That much has been made evident for a long time. Even more importantly, the billionaires who call the tune your leaders dance to definitely do not care about you. Change cannot be exerted externally: it must come from within.
There’s already dumb motherfuckers with “us flag / 51st” stickers on their pickup trucks driving around BC. Saw one a few hours ago. Gotta take care of that shit too
Announcing is good.
Look, i’m all for defeating the maga virus, but let’s not underestimate the danger we face from the the US. It’s 100% POSSIBLE that the yanks will try to invade us within the next couple of years. If that happens, many if not most of us will be killed, imprisoned or impoverished. So we must have a plan to retaliate and make it too costly for the US to invade.
It is happening in small ways already. A food supplier here could not sell Silk (US brand) beverage product. They had so much aging stock they had to donate to non-profits and food banks. We all just need to stick to the boycotts even if is uncomfortable.
My husband went to the grocery store last night and forgot to check labels. He had this feeling of dread and was checking them as was putting everything away. To his relief, none of the items were American.
Not saying we should stop being vigilant, but the market is reacting to consumer demand and it’s getting easier to avoid US products. I can’t wait for our growing season to be in full swing…
the orange chump is driving himself into the dirt already
One man suffering from dementia says some stupid stuff and breaks a trade agreement: we turn on our closest ally. Not just financially, but emotionally and culturally.
India and China literally murder our citizens, even on our own land, meddle in our elections, operate extra-jurisdictional government sites and agents in our territory, and we’re like, hey you guys, wanna be our new best friend?
Trump is a shock and we’re getting shock doct’d.
And nobody pushes back against the demented pants-shitter. What does that say about Americans? Hell, the opposition “leaders” might as well not even be there. Currently the only fight I’ve seen is from backbench progressives that the rest of the DNC try to minimize at every turn, and grassroots protestors ignored by said leaders.
There’s a lot of complicity in ruining that country and flinging their feces across the rest of the world going on.
We’re supposed to trust they’ll get their house in order and stay fast with them? You can count on the US doing the right thing, but only after they’ve tried everything else.
As someone living among the arrogant bastards, please do. Send them back to the holes they squirmed out of.
International reaction is slow on actual retaliations. Europe failing to announce aggressive specific measures on Monday will be a bad sign. Absolute shameful disgrace for them to commit further to US empire’s Ukraine/Russia mission, even as Macron said some stern words against tariffs.
Other than China, Carney is only one to impose tariffs on US. Low hanging fruit that directly benefits Canadians and other colonies is to publicly cancel F35 purchases, and other US weapon systems. There is an impression that they are privately paused, but that is simply not as strong as either a public pause or cancellation.
Boeing, Catterpillar, and Deere all have international competition and are easy to destroy through global boycotts or high tariffs. China retaliation has effectively killed the US’s largest energy export market, and Europe needs to tariff or price cap US energy. Europe needs to pull off bandaid of begging for US leadership. It will be a much longer process of deposing US agents in their rulership if they continue treachery against their people.
Obviously also, the tariffs are a major attack against US companies, and the broad ownership of them throughout US society. Even if EU traitors lick the diaper, those US interests will pressure WH. Shelves will be empty as businesses wait for tariff cancellation before ordering new product. In Soviet US, there were no breadlines, but the avocado and toaster rations were insufficient to satisfy the avocado toast fad.
