Trump launches a baffling trade war against Canada and Mexico — “Trump knows the United States has more leverage over its neighbors than they do over his country. But exploiting that position of strength could cause a historic rupture.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/02/trump-tariffs-baffling-trade-war/

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  1. * Submitted article mirror: https://archive.is/Cdh14

    – Look for “exceptionalism” in https://old.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/gza212/dominionists_say_crises_and_trumps_reelection/ftf1atm/ .

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    * “In trade wars of 200 years ago, the pirates were Americans” by Paul Wiseman (March 28, 2019): https://web.archive.org/web/20190328194717/https://apnews.com/b40414d22f2248428ce11ff36b88dc53 and https://archive.is/2020.07.02-210843/https://apnews.com/b40414d22f2248428ce11ff36b88dc53

     

     

    * “Trump and the Collapse of the Old Order” “A disquieting Washington visit leaves me with a sense that America is making a big break from the past.” by Peggy Noonan (January 30, 2025): https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-and-the-collapse-of-the-old-order-policy-politics-eb2fe178 , https://archive.is/Uc7Pz

    – “The Dumbest Trade War in History” “Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.” by The Editorial Board (January 31, 2025): https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-25-percent-mexico-canada-trade-economy-84476fb2 , https://archive.is/8c980

    – “The Dumbest Trade War Fallout Begins” “Canada and Mexico vow retaliation in response to Trump’s tariffs, amid new economic uncertainty.” by The Editorial Board (February 2, 2025): https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-trump-tariff-fallout-begins-canada-mexico-vow-retaliation-economic-uncertainty-da522b44 , https://archive.is/VK6uJ

    * “EU warns Trump it will retaliate over tariffs” “Threat comes as Sir Keir Starmer urged not to get too close to Europe as he prepares to head to Brussels” by Charles Hymas, Joe Barnes, and Amy Gibbons (February 3, 2025): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/02/eu-ready-retaliate-against-donald-trump-tariffs/ , https://archive.is/17VAx

    * “Trump launches a baffling trade war against Canada and Mexico” “Trump knows the United States has more leverage over its neighbors than they do over his country. But exploiting that position of strength could cause a historic rupture.” by Ishaan Tharoor (February 2, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/02/trump-tariffs-baffling-trade-war/ , https://archive.is/Cdh14

    * “Trump Calls For Canada To Become “51st State” Again” “While claiming the United States pays “hundreds of billions of dollars to SUBSIDIZE Canada,” apparently referring to the US trade deficit with its neighbor, Trump said “without this massive subsidy, Canada ceases to exist as a viable Country.”” by Agence France-Presse (AFP) (February 2, 2025: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-calls-for-canada-to-become-51st-state-again-7617945 , https://archive.is/RAfBd

    * https://old.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/1ifslby/lawyers_see_increase_in_people_cutting_ties_with/maity40/ (“Lawyers see increase in people cutting ties with U.S., applying for Canadian citizenship”)

     

     

    * Copied from https://old.reddit.com/r/economy/comments/gza212/dominionists_say_crises_and_trumps_reelection/ftf1atm/ :

    “The Histomap. Four Thousand Years Of World History. Relative Power Of Contemporary States, Nations And Empires.” by John B. Sparks, 4194 x 19108 pixels: http://web.archive.org/web/20130813230833if_/alanbernstein.net/images/large/histomap.jpg via http://web.archive.org/web/20130813230833/alanbernstein.net/images/large/histomap.jpg

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    – Read the publishers’ foreword in “(Covers to) The Histomap. Four Thousand Years Of World History. Relative Power Of Contemporary States, Nations And Empires.”: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~200374~3000299:-Covers-to–The-Histomap–Four-Thou?printerFriendly=1

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    – Source for the original, very large, high-resolution image (4194 x 19108 pixels): http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~200375~3001080:The-Histomap–Four-Thousand-Years-O?printerFriendly=1 (“Download 1: Full Image Download in MrSID Format” and “Download 2: MrSID Image Viewer for Windows”)

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    * “The Histomap. Four Thousand Years Of World History. Relative Power Of Contemporary States, Nations And Empires.” by John B. Sparks: http://archive.ph/1wEk8/332f1c70b1ffd9854847dbfa7ad77b4915cbd50a.jpg via http://archive.ph/1wEk8 ; https://web.archive.org/web/20130813230833if_/alanbernstein.net/images/large/histomap.jpg via https://web.archive.org/web/20130813230833/alanbernstein.net/images/large/histomap.jpg

     

     

    – “ArtV.1 Overview of Article V, Amending the Constitution”: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artV-1/ALDE_00000507/

    – “INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION” “Scholar Exchange: Article V — The Amendment Process” “Briefing Document”: https://constitutioncenter.org/media/const-files/Briefing_Doc._Article_V_.pdf

    – “ARTICLE V: THE AMENDMENT PROCESS — WHAT IS YOUR 28TH AMENDMENT?”: https://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/Amendment_Process_2022_Update.pdf

     

  2. The big lesson will be how much less dependent our neighbors are on us then the proven and unrepentant rapist, business fraud, and serial liar Trump and the trump-humpin’ minions believe is true. It will come as a shock, but it’s a reality.

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