Posted on 03/11/2025 10:37:45 AM PDT by Morgana
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on electricity in the United States and doubled the tariffs on aluminum and steel from Canada after retaliatory tariffs from America's neighbor to the north.
The president, in a lengthy post on his Truth Social account on Tuesday, also threatened to 'permanently shut down' the Canadian auto sector.
The only thing to make his tariffs stop is for Canada to become the 51st state, he noted as he ramps up his trade war.
In response, the stock market dropped over 500 points as nervous investors worry about a potential recession.
The increase in tariffs, from 25% to 50%, will go into affect on Wednesday, Trump said.
'Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD,' Trump declared.
'I will shortly be declaring a National Emergency on Electricity within the threatened area,' he added.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford put a 25% tariff on Canadian electricity to Michigan, New York and Minnesota on Monday in response to earlier tariffs from Trump.
Ford, a conservative politician who runs Canada's most populous province, says he's ready to 'shut the electricity off completely' if America continues to 'escalate.'
Trump's fury continued in a second post to his Truth Social account, where he warned Canada will pay a historically big 'financial price' for its electricity tariff. Many states in the Northeast buy supplemental energy from Canada.
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> All American tariffs against Canada need to end
> immediately.
>
> All Canadian tariffs against America need to end
> immediately.
US and Canada are playing chicken with their economies.
I don’t remember anything good coming out of playing chicken.
Is this purposely idiotic or do these idiots knowingly want to tank markets?
Hahahahahaha...those are the same people who get enraged when you slap a “This car is powered by a Coal-Fired power plant!” sticker on the back of their EV.
Distraction from the genocidal catastrophe in Syria.
That is not what Trump was implying you buffoon. He was speaking hypothetically.
> Daily Mail UK hates America. <
The Daily Mail UK occasionally does good work. They will report on scandals the American media would prefer to bury. But the Daily Mail sure loves sensational headlines.
For them, everything is “shocking” and a major crisis. It doesn’t really matter what the topic is.
You bet. Energy self reliance is everything. I'd cut Canada completely off of everything. Teach those leftist a hard lesson.
Here’s another angle on the Ontario electricity tariffs. Deep States may be using this, too, to attack Elon Musk.
Consider...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/tesla-sales-by-state
NYS ranks fourth after CA, FL, and TX for Tesla sales.
Just like people like Colin Powell, Lindsey Grahmnesty, and Condolezza Rice are conservatives.
Teach their Deep State, anyway.
The citizenry is already living it.
Oh horsehockey!
I repeat myself:
Makes no sense!!The imports from Canada are less than 1% of GDP. You’d think the whole world ends because that 1% will now have a 25% duty on it. 25% of 1% is .25% of the economy is affected. PEOPLE WTH? How could such a small thing tank markets!!!!! The world has gone insane.
Whaaa!! How dare the ugly Americans do to them what they did to us. Sorry, Canucks and world, WE ATE DONE BEING PLAYED FOR UNCLE SUCKER.
Western Canada would even that out a bit and keep us status quo for a bit as people wake up.
It’ high time for independence from the 51st.
US and Canada are playing chicken with their economies.
I don’t remember anything good coming out of playing chicken.
Your memory is different than mine. Typically, the participant with the strong upper hand wins handily. Wait, not typically. Every time.
Sorry if your 401k is down. Hope you didn’t need the money today. If you need it in the future, it’ll be worth a whole lot more thanks to our President.
Exactly. When the dust settles, Pierre Poilievre will be back on top of the polls, which is ultimately best for America.
Daily Mail being headquartered in the heart of the commonwealth will come to the journalistic aid of one of its own in trouble when needed.
A 500 point drop in a 40,000 stock market is not a tank.
I’m fine with the idea of equalizing our tariff situation with Canada, but I don’t understand why Trump keeps bringing up this 51st state idea. It doesn’t seem to be trolling anymore - he seems serious. Canada as the 51st state would throw the House to the Democrats for the next two decades and would give the Democrats two more Senate seats. Why should we want this?
And our republic is priceless.
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