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Trump administration 2024-2028

lenaitch said:
It will be interesting to see how the hardcore rapid MAGA folks try to spin this.
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Perhaps they can take a measure of comfort in the fact that six of the current nine U.S. Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republican presidents.

Especially considering 2024 is the first time a Republican candidate won the popular vote since George W. Bush in 2004.

To find the next instance of a Republican winning the popular vote, you’d have to go back another 16 years to when Bush’s father, George H. W. Bush, won the 1988 election .
 
Altair said:
Nice of him to hand off serious negotiations to his successor.
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Watched a podcast featuring Mexican media reporting it is Canada not participating in CUSMA prep meetings and being generally absent in this.

We are not getting the full truth from Canadian media.
 
Halifax Tar said:
Interesting development...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2072022399726358608
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Not really, this is pretty much exactly as expected. The agreement stays in effect, perpetual annual consultations ensue til 2036, and at any point til then we can all agree to renew. The agreement doesn’t cease to be of force or effect due to this. Trump could still dance with Congress if he wants to try to invoke the six month withdrawal notice. He doesn’t have the cards to pull that off. This is exactly what ragging the puck has meant, and I think all serious observers expected this to be the path.

Non-paywall Globe article:
 
QV said:
Watched a podcast featuring Mexican media reporting it is Canada not participating in CUSMA prep meetings and being generally absent in this.

We are not getting the full truth from Canadian media.
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Doesn't really matter.
 
QV said:
Watched a podcast featuring Mexican media reporting it is Canada not participating in CUSMA prep meetings and being generally absent in this.

We are not getting the full truth from Canadian media.
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No, the US is having bilateral meetings with Mexico to try to undermine the tripartite treaty. Divide and conquer, so to speak.
 
QV said:
Watched a podcast featuring Mexican media reporting it is Canada not participating in CUSMA prep meetings and being generally absent in this.

We are not getting the full truth from Canadian media.
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We have the deal well past Trump unless Congress invokes the 6 month release. We're pretty safe. Also - whats your source?
 
QV said:
Watched a podcast featuring Mexican media reporting it is Canada not participating in CUSMA prep meetings and being generally absent in this.

We are not getting the full truth from Canadian media.
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No, the US is having bilateral meetings with Mexico to try to undermine the tripartite treaty. Divide and conquer, so to speak.
 
dapaterson said:
No, the US is having bilateral meetings with Mexico to try to undermine the tripartite treaty. Divide and conquer, so to speak.
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Thats our weak point in all this. Mexico probably has even more to lose from CUSMA collapsing than we do. It would not be surprising to me at all that they throw us under the bus, they certainly can be duplicitious. That whole bit about nations and interests.
 
brihard said:
Not really, this is pretty much exactly as expected. The agreement stays in effect, perpetual annual consultations ensue til 2036, and at any point til then we can all agree to renew. The agreement doesn’t cease to be of force or effect due to this. Trump could still dance with Congress if he wants to try to invoke the six month withdrawal notice. He doesn’t have the cards to pull that off. This is exactly what ragging the puck has meant, and I think all serious observers expected this to be the path.

Non-paywall Globe article:
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Sounds interesting to me.
 
dapaterson said:
Boy, I wonder which loser president of the US negotiated that deal, if the US thinks it's so terrible.
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He's already said the only reason he signed a bad CUSMA deal because it was better than NAFTA, which was worser because it was signed by a Democrat.
 
lenaitch said:
He's already said the only reason he signed a bad CUSMA deal because it was better than NAFTA, which was worser because it was signed by a Democrat.
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And he lies when he says that. After all, he signed it and said it was the greatest deal ever made!! Anyways,its official…they aren’t going for it.
 
However, it plays right into his narrative for his base: See, Canada and Mexico want to extend the deal as is, which proves that it was a bad deal for the US, because if its good for them, then it necessarily means its bad for us.

It works for him because he is of the negotiation school where every deal is necessarily a WIN-lose proposition, so if you didn't "win", you lost. The very concept of deals where both parties come out better than before they made the deal is anathema to him.
 
The Bread Guy said:
Sucks no matter what, but here's hoping this one from earlier this month wasn't flu related :(
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Update: it was ...
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Air Force trainee dies after medical emergency during basic training at Lackland AFB

Air Force’s 37th Training Wing reports the death of basic trainee Keon McDaniel after a June 12 medical emergency during week six of BMT. Cause remains under investigation as a full medical review begins.
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More in this thread on the US military's flu vaccine policy.
 
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