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It is [about] fully establishing dominance in the Western Hemisphere, and I think Canada is a part of that,
Koch told Al Jazeera
The whole point about Donald Trump is that he is a bully, and bullies bully people who are susceptible to their strengths. And that’s what he’s doing,
said KabaserviceTrump treats all countries as if they are subordinates to his wishes. He loves their leaders when the leaders play along, and he doesn’t when they don’t,
Ettinger saidTrump is always looking for a way to exact revenge and retribution against people who have criticised him in the past, and certainly Trudeau would fall into that category,
he told Al JazeeraNone of this is new. We know this is coming. He’s telegraphed everything. But now he’s talking about 50-percent rates of tariffs. The aggressiveness is jacked up more than it was seven or eight years ago,
Ettinger told Al JazeeraThe damage to the relationship is substantial,
Parmenter told Al JazeeraWhen Trump talks about wanting to ‘Make America Great Again’, one component of what he has in mind by greatness is a country that’s expansive, that reaches for and claims new territory, that enlarges itself,
he explainedThat is jaw-dropping in the broader context,
Jon Parmenter, a history professor at Cornell University in New York state, said of Carney’s remarkHe knows that he wants to hit hard, or he wants to put tariffs, or he wants to escalate. But there’s no strategic means-to-ends calculation going on here,
Ettinger saidI know that these are dark days,
Carney told a room full of supporters on Sunday after he won the race to lead the governing Liberal PartyThe people would pay much less tax than they’re paying right now. They’d have perfect military protection,
Trump recently saidAmerica’s great USMCA Trade Bill is looking good. It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA,
Trump boasted on Twitter, now X, in December 2019.
The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history,
Trump said in the official statementIt would be really unfortunate if people got the impression that Canada is in general a high-tariff country, especially vis-à-vis American products. That’s not the case. It is the case with respect to, really, a sliver of trade,
Schwanen said in a Tuesday interview
The overwhelming proportion” of US trade with Canada has for decades been ... Canada does not apply tariffs on most US goods.”
noted Dartmouth College economics professor Douglas IrwinThere’s a very strong man in Canada who said he was going to charge a surcharge, or a tariff, on electricity coming into our country. He has called and said he’s not going to do that,
Trump said
If a recession does happen it’s a self made recession made by one person. And one person only,
he added as per APSo stop with the tariffs, it’s the leverage that we need to protect ― ... He needs to stop the tariffs.”
said Pirro, before Tarlov interjected
I’ll test your knowledge on economics, Jesse. Are tariffs a tax on the American consumer?”
Tarlov askedDid you know that Richard Nixon ... began the pickup truck industry in this country because of a tariff on the Europeans? Did you know that Reagan slapped tariffs on Japan and ended up triggering a semiconductor renaissance in this country,
Watters said