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President Joe Biden criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico as “counterproductive,” warning it could harm relationships with key trade partners.

Trump announced the tariffs would remain until illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking are stopped, drawing criticism from economists who argue the costs would fall on consumers.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum disputed Trump’s claim that she agreed to “close borders.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the importance of maintaining strong U.S.-Canada trade ties in response to the proposal.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    “This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!” Trump said in the post.

    Considering Reagan had the CIA running coke and teaching how to make crack…

    I really wouldn’t be surprised if Trump is trying to cut out the cartels and import straight into America.

    We could see a full blown narco war with all the downsides while supply to US remains uneffected and the people making it happens make billions that’s already in untraceable (and untaxable) accounts or just straight pallets of cash/gold.

    Use the government to stop competition and your own operation fills the void. It’s what Rudy did with the Russian mob back in the day too.

    And if that’s the plan, supply never goes down and you get a forever war to keep the party in power. Because voters will believe it’s still coming from there.

    Shit, the only reason it won’t go down like that is the people trump listens to aren’t smart enough to realize