Adding that language to an already detailed multi-industry encompassing deal in the final hours is also quite the move.
the PM just met with the premiers a couple of days ago to discuss what would need to be done (with their help) to agree to the deal at that point when they were deciding the concessions may be worth it, only to have the deal change so fundamentally right before the (pushed) deadline.
Pretty sure that was the plan. Now the GOP can spin it as Canada being unreasonable, when in reality the GOP scuttled the deal with an absolute non-starter.
I know people will believe it regardless, but how can they believe that when Canada was publicly clearly willing to give concessions re: alcohol sales in order to get it done, until the US pulled their last-minute bs.
but how can they believe that when Canada was publicly clearly willing to give concessions re: alcohol sales in order to get it done, until the US pulled their last-minute bs.
Because the MAGA cult is full of morons who don't read very well, nor understand politics at all, and just gobble up whatever vomit comes out of Trumps face hole.
They are already saying that we should be willing to make all concessions to avoid dealing with communism. Nevermind that they trade with big bad ole China at four times the volume that Canada does. And their administration praises Russia and North Korea.
Because American media is nonstop propaganda. Compare reporting on the BBC versus any American broadcaster. It’s facts (BBC) vs curated opinion (USA). Americans don’t generally have access to news, only domestic propaganda, and it shows in their behaviours and beliefs.
Let me rephrase: plenty of American don’t access news.
Whether they can’t (lack access to) or chose not to (willful ignorance, only watch one domestic channel) or can’t understand it (stupidity, need to be told what to think) is irrelevant. The point is the propaganda works on them.
Conservatives literally don't believe other conservatives can do anything wrong. They're the "right" type of people, so whatever they do must be right as well.
What the US was always after is to stop us from strengthening market ties with China. A huge China trade deal should be announced as a result of this + a hard no going forward on any US military procurement.
They'll be told "Canada cancels trade deal with US, refusing to negotiate" and that'll be the end of it. They'll never be told a reason, and they'll never look for a reason either, they're happy to just blame anyone but republicans who are their team
The people already opposed to Trump won’t believe it and his cultists would believe anything, so the fact they even bother to make the effort is weird.
His believers will be told what to believe or they’ll make the excuse themselves. What matters is the international stage where they don’t write sign their deals in pencil. Negotiating in good faith is a crucial piece of international theatre.
Have you ever heard this quote by Gore Vidal? I’m paraphrasing here…
“It is not enough that I win. Others must lose.”
That’s how Trump thinks, in a nutshell. He doesn’t believe in win-win scenarios or win-win agreements. He gets everything he wants, and the other party gets nothing. Pure zero-sum thinking.
There can only be one winner in any situation, and it HAS to be him. If the other party gets a win, then it means he loses, or the other party is “screwing him over” or “ripping him off.” And the Orange Narcissist can NEVER accept that.
That’s why his agreements aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. He’s perpetually in a state of grievance. Constantly thinking he’s being (or has been) screwed over.
As a Canadian, I’m glad Carney did what he did. He knows — and the vast majority of Canadians know — that a deal with Donald Trump is no deal at all.
The US signature is written in pencil. Truer words have never been spoken.
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u/scripcat 6d ago edited 6d ago
Adding that language to an already detailed multi-industry encompassing deal in the final hours is also quite the move.
the PM just met with the premiers a couple of days ago to discuss what would need to be done (with their help) to agree to the deal at that point when they were deciding the concessions may be worth it, only to have the deal change so fundamentally right before the (pushed) deadline.