Trump administration 2024-2028

[Czech_pivo]

Show me where a US law maker was enlightened over the ad. Or where a US senator realized Trump was wrong because of the ad.

How about we show you where the entire country of the US is enlightened.

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‘They Hate Donald Trump’: Harry Enten Delivers An Ice-Cold Reality Check On Canada​

Canada, he noted, is “far more popular” in the United States than Trump himself, citing a net favorability rating among Americans of +49 percentage points for Canada versus -10 for Trump.

“Pretty much every single time among most Americans, Americans will choose Canada over Donald Trump,”

 

[FSTO]

The basic definition is a Canadian who supports Trump policies and politics.

That can be further defined into sub categories of Canadians that put that type of support over their own country even if those policies are to the detriment of Canada. Like any movement or ideology there are degrees of support.

If you are talking about here on this site, there are 3 I’d classify as hard core Maple Maga and maybe one or two as soft supporters. No I will not name them. Their posting history speaks for itself.

If you are talking about in the public space? PP has been accused of it, most of the Alberta separation movement could be classified that way. Jenny Byrne and Candice Bergen with their Maga hats could also be lumped in there by critics.

So Maple Magas are NFL fans?

 

[brihard]

Which was what exactly?

I see:

-immediate termination of all trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada,

The ad is being used as a pretext. If an ad quoting Reagan that punctured Trump’s tissue-thin skin was all it took to derail a trade deal, then the talks weren’t genuine from their side anyway. Besides, they’ve already clarified that it was more about Canada being ‘difficult’, as discussed above. No real negotiation in good faith is so easily derailed as that.

-10 % increase in tariffs on Canadian goods as punishment for the ad.

All prior rounds of tantrums tariffs have exempted CUSMA, so ‘10% on everything’ is far from ‘on everything’. And the ‘punishment’ narrative ultimately helps us when SCOTUS hears this.

Rather than easing trade tensions, it worsened them.

Sure. Trump is thin skinned and a bully. He doesn’t like being embarrassed by contrary facts. Oh well, tough shit. He’s introduced tons of tension on his own as is. If the ghost of Reagan talking plainly about his basic economic beliefs increases tension, that’s because he has to resolve some cognitive dissonance.

As far as credibility goes the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute stated that the ad mis-represents Reagan’s remarks and that Ontario did not seek permission to edit and use the speech.

They’re utterly full of shit, and Reagan would be spinning in his grave. The remarks were accurately stated and contextualized. They were a presidential radio speech on the public domain and don’t require permission to use. Trump is demonstrably lying, as recklessly as he ever does, and the Reagan foundation is trying to curry favour by prostituting Reagan’s economic legacy for Trump. But they’re making The Gipper’s ghost say and do things he would never do or say.

A report published by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario estimated that ongoing US tariffs could result in a drop of $17.4B in exports, a loss of 106,000 jobs by 2026, and GDP reduction of 1.7% relative to no-tariff scenario.

People are just trying to spin this the same way we tried to spin Trump being 4 hours late to the Hamas peace deal. Except this will potentially cost us billions.

Yes, ongoing US tariffs hurt us as they hurt literally every other economy, including America’s. One person is responsible for that, and we’re trying to negotiate with a toddler who randomly throws his toys out of the stroller when it suits him. No political leader anywhere can fully control for that. Right now as a country we’re doing our best to ride out the storm. Lots of hope is in the Supreme Court right now, and for a change in tide at the midterms.

 

[Altair]

The ad is being used as a pretext. If an ad quoting Reagan that punctured Trump’s tissue-thin skin was all it took to derail a trade deal, then the talks weren’t genuine from their side anyway. Besides, they’ve already clarified that it was more about Canada being ‘difficult’, as discussed above. No real negotiation in good faith is so easily derailed as that.


All prior rounds of tantrums tariffs have exempted CUSMA, so ‘10% on everything’ is far from ‘on everything’. And the ‘punishment’ narrative ultimately helps us when SCOTUS hears this.


