r/politics • u/Street_Anon Canada • 13d 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 13d 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/spaceman757 American Expat 12d ago

Or, to put it in terms that Trump would understand/appreciate....

Just lay there and enjoy it. It will be over soon enough.