what happened now?
So what happened:
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Mexico got a 30 day reprieve by promising 10k Mexican national guard on the border. Trick is that they apparently already have between 10-15k there, so it is already met. The US claims they'll limit gun smuggling, but with Muskler firing everyone, doubt.
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Canada got a 30 day reprieve by promising a 1.3 billion dollar border package, and some kind of nebulous Fentanyl Czar. Trick is that the border package was announced six weeks ago and is already partially implemented, irrespective of the tarrifs. Fentanyl czar is needed for internal issues and is more about removing an attack point for Poilievre and the CPC.
Basically, Trump caused Wall St to lose 600 billion dollars in one day and permanently damaged the US economy(Canadian and Mexican resources are now being workshopped on being permanently routed to other countries) for literally nothing
Typical Trump negotiation outcome.
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Trump delayed the huge tariffs he announced on Mexico and Canada after they both made some token gestures to assuage his ego.
Trump repeatedly bragged and blabbered about the incoming tariffs on a daily basis ever since his inauguration but refused to have a phone conversation with Justin Trudeau until yesterday, one day before the implementation of retaliatory tariffs.
And then immediately after that phone call he he lifted the tariffs because Trudeau "agreed to make efforts to target the smuggling of fentanyl across the border" (the Canadian border counts as only 0.2% of fentanyl seizures in the US).
All of this nonsense appears to have been nothing but theatrics to give Trump the image of a "tough hardball negotiatior". All he managed to achieve instead is destroy any trust American allies had in them.
My favorite is that part where he asked the Mexican president how long she wanted to pause the tariffs for, and she said, "Umm, forever?"
Close, but there's one distinct thing that I'm certain Trump asked Canada for that we gave in on, and that's appointing a 'fentanyl czar'. I know Trump asked for this because who else would give it that name? Sounds like a cartel boss title.
Pretty sure they're just going to slap that title onto whichever federal minister is already in charge of that portfolio.
Exactly. Titles don't cost anything.
Trump just needed an excuse to justify changing the policy. Giving an extra title to whoever takes care of it is a really great excuse, better excuse in the world!
I'll update my LinkedIn profile and we should be good.