Sure. Trump is thin skinned and a bully. He doesn’t like being embarrassed by contrary facts. Oh well, tough shit. He’s introduced tons of tension on his own as is. If the ghost of Reagan talking plainly about his basic economic beliefs increases tension, that’s because he has to resolve some cognitive dissonance.


They’re utterly full of shit, and Reagan would be spinning in his grave. The remarks were accurately stated and contextualized. They were a presidential radio speech on the public domain and don’t require permission to use. Trump is demonstrably lying, as recklessly as he ever does, and the Reagan foundation is trying to curry favour by prostituting Reagan’s economic legacy for Trump. But they’re making The Gipper’s ghost say and do things he would never do or say.


Yes, ongoing US tariffs hurt us as they hurt literally every other economy, including America’s. One person is responsible for that, and we’re trying to negotiate with a toddler who randomly throws his toys out of the stroller when it suits him. No political leader anywhere can fully control for that. Right now as a country we’re doing our best to ride out the storm. Lots of hope is in the Supreme Court right now, and for a change in tide at the midterms.

I admire your faith in the SCOTUS to vote on principle and not partisans lines.

 

[IKnowNothing]

That's not a word, at least in the English dictionary. It's a possessive proper noun

And proper nouns are a specific subset of..... which are a subset of .....

 

[Jarnhamar]

And proper nouns are a specific subset of..... which are a subset of .....

I'm just being unnecessarily confrontational - I'll go for a walk

 

[IKnowNothing]

I'm just being unnecessarily confrontational - I'll go for a walk

All good, I earned some return fire yesterday. That particular salvo though....

 

[Altair]

All good, I earned some return fire yesterday. That particular salvo though....

 

[Czech_pivo]

So Team Trump announces an 80$ billion US deal with 2 CDN companies - Cameco and Brookfield Asset Mgmt - to build nuclear reactors through Westinghouse, which is jointly owned by Cameco and Brookfield, yet Team Trump continues to run off at the mouth that Canada has nothing the US needs.

Would love to know if that extra 10% tariff will be applied to Canadian Uranium coming from Cameco and will be part of this deal.

United States Government, Brookfield and Cameco Announce Transformational Partnership to Deliver Long-term Value Using Westinghouse Nuclear Reactor Technology

At least $80 billion to construct new Westinghouse nuclear power reactors Partnership will accelerate nuclear power and artificial intelligence deployment...

www.globenewswire.com

Brookfield and Cameco Announce Transformational Partnership to Deliver Long-term Value Using Westinghouse Nuclear Reactor Technology​

The ENTIRE article fails to mention the Westinghouse is owned by 2 CDN companies and that those 2 companies are Cameco and Brookfield.

Here is a snippet of the release from Camceo's CEO where he completely sells out to Team Trump by not saying Cameco is a Canadian company but instead says the following:

As a strategic partner, Cameco is a secure and reliable western-based supplier of the uranium fuel needed to support the civilian deployment and long-term reliable operation of Westinghouse’s technology in the U.S. and globally.”

 

[Altair]

Majority of Canadians no longer see America as a friend, study finds

But more than half of Conservative party supporters still think the U.S. is Canada's pal, Environics Institute found.

www.thestar.com

OTTAWA—New research suggests that a minority of Canadians now consider the United States to be the country’s friend, except for Conservative party supporters, more than half of whom still view the U.S. as Canada’s friend.
Data from the Environics Institute shared exclusively with the Star shows that 36 per cent of Canadians currently view the United States as a friend, compared to 60 per cent at the end of 2020 and 89 per cent in 2013, and that 27 per cent of Canadians presently view the U.S. as an enemy, a number that stood at 11 per cent in 2020 and as low as one per cent in 2013.
But when the results were broken down by federal voting intention, the research institute found that 55 per cent of Conservative party supporters still considered the U.S. a friend to Canada — compared to 26 per cent and 29 per cent of Liberal and NDP supporters respectively. By contrast, just 15 per cent of Conservatives considered the U.S. an enemy, while 33 per cent of Liberal supporters and 36 per cent of NDP supporters felt that way.

