• NAFTA talks upended after Trump disparages Canada in leaked remarks
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https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/31/bombshell-leak-to-toronto-star-upends-nafta-talks-in-secret-so-insulting-remarks-trump-says-he-isnt-compromising-at-all-with-canada.html Trudeau’s team believed the remarks to be accurate, and it saw them as confirmation of its suspicions that Trump’s team has not been truly planning to compromise. Earlier on Friday morning, before becoming aware of the remarks, a Canadian official told the Star the U.S. side was not offering “any movement” on the issues most important to Canada. So at the outset of the Friday meeting — which was expected to involve Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and senior Trudeau adviser Gerald Butts among others on the Canadian side and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and senior Trump aide Jared Kushner among others on the U.S. side — Trudeau’s officials unveiled the quotes to their U.S. counterparts. The Canadian government declined to comment on what transpired in the meeting. The two countries plan to meet at some point later in the day.
btw after the morning meeting Canada's trade rep said they weren't at a deal yet
So how long did this last? 3 days?
its today or not because the required deadlines make him have to deal with a new mexican president and a new congress.
Nothing the president of the United States says is off the record you fucking mongoloid. Can Canada just cut our oil supply off? Please, if you just put the fucking screws to us for like 3 months I promise Trump will be gone by december
It's amazing to see Trump destroy decades of good will between the USA and us Canadians. Even Conservatives up here hate this fucking idiot.
the understanding was violated yet the reporting was dishonest? it's both true and false at the same time?
that fucking trump tweet hahaha it's like a polidicks drama shitpost
its amazing how quickly conservatives can fuckup international relations. Obama got so much shit for cleaning up Bush's mess but can we clean up relationships after Trump? Europe is moving away from us and reasserting an individual european sphere outside of the larger western sphere that the US created after ww2
Not decades, about 200 years of good will
And it's not like the GOP will get any better after Trump's out, someone like him will win future GOP presidential primaries when the rest of the two dozen candidates are milquetoast establishment types.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1035597354395680774 Can we just pause for a moment to see that Trump is acknowledging that he admitted that he's being a total shitter to Canada and has no intent of negotiating an agreement and is instead dictating a deal to its closest trading neighbour? And he has also threatened to apply auto tariffs on Canada and just plain rip up NAFTA and sever economic relations with us if we don't agree. Trump walks unannounced into a dressing room and tries to grab Canada by the pussy, you'll never guess what happens next.
This is truly 4D chess https://i.imgur.com/aB04v61.png
Seriously, when did we start hating Canada? Snow Mexicans? What?
The funny thing about a direct Trump statement is that it's kinda hard to misunderstand him when he's as blunt as a brick to the throat schrodinger's deal
I'll never understand the Snow Mexicans thing. Do Americans really think that a huge chunk of the population are Eskimos? Like come on, we Canadians enjoy a good stereotype about us but at least make it intelligent.
It also implies that we want to immigrate to the US which is a hilarious thought to say the least. Sure, lemme just abandon my universal healthcare, cheap electricity, good social services and relative peace and safety for... MAGA or something.
I can not think of a single person I know who would willingly move to America outside of a big fat paycheck. Only way I'd move to America is if they made me President. Actually, I'd move to America if they made my dog President, god know he'd do a better job than they would.
Bloomberg dishonest? what? If I remember correctly Bloomberg and Wall street journal are the two big ones that everyone references when it comes to international politics and trade while also having a stellar reputation for factual reporting.
You're gonna trigger a lot of people from the Central and Western part of the country with that sentence and I'm totally okay with that.
Embracing incorrect stereotypes to own the Albertans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WULsZJxPfws
Aw c'mon don't be like that. Lighten up a bit. English & French Canadians making fun of eachother is a national pastime.
Could we just have the entire world stop talking to Trump until after the midterms?
This is what the rest of Canada thinks of Quebec. I thought the national pastime of French Canadians was saying they're gonna leave Canada. :v
I'm from BC, I'm all for roasting Alberta.
I was confused for sec but I realized you meant separatism so yeah in the same kind of way that rednecks are pushing for an independent Texas, our rural population are really into that.
Honestly, my entire family is thinking of moving to Canada should the situation here get any worse. Trumptards would call us a bunch of unpatriotic wusses and traitors for doing so, but screw it; I'm not going to stay on a goddamn sinking ship if we can't right it. Being American is less important than being happy and right.
Nah, that'll just further paint Canada as "the trade enemy" and his most dedicated supporters will still back him because "Canada cost me muh JEHB".
I will honestly never stop shilling Montréal. Cheap power, reasonable rent, serviceable healthcare (which you qualify for after 3 months of residence), a lot of nice-looking girls and an awesome cultural scene.
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