Trump announces 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports — including from Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariff-steel-aluminum-canada-1.7454845

46 comments

  1. Brilliant! This will certainly bring inflation down…. /S

  2. Ok. So now they do a 30% Tariff on the US and we lose money. This is fucking dumb

  3. Hey but… are the eggs going down? I could have sworn Trump and conservatives wanted those egg prices down…

  6. And you know what domestic steel did this week, raise their prices. It’s their time to shine and they make themselves more expensive. Still cheaper to buy the import with tariffs.

  7. Trump and his supporters believe they will benefit from trade wars with most of the rest of the world. On top of that, they want to take over territory from NATO allies, possibly by military force. They seem to have cancelled all foreign aid. The United States of America has given up any claim to being leader of the free world.

  9. I’m sure all the American manufacturing jobs will come back so fast with – checks notes – higher costs for raw materials.

  10. It’s like he learnt the word tariff a couple weeks ago and is excited to put it in a sentence

  11. If you voted for this shit, congratulations, you’re getting it.

  12. So Americans will pay 25% more to get the materials they need…

  13. Canada you know what to do, today is the Super Bowl….turn the fuckn power off!!!

  15. Genius at work:: I’m gonna tariff that thing I don’t produce…. Aluminummininium …… that’s will show them and bring back aluminium production to the states, you know, like we never really had but

  17. Time for Canada to use that steel and rebuild their train network and new pipelines east and west.

  18. As a Canadian, I hope he’s sticks with it lol.

    Just exhausted by this guy and I really hope we can start to trade what we gave to the US to other countries. Him doing this only accelerates that. I know it’ll hurt the economy A LOT in the short term, but long term we’ll be better off for it.

    Just like how a good investor would diversify their portfolio, so should a country with their trade partners.

  19. I bet the automotive industry is having a blast with these tariffs.

  20. $10 for a 12 pack of soft drinks just wasn’t expensive enough.

  22. Didnt even wait two full weeks before falling back to tariff wars with the allies.

    No lie, everyone just needs to stop buying american. He only knows how to approach diplomacy with one tool, and he barely understands how to use that tool to start with. He thinks if he leverages the wealth and goodwill (that was built by millions of others) hard enough he will get whatever he asks for. Dont agree to his terms? Tariffs. Agree to his terms? Tariffs, two weeks later, anyways. And his stupid supporters, egos sky high from ‘American Exceptionalism’ will never figure out who or why the economy goes to the shitter. Theyll just blame Hunter Biden and trans sports.

  23. As a Canadian we have two moods:
    1. We’re sorry.
    2. You’ll be sorry.

    You wanna dance fat boy? Lets fuckin go.

  24. Shockingly unsurprising. His promise of a thirty day suspension on the imposition of tariffs on Canada and Mexico didn’t even last a week. America’s word isn’t worth a damn anymore.

  25. Wow. America imports most of its steel and aluminum. How does this make any sense?

  26. Yup didn’t even make a full month. Not fucking shocked. This is why Canadians stuck to By Canadian

  27. Canada had hoped they had gotten a reprieve but as a lot of us Americans know, Trump’s word is worth less than pig shit. Canada needs to respond and not back down.

  28. History is going to be so brutal to trump. He will be known for the completely avoidable economic crisis that crippled a nation for generations to come. He will be remembered for alienating allies to no benefit. He will be remembered as the president who killed the middle class.

  32. Here’s a fun fact, there is no domestic source of smelting of aluminum in the US for material that is formed into pipe. Aluminum is one of the prime materials used in culverts and bridges in brackish salt water states in DOTs projects for controlling stormwater. Your purchasing power in these states to update infrastructure is now a fraction of what it was.

  34. It did not even last 30 days. Fuck this piece of shit and anyone who supports him.

  35. I guess from a European perspective, that makes us relatively a more lucrative export market for steel and aluminum. With the whole Ukraine kerfuffle I’m sure there’s going to be plenty of demand for steel and aluminum in Europe for the foreseeable future. I wonder if we could all somehow spin this to our advantage

  37. Can this guy fuck off already? We can’t do four full years of this – there’s no way.

  38. The rest of the world should cut off all trade with the US & ditch the USD as reserve currency ASAP.

  39. “TARIFFS! TARIFFS! 🍼👶”

    Someone put a pacifier in his mouth

  40. Whelp there went the company that I work for that makes shit out of steel and employs hundreds of people. Fkn moron

  41. We live in the worst timeline. Fuck Trump. Fuck MAGA. 🖕

  43. I think Canada should sell as much steel to other countries and run out of steel to export to the US. Then they don’t have to buy from Canada. Remember Trump said he doesn’t need anything from canada.

  44. Canada should turn off the power sent to America tonight in response to this. Plus people possibly missing the super bowl would be funny.

  45. The best steel in North America is made at Dofasco in Hamilton, Ontario, so good luck with your lower quality steel, America.

  46. I, for one, would like to thank Mr. Trump for uniting Canadians.

    O Canada!

    Our home and native land!

    True patriot love in all of us command.

    With glowing hearts we see thee rise,

    **The True North strong and free!**

    **From far and wide,**

    **O Canada, we stand on guard for thee!**

    *truncated for brevity’s point but you get the message

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