Maple MAGA.

For the record, I think the USA is a geopolitical enemy of Canada. More so than China.

 

[QV]

Maple MAGA.

For the record, I think the USA is a geopolitical enemy of Canada. More so than China.

And you also celebrated the public murder of a person you politically disagreed with.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Which is likely to have happened regardless

With Trump? 100%

The more I re-watch it the greater I think that ad is. Or was. I'm very disappointed we stopped running it as soon as Trump through a hissy fit. We should have kept it running and weathered the storm that resulted from it. Let his supporters (continue to) see how unhinged he is and justify supporting it.
(I'm sure a lot of Trump supporters will say "The other guy would be worse")

Hasn’t been enacted yet nor does anyone, including Trump, know when it will.

Yeah, to be fair, Trump might see a funny Canadian meme and just as quickly drop the threat. And call himself a hero for it.

It wasn’t designed to ease trade tensions it seems.

No, just making an observation.

Except that is a complete lie. And the head of that foundation is a former Trump staffer. Permission was not needed either. The fact that you just posted that now explains a lot.

That's fair. I dont know how copy right stuff works.

That speexh perfectly addresses what Trump is doing. Trumps mad because it's so damn accurate. I can image that institution panicking out of fear of Trump.

Yeah, economic warfare from our so called “friend” and “ally”.

We still can't seem to decide whether we consider the US a friend and ally, or nefarious neighbors.

I personally think the idea of countries having "friends" is silly.

Oh someone is certainly spinning something here. You pretty much used Trumps talking points if you hadn’t noticed…

Didn't notice. I didn't think he even had talking points.I'm convinced has cognitive issues.

Then again It's possible I'm some kind of 51st manchurian candidate and secretary wear a made in China Trump watch when no one is looking.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Maple MAGA.

For the record, I think the USA is a geopolitical enemy of Canada. More so than China.

Any Canadian that considers the US to be a friend/ally are "Maple MAGA". Got it.

 

[QV]

Any Canadian that considers the US to be a friend/ally are "Maple MAGA". Got it.

And now also a geopolitical enemy of Canada, more so than even China!

 

[Altair]

And you also celebrated the public murder of a person you politically disagreed with.

And you dance naked under the light of the full moon.

See, we can both make up lies and untruths.

 

[Altair]

Any Canadian that considers the US to be a friend/ally are "Maple MAGA". Got it.

In this atmosphere?

Talks of annexation, tariffs wars, calling our PM a governor, these are the acts of friends?

 

[Czech_pivo]

With Trump? 100%

The more I re-watch it the greater I think that ad is. Or was. I'm very disappointed we stopped running it as soon as Trump through a hissy fit. We should have kept it running and weathered the storm that resulted from it. Let his supporters (continue to) see how unhinged he is and justify supporting it.
(I'm sure a lot of Trump supporters will say "The other guy would be worse")


Yeah, to be fair, Trump might see a funny Canadian meme and just as quickly drop the threat. And call himself a hero for it.


No, just making an observation.


That's fair. I dont know how copy right stuff works.

That speexh perfectly addresses what Trump is doing. Trumps mad because it's so damn accurate. I can image that institution panicking out of fear of Trump.


We still can't seem to decide whether we consider the US a friend and ally, or nefarious neighbors.

I personally think the idea of countries having "friends" is silly.


Didn't notice. I didn't think he even had talking points.I'm convinced has cognitive issues.

Then again It's possible I'm some kind of 51st manchurian candidate and secretary wear a made in China Trump watch when no one is looking.

