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BREAKING: Donald Trump just said THE ONLY OPTION IS THE 51ST STATE.

Canadians would pay 50% LESS IN TAXES and get FULL U.S. MILITARY PROTECTION.

And where’s JUSTIN TRUDEAU? In PARIS.

HE’S 100% SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
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— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) February 10, 2025

He’s ragging us, I think. But VDH said much the same thing about Trump’s Intentions in this interview of 2 weeks ago.

This is the full VDH vid

h/t XC

President Trump’s threats to put a 25 percent tariff on most Canadian and Mexican imports—now on hold for 30 days, pending negotiations with both countries—have overturned the reigning orthodoxy in trade and diplomacy. Unlike his tariffs on China, the tariffs on Canada in particular lack any direct national security rationale. He may be pursuing them because he thinks Canada’s rules on fentanyl precursors are too loose, because he wants to shock the global trade system, or even because it’s his opening salvo in a bid to induce Ottawa to join the Union. But whatever Trump’s true aims are, one thing is clear: the tariffs would affect the nearly half a trillion dollars of goods and services that Americans import from Canada each year and lower near-term living standards up and down the North American continent.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week.

“Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25 per cent tariff,” he told reporters Sunday on Air Force One as he flew from Florida to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl. When asked about aluminum, he responded, “aluminum, too” will be subject to the trade penalties.

Trump also reaffirmed that he would announce “reciprocal tariffs” —”probably Tuesday or Wednesday” — meaning that the U.S. would impose import duties on products in cases where another country has levied duties on U.S. goods.

Canadians collectively breathed a sigh of relief when President Trump offered a reprieve on the proposed 25 percent tariff on Canadian trade goods. The trade war is not over, however. It has been put on pause for 30 days. As the deadline approaches, or a later one as U.S. officials review existing trade relations, the Trump administration will make new demands, and Canada’s dairy supply management system will be targeted.

Canadian ministers recognize this threat, as International Trade Minister Mary Ng made it clear in a recent interview that there will be no concessions made on supply management.