Commitment comes after week of chaotic messaging from U.S. president
U.S. President Donald Trump says he will end a month-long pause and slap a 25 per cent tariff on most Canadian goods as of March 4, claiming he needs to take action because “drugs are still pouring into our country” despite evidence that a crackdown at the border is working.
Trump said in a social media post Thursday that fentanyl imports are killing people and the U.S. “cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA” and he will levy a 25 per cent tariff on Canada “until it stops, or is seriously limited.”
He also says his threatened reciprocal tariffs on specific goods set to come into effect in April “will remain in full force and effect.”
The commitment comes after a week of chaotic messaging from the president.
I am getting whiplash I think. Yes no yes no yes no. February. March. No April. No March after all 🙄 I think we should go ahead with our tariffs for them and do our Buy Canadian thing.
I’m just gonna sing some katy perry for no reason what so ever.
🎵
You change your mind
Like a girl changes clothes
Yeah you P.M.S.
Cause you’re hot then you’re cold
You’re yes then you’re no
You’re in then you’re out
You’re up then you’re down
You’re wrong when it’s right
It’s black and it’s white
🎵
I am willing to bet he made a blunder by saying April 2nd. He is expecting Canada and Mexico to bend over again and he will delay it until the 2nd, he just forgot the carrot comes before the stick.
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I am getting whiplash I think. Yes no yes no yes no. February. March. No April. No March after all 🙄 I think we should go ahead with our tariffs for them and do our Buy Canadian thing.
Wanna bet he changes it march 3rd?
I’m just gonna sing some katy perry for no reason what so ever.
🎵 You change your mind Like a girl changes clothes Yeah you P.M.S. Cause you’re hot then you’re cold You’re yes then you’re no You’re in then you’re out You’re up then you’re down You’re wrong when it’s right It’s black and it’s white 🎵
I am willing to bet he made a blunder by saying April 2nd. He is expecting Canada and Mexico to bend over again and he will delay it until the 2nd, he just forgot the carrot comes before the stick.
Ha! That wouldn’t surprise me