Subj : US tariff retaliation
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Mar 06 2025 08:48:00

> Trump's tariffs were mainly retaliatory about fentanyl policies. In his
peech
> yesterday, Justin Trudeu said they've already seen a dramatic reduction in
he
> amount of fentanyl crossing the border, as they've seized a lot more fentanyl
> in the last month - so supposedly, Canada is already doing their part.

In the case of Canada, "fentanyl" was a smoke screen.  Canada stops much
more coming *into* Canada than we have coming *from* Canada.

> Is hurting the economy and making things more expensive what Trump wanted?
> Since Trump is a business person, I'd think he'd have a good sense of the
> financial effects of things, so I'd have to think he would have expected this
> to happen.  I didn't vote for Trump (didn't vote for Kamala either), but I
as
> still hoping for some positive change when Trump came into office.  So far,
'
> seeing prbable negative change with these tariffs, and I'm worried.

Same.


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