*PM says Trump is trying to make it easier to annex Canada — but it won’t work *

An unbowed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Canada will hit back hard at the U.S. after President Donald Trump launched a North American trade war by slapping devastating 25 per cent tariffs on virtually all Canadian goods.

Speaking to reporters at a news conference on Parliament Hill, Trudeau said Trump is trying to prompt “a total collapse of the Canadian economy” because he thinks that will “make it easier to annex us.”

But Trudeau said that will never happen because “when it comes to defending our great nation, there is no price we all aren’t willing to pay.”

Trudeau said Canada will not back down from a fight in the face of “completely bogus and completely unjustified” trade action that has the potential to ruin bilateral relations and prompt job losses, economic devastation and higher inflation on both sides of the border.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I mean, it is also designed to collapse the US economy too.

    But yeah. Trudeau’s speech is 100% essential listening. It is so rare that a politician just tells it like it is and he completely did.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Trudeau’s speech is 100% essential listening.

      A link to that would be appreciated.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 days ago

          That’s just nonsense, the “link” in question was the speech by Trudeau.
          “This” link is an article about it. Obviously the 2 are not the same thing.

          I already answered I skimmed the article, and didn’t see a link to the full speech. With these things links to short cutouts are not uncommon. And instead of EVERYBODY wasting time looking for it, I politely asked for the link.

          I personally try to ALWAYS provide a link if I have it, for convenience in similar situations.

        • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 days ago

          I looked but couldn’t find it.
          Your stupid link also doesn’t work, shows an animation of a search without any result???
          Thanks for being arrogant about it though.

          Edit:
          Oh the stupid page doesn’t work in dark mode, and you have to wait for the idiotic animation: 🤡
          I was politely asking for the link, no need for this bullshit!

          You were the one who claimed it’s a must see, and then not provide the link to see it!!!

          • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            6 days ago

            …

            The point of LMGTFY is to obnoxiously remind someone that they are on an internet box and can easily find things themselves. The animation is actively meant to shame people into understanding just how much of their time and everyone else’s they waste when they ask for a link to something trivial.

            Also, again: The video is embedded in the article this thread is about.

            Look, I get it: The pleasure box in our hands is fun and The Algorithm tells us everything we might ever need. But you REALLY should learn basic internet literacy if you want to function in this post-truth world.