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   -=> Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-   
      
    RM> Originally we did think that the Canada as the 51st state was a bit   
    RM> of a joke, but he seems to be getting more and more serious about it   
    RM> all the time.   
      
    I'm sure it was a deliberate head-fake, get people agitated about   
    something he's not going to do as cover for DOGE. But, Trump can't back   
    down - he doubles down.   
      
    I liked the analysis that admitting Canada into the union would result   
    in 13 more significantly progressive states and could skew any future   
    elections. If we have elections again.   
      
    RM>  Honestly though, with him it's hard to tell what is a   
    RM> ploy and what he's serious about. The bottom line is that a trade   
    RM> war between our countries would just cost the regular people more.   
      
   Trump, this time around even more, seems beholden. To Putin, Greenland   
   and Canada are key to the Atlantic ocean. It seems like DOGE's end game   
   is to privatize the government to the benefit of billionaires. Any   
   market crash helps those with money buy distressed assets at a   
   discount, and lets him "save" us. Remember his mantra last time - only I   
   can save government? This time, he bears responsibility for it, being   
   president for 4 of the last 8 years. His cabinet resemble syncophant goons   
   who have claimed loyalty to Trump, not the constitution.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    RM> The gov't will collect the tariffs as income and the amount of them   
    RM> will just get passed down to the regular consumers in higher prices   
    RM> so it acts more like a tax on almost everything you buy.   
      
    RM> But it sounds like if he could arrange it at all Trump would like   
    RM> the USA to take over Canada, Greenland, Panama and the Gaza strip.   
      
    MP>In Canada, what is the general feeling as to why Trump wants Canada   
     >to join with the USA?   
      
    RM> We have a lot of rare minerals and natural resources that we sell to   
    RM> you and of the oil you import, 60% of it comes from Canada. Trump was   
    RM> talking about a $200 Billion trade deficit with Canada - us selling   
    RM> you that much more than you sell us - but they looked at that up here   
    RM> and found if you remove Oil from that figure, which we actually sell   
    RM> to you at 20% less than the going market rates, then you actually   
    RM> end up with a small trade surplus. Someone said a while back that if   
    RM> the Tariff war comes through and affects oil that Americans can   
    RM> expect to pay about an extra $10 to fill their tanks.   
      
    RM> Canada and the USA have one of the best relationships in the world   
    RM> with the longest undefended border in the world. We generally like   
    RM> each other and our trade back and forth is a huge part of both of   
    RM> our economies so I hope that Trump doesn't do anything to mess that   
    RM> up more than he already has (tourism and cross border shopping is   
    RM> way down and we are booing each others national anthems at sporting   
    RM> events). Fortunately this is his last term and I fear he is trying   
    RM> to do something to really stand out in the history books more than   
    RM> it actually being something to 'make America Great again'...   
    RM> ---   
    RM>  * SLMR Rob  * Be careful, or I'll include you in my plans   
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