Saw 2 interviews on US news outlets with Ford this morning where he said that as of Monday (not sure of the time), that the ad had received over 1 BILLION view across the world and that he had heard from people throughout Europe, India, Japan, Australia saying that they had seen the ads.

I say that 75$ million was a bargain for over 1 billion world wide views.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Saw 2 interviews on US news outlets with Ford this morning where he said that as of Monday (not sure of the time), that the ad had received over 1 BILLION view across the world and that he had heard from people throughout Europe, India, Japan, Australia saying that they had seen the ads.

I say that 75$ million was a bargain for over 1 billion world wide views.

Well, the ad was supposed to help us lift the tariffs - ironically

 

[Jarnhamar]

The ad is being used as a pretext. If an ad quoting Reagan that punctured Trump’s tissue-thin skin was all it took to derail a trade deal, then the talks weren’t genuine from their side anyway. Besides, they’ve already clarified that it was more about Canada being ‘difficult’, as discussed above. No real negotiation in good faith is so easily derailed as that.

It looks like a lot of people are trying to explain the ad in ways that support whatever their own beliefs are.

Like I just mentioned to Remius, I think the ad was great. Ford nailed it. Or whoever came up with the idea anyways. We should keep the ad going. I'd also run the ad in Canada for our 51st state brothers and sisters.

All prior rounds of tantrums tariffs have exempted CUSMA, so ‘10% on everything’ is far from ‘on everything’. And the ‘punishment’ narrative ultimately helps us when SCOTUS hears this.

I don't think SCOTUS will do jack all about this but I hope I'm wrong. The idea that this is an eye opener for them would speak to a lack of SA. If anything this is just additional evidence.

Sure. Trump is thin skinned and a bully. He doesn’t like being embarrassed by contrary facts. Oh well, tough shit. He’s introduced tons of tension on his own as is. If the ghost of Reagan talking plainly about his basic economic beliefs increases tension, that’s because he has to resolve some cognitive didissonance.

100%. Trump's tantrum is funny. I also enjoy (even though I shouldn't) the idea of his supporters trying to justify his behavior. (Reminds me of Liberals and Trudeau).

They’re utterly full of shit, and Reagan would be spinning in his grave. The remarks were accurately stated and contextualized. They were a presidential radio speech on the public domain and don’t require permission to use. Trump is demonstrably lying, as recklessly as he ever does, and the Reagan foundation is trying to curry favour by prostituting Reagan’s economic legacy for Trump. But they’re making The Gipper’s ghost say and do things he would never do or say.

I didn't articulate what I was trying to say, or thought I was trying to say, very well.

I think the Reagan foundation tucked their tail between their legs and chose their own safety over Reagan's legacy. Weakness is a choice. If Trump loses the next election you (we) can expect the Reagan foundation to all of a sudden agree with the ads.

Yes, ongoing US tariffs hurt us as they hurt literally every other economy, including America’s. One person is responsible for that, and we’re trying to negotiate with a toddler who randomly throws his toys out of the stroller when it suits him. No political leader anywhere can fully control for that. Right now as a country we’re doing our best to ride out the storm. Lots of hope is in the Supreme Court right now, and for a change in tide at the midterms.

I disagree about 1 person being responsible in the sence that I hold everyone who voted for Trump (or any politician as it were) culpable for their actions. Americans put him in that seat.

Asshole teachers can still impart valuable lessons. That's what Trump is doing for Canadians.

Pay increase for the military. Improvements to border security.
(Maybe) addressing our broken government procurement process.
Realization we can't keep riding US coat tails.
Even the tariffs are teaching us lessons that we deserve. Lessons learned in blood and all that.

 

[Eaglelord17]

Maple MAGA.

For the record, I think the USA is a geopolitical enemy of Canada. More so than China.

I wouldn’t call them a enemy, however they are the greatest potential threat.

Mind you without nukes we couldn’t do anything to that threat so unless we decided to get serious on defence as a country we are basically at their mercy.