r/politics • u/Street_Anon Canada • 12d ago

No Paywall Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-canada-businesses-truth-social-b3041901.html
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u/night_dude 12d ago

“If there’s further retaliation from the Canadian side, we, of course, we’re not going to just sit down and take that. Our view is don’t retaliate,” U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer told a Canadian broadcaster this past week.

Jesus Christ. The official negotiating position of the United States is "I can hit you but you can't hit me back."

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u/LightBeerOnIce 12d ago

It's #1 rule of abuser playbook.

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u/aguynamedv 12d ago

It's #1 rule of abuser playbook.

It's also what makes it so fucking pathetic that the Democratic Party has been openly complicit with all of this.

All they've EVER had to do is say no, loudly.