Trump’s rebranding of Lake Ontario was just the beginning of multi-day effort to provoke Canada
Donald Trump sought to escalate his trade war with Canada on Sunday afternoon and issued a demand on Truth Social that Canadian companies wanting to do business with the U.S. reshore their headquarters within its borders.
His latest remarks come as Canadian officials warned that the country was prepared for an extended dispute with the U.S. after trade talks collapsed and Trump announced tariffs as high as 50 percent on some Canadian goods including dairy products and lumber. Canada has levied reciprocal tariffs against U.S. steel, aluminum and other exports.
On Sunday afternoon, the president said Canadian companies should move their headquarters and production facilities to avoid newly imposed tariffs. The duties are set to begin in 2027.
The way Trump is going we’re not going to be a world power let alone a superpower much longer. I can’t t see Canadian businesses moving to the US as being to their advantage. Plenty of disadvantages, but not many advantages.
There’s no way anyone would think moving to the US is an advantage.
Moving a company headquarters is a 5 year plan.
It’s extraordinarily unlikely Trump will be alive in 5 years.
No one is going to continue these stupid tariffs after he’s gone.
It’s questionable what state the US finances will be in five years from now. Why move your business into a country that just had its debt bomb explode and now nobody has any money?
Yeah. I was having a chuckle about those cheap Mexican electric trucks. I genuinely expect the US will be swamped with them in decades to come after any of a dozen predictable calamities have befallen the hapless US.
Depending on how you define a superpower… that ship might have already sailed.
Amerikkka was never a superpower. Just a farce in a superpower-looking trenchcoat.