Anyone who believes this is because of drugs and illegals is a fool.
There weren’t drugs and illegals in his last term?
Someone got into his head that this is the right strategy. hopefully it is but NOT for the fake reasons given.
Drugs come from the middle east, Sicily...hell all of Europe...other asian countries...why no tariffs?
Illegals were just as much a problem last time...why only tariffs on steel and aluminum?
Where’s the wave of illegals coming from Canada...and the wave of narcotics? :)
People here will put up absurd and straw man arguments...there’s a herd mentality.
I have seen and still see it even in the turn against The Great One, Ronald Reagan...all of a sudden he did this and that wrong but Trump is perfection.
He’s not and people, even conservatives, can be herds and fools.
I hope now that the tariff war is underway, that we win.
But not for the reasons given are we fighting this war.
Trump isn’t perfect, but he is definitely predictable. He does this constantly— If you disagree with him he attacks. When you cave, he embraces you and then you’re “beautiful, the best.” This is just classic Trump. These tariffs aren’t going to last.
I think Trump is simply trying to get trade concessions and more money from Canada for defense/NATO.
The oil tariff is only 10%. There will be more domestic production and alternative sources for oil and other Canadian products.