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Folks here is what I believe is really happening with the massive tariffs on Canada.
There are 5 items that we get from Canada that we can get from no other single country in the same volume except one other county.
Those 5 items are oil, natural gas, processed metals, llumber and potash for fertilizer.
The only other country that has all 5 of these in the same quantities as Canada is Russia.
I believe that Trump was misled for years leading up to the election about the state of the war in Ukraine.
I believe he was getting most of his information from people with contacts inside Russia.
I believe he was told that the US was paying for everything and that as soon as that was cut off that Ukraine would fold.
Of course that was a lie. Europe has paid for the bulk of Ukraines support for the last 4 years and the Ukrainians are way more resilient then anyone expected.
This is why Trump thought he could end the war on day one because he thought all he would have to do was cut off support for Ukraine.
The plan was through the peace negotiation process tie our economy to Russias.
There were going to be two selling points. First off that it was necessary for peace.
Secondly that it would be cheaper.
Well to ensure the second part would be true he would need to artificially inflate the prices of the products we were getting from Canada. Also if you were paying attention last year. One of Putins demands for peace was economic ties with Russia and every time Trump would hold a press meeting after talking to Putin Trump would always say there would be a lot of money to be made after the peace deal.
Once you put all this together it all starts to make sense why Trump would put such large tarrifs on our largest trading partner, neighbor and closest ally.
Well it looks like there may be an actual chance for peace coming because Putin is hemorrhaging money and his economy is collapsing.
If you are one of Trumps billionaire associates you are looking at a war torn economy like Russia that will be tied to the US consumer through a peace agreement and in desperate need of investment then you are salivating.
Trump is trying artificially raise the prices on these goods so he can get us the American voter to accept tying our economy to Russia for peace and artificial lower prices.
Don't fall for it.
