Talking about trade.....

[errolanderson]

Canadian dollar briefly poked above 70 cents this morning on 30-day reprieve. And no, Trump doesn’t control the chess board. The global market is far more powerful. President Reagan warned of these tariff misjudgements with trade partners back in-the-day.

If Trump blinks again ie: stock market / crypto fallout, the loonie could easily recover toward 72 cents. But this is a moving market that is prone to herd mentality . . . .

The next leg-lower in equities could have a huge impact on tariff drumming-rolling (IMO).

[blackpowder]

[url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_the_Deal[/url]

Take afew moments to read this. I don't believe Trump would have the mental capacity to write his own autobiography. If he wrote like he spoke, it would be a disjointed word salad of rants and raves veering off into unrelated subject tangents.

He is absolutely UNPREDICTABLE. Buckle up!
Captain Chaos is in control.

Believe me I'm not a fan of the man.
All his "books" ghost written.
Interviews from decades ago are at least coherent.
His personal philosophy hasn't seemed to change. Believe it hard enough, it will happen..
But his carnival barker recital of key words getting as silly as he is old.
He's not a nice guy but I don't have to like him or believe him, to find him at the least, refreshing.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I will almost guarantee that Canada won't get to the concessions that Mexico got. Trump Liberty promised that if we retaliate with counter tariffs he will increase the tariffs. So what did we do?

I've been wrong before.
And I even admit it.

[newguy]

Everyone happy.Trump says he fixed the border and his cult believes him.

[blackpowder]

Not quite.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The princess Bride movie has an analogy for nearly everything. I can't help but think of the scene where he's recounting with the dread pirate Roberts would tell him every night or years on end

Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.

Will we spend the next 4 years waiting for the hammer to drop one month at a time?

[blackpowder]

A lot of people will.
The news will be incessant.
It's what he'd like. Certainly not how he's lived.
Me, Covid taught me not to live in fear.

[TSIPP]

Everyone happy.Trump says he fixed the border and his cult believes him.

That picture you shared is exactly what the Trudeau cult believes! You’re one sick puppy!

[newguy]

That picture you shared is exactly what the Trudeau cult believes! You’re one sick puppy!

This is the facts.

[fcr]

Why the hell aren’t these figures all over the media. Trump pulls numbers out of mid air and people are stupid enough to believe him.

[Happytrails]

sumdumguy- YOU are assuming Diaper don is a normal person, he IS NOT. This has F##K ALL to do with our border and fentanyl. He creates Chaos for Attention, he needs lots of it and can never get enough. Our leaders have to get over this thought that somehow spending money on Our border is going to change his mind. He is a Coward but knows he can pick fights with his ALLIES like Canada, Europe, Nato, etc but notice how he PRAISES Putin, Kim Jon and Pres xi . The fentanyl All comes from China but he only put a 10 % tariff on them?!?!
WTF

China already had 25% or more tariffs. Trump is putting on another 10%

Don't believe newguys figures at all. The RCMP caught guys the other day in Sask with 30 some pounds of fentanyl.

[sumdumguy]

New guy is probably on the payroll too. Who believes those numbers? not me for a minute.

For one, the feds don’t even examine the cargo leaving Canada so how can they throw numbers around. Stolen cars are pretty hard to hide and they can’t even stop them. Both countries have to collaborate and communicate about a concerted co-effort to eradicate drug labs and drug transport. Some countries have the death penalty for drug lords, not saying we ever would but maybe 20 years of hard labour in the great white North would cure the demons.