“ US officials also made unacceptable "threats" to the French language and "Quebec culture", he added, referencing the French-speaking province in eastern Canada.”
The hell.
The hell.
Why do we push at all on this?
Some companies would prefer if French labels weren't required.
(not a conservative)
Blue collar MAGA workers have seen manufacturing jobs slowly bleed to other countries over the last few decades. Nevermind that the U.S. have moved up the value chain while this has gone on, or that the same thing has happened in Canada. It's not about logic. It's about pain and (perceived) revenge. Blue collar MAGA workers want to see other countries punished, regardless of whether they're punished along with them. That's why Trump goes out of his way to humiliate his allies even though it puts him at a disadvantage in negotiations. (If this trade war were purely economic, Carney would have an easier time backing down and giving into demands. As things stand, he has no choice but to dig in and fight.)
If you buy this, what MAGA wants is to punish anyone "not us". It's not about economic gain. It's not some well-reasoned desire to redress past grievances (Canada has lost jobs in the same way, and probably more to the U.S. than vice-versa). It's purely an emotional desire to inflict pain.
A more disturbing question is: "Why is Trump alienating independents to cater to a shrinking hardcore MAGA base?". He can't win elections this way. This does, however, maintain a fanatically loyal base that's willing to do unconscionable things for their leader.
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Disclosure: I'm Canadian, not Conservative.
A balanced trade deficit at each connection between each nation worldwide would be very inefficient.
The 2024 election was 49.8% Trump vs 48.3% Harris on a turnout of 64.3%.
So essentially, only 1 in 3 eligible voters preferred Trump (the other two were split between not voting and voting for Harris).
Also - in-my-opinion, complacency around "not voting" means tacit acceptance of whomever arrives.
The lack of any large-scale, on-going citizen protests, disruptions (general strikes), seems to indicate the same - but I sure hope I am wrong and things may shift a little with their upcoming midterms (if they are legitimate).
OTOH, perhaps the various media (traditional and social) platforms have been doing some "calming" around stories of various protests to avert large-scale social disruptions... (We certainly can't trust the various executives/boards of those organizations when you track who/when they have been donating money and "gifts" too, and which events their leadership have attended...)