CAN-USA Tariff Strife (split from various pol threads)

[MilEME09]

And there it is......ambassador Bridge owner pays to have the GW brudge not allowed open

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025003449004314820

 

[Czech_pivo]

And there it is......ambassador Bridge owner pays to have the GW brudge not allowed open

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025003449004314820

So, can the US be named a Banana Republic now?

 

[dapaterson]

So, can the US be named a Banana Republic now?

What's alarming is that such behavior is completely legal.

 

[GK .Dundas]

Well at least we now know what the going rate is .
The real question is is there any sort of tax advantage to leasing a President as opposed to buying one ?

 

[Good2Golf]

Well at least we now know what the going rate is .
The real question is is there any sort of tax advantage to leasing a President as opposed to buying one ?

Foreign Preferred rate (Russia, Israel, Board of Peace members, et al) or Foreign Nasty Nations?

 

[JLB50]

Well at least we now know what the going rate is .
The real question is is there any sort of tax advantage to leasing a President as opposed to buying one ?

Compared to what’s happening today, the Teapot Dome Scandal of the 1920s seems rather trivial.

 

[Brad Sallows]

And there it is......ambassador Bridge owner pays to have the GW brudge not allowed open

Follow the money. PACs and foundations. Not hard; they're right out in the open.

 

[Czech_pivo]

. Follow the money. PACs and foundations. Not hard; they're right out in the open.

If the average American who actually votes clearly understood their entire voting system - from PACs/Foundations to voter registration to compensation to lobbyists, I think that there would be alot of people put against the wall and shot.

 

[Brad Sallows]

I think that there would be alot of people put against the wall and shot.

Figuratively, they are. The insurgency is upon them already. Problem is, the insurgent faction is led by Trump.

Relevant news of the moment: McConnell (definitely part of the old establishment) is preventing the SAVE Act (voter registration and identification) from getting to the Senate floor for a vote.

 

[McG]

Loss for Orange Man - Truth Social meltdown on Canada in 3-2-1.....

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs

Court says the President exceeded his power in imposing sweeping levies, though most duties affecting Canadian exports remain in place

www.theglobeandmail.com

Trump's Global Tariffs were never about Canada. So Trump's Global Tariff Tantrum will not be about Canada either.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Figuratively, they are. The insurgency is upon them already. Problem is, the insurgent faction is led by Trump.

Relevant news of the moment: McConnell (definitely part of the old establishment) is preventing the SAVE Act (voter registration and identification) from getting to the Senate floor for a vote.

If the average voter actually understood their own system, 'figuratively' would translate into literally.