Trump threatens 100 percent tariff on Canada over China deal

[Durum and Dumber]

Just wondering opinions on Trump threatens 100 % tariff on Canada over China deal

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[FarmJunkie]

Carney to stubborn or stupid to realize he can’t win no matter what he does. Big brothers gonna give him a beat down until he gets with the program. Trouble is we all suffer until we are using US dollars

[blackpowder]

Not going to change much, but I'm starting to look forward to Nov '28.

[agstar77]

100 % tariff on oil? Natural gas ? Aluminum? Who pays ? Taco.Taco?

[SASKFARMER]

Carney is too clueless to realize we’re like an ant in a room with three elephants, and we’re not going to win. Raise your elbows all you want, but just be decent and cordial, drop all the pronouns and unnecessary talk, and focus on helping Canadians.

[fjlip]

This speech has been criticized by many as a masterclass in "Globalist gaslighting." From a conservative and skeptical perspective, Carney is essentially criticizing the very world order he spent thirty years building, while his current actions in Canada directly contradict the "principled" image he’s trying to sell in Davos.
?Here is a breakdown of why this speech is seen as misleading and where his actions at home tell a very different story...


?1. The "Values-Based" Hypocrisy (China and Qatar)
?The Speech: Carney talks about "principled" foreign policy and standing up for "human rights, solidarity, and sovereignty." He says middle powers must stop "accommodating" just to avoid trouble.
The Reality: * The China Pivot: Just days ago, Carney signed a "strategic partnership" with Beijing. He traded increased quotas for Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs) for a temporary lifting of canola tariffs. Critics argue he is doing exactly what he condemned: "negotiating from weakness" and rewarding a regime with a horrific human rights record just to fix a trade headache.
?The Qatar Visit: Carney is the first sitting PM to visit Qatar, a country with significant human rights concerns regarding labor. He called it a "shared values" partnership to get investment for AI. To many, this is the definition of "transactionalism"—selling out values for cash...

?2. "Living Within a Lie" vs. "Political Survival"
?The Speech: Carney uses the "Greengrocer" analogy to say we must stop performing rituals we know are false (like the "rules-based order").
The Reality: * The Carbon Tax Flip-Flop: For years, Carney was the world’s loudest advocate for carbon pricing. Once he became PM and saw the "Axe the Tax" polls, he scrapped the consumer carbon tax on his first day (March 2025).
?The Conservative View: He didn't scrap it because he "stopped believing the lie"; he scrapped it to save his political skin. He replaced it with a complex "Climate Competitiveness" framework that many see as a "technocratic shell game"—it's still a tax on the economy, just rebranded to be less visible to voters...

?3. Sovereignty or Subordination to Europe?
?The Speech: He argues that Canada must develop "strategic autonomy" so we aren't "on the menu" of great powers (specifically aimed at the U.S.).
The Reality: * Trading One Master for Another: While distancing Canada from the U.S., Carney has tethered Canada to the European Union through the SAFE defense program.
?The Negative: By "Europeanizing" Canadian procurement, critics say he isn't building "sovereignty"—he’s just moving Canada from the American sphere of influence to the European one. For a rural Canadian, this means our defense and trade policies are being decided by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels rather than in North America...
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[wrongway]

I heard blaw blaw blaw new world order blaw blaw blaw

[shtferbrains]

Quote: "The Qatar Visit: Carney is the first sitting PM to visit Qatar, a country with significant human rights concerns regarding labor. He called it a "shared values" partnership to get investment for AI. To many, this is the definition of "transactionalism"—selling out values for cash"

Qatar has been known as the place to go for financing for energy projects after Carney's climate cartel resticted availability to the O&G industry due to all the ESG regulations and GFANZ
The initiative advocated that "companies that have plans in place to reduce the emissions, will find the capital, those who don't, won't"
Carney's visit to Qatar had to be kind of like the preacher showing up at the *****house on Saturday night and preaching a sermon in Davos later in the week?

[fjlip]

4. The "Strength at Home" Mirage
?The Speech: He claims he is "building strength at home" by cutting taxes and removing trade barriers.
The Reality: * "Nation-Maintenance" on the Cheap: His "tax cuts" (dropping the lowest bracket from 15% to 14%) save the average family about $400–$800 a year—an amount easily wiped out by the inflation and housing costs that persisted under the cabinet he inherited (which is mostly the same people as the previous administration).
?Bureaucratic Power Grab: Buried in his recent budget bills is legislation (like Bill C-15) that gives the Cabinet massive power to exempt corporations from federal laws under the guise of "national interest." This isn't "sovereignty for the people"; it's a massive centralizing of power in the PM's office...

?5. The Arctic "Bravado"
?The Speech: He talks big about standing with Denmark and Greenland against U.S. "threats" and "unwavering commitment" to NATO's northern flank.
The Reality: * Empty Promises: Despite the rhetoric, Canada’s military is still plagued by recruitment crises and aging equipment. Doubling spending by 2030 (as he promised) is a "future-dated" check.
?The Risk: By picking a fight with the U.S. over Greenland and tariffs, he is risking a "trade war" that Canada cannot win, all for a "principled stand" that doesn't put a single extra patrol boat in the water today.
?Summary: The "Globalist" Rebrand
?From a conservative lens, the Davos speech is an attempt to distance himself from the failures of the last decade. He is acting like an "outsider" pointing out the cracks in the system, but:
?He helped build the system.
?He still uses "technocrat" methods (omnibus bills and international "clubs").
?He is sacrificing long-term security (the U.S. alliance) for short-term trade deals with China and Qatar.

A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos that Canada is done “living within a lie” and is ready to build real national strength, Parliament’s budget watchdog delivered a much colder message: the government’s own Budget 2025 pitch, that Ottawa’s planned capital supports for third parties will “enable” more than $1 trillion in total investment over the next five years rests largely on spending that was already baked in before the budget ever dropped.
The note from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), published January 21, 2026, examines Budget 2025’s new reporting framework for “capital investment.” Under that framework, the government says roughly $280 billion in federal spending will “enable” more than $1 trillion in total investment activity over five years (2025–26 through 2029–30).
But the PBO’s breakdown punctures the marketing.

The $1 Trillion Number Isn’t What It Sounds Like. According to the PBO note, of about $285.0 billion in federal spending (cash basis) tied to this “$1 trillion” figure, only $41.3 billion represents new measures introduced in Budget 2025. The remaining $243.7 billion is planned spending that existed before the budget.
In plain English: most of the “big new” investment story is old spending with a fresh label.
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[blackpowder]

Right now Carney could say literally anything if associated with America Phobia Syndrome. Ice to an Inuit if it was labeled "not American".
Noticing AB getting blasted on FB.
Quebec, crickets. Any talk of change will be linked somehow to the US and will die.
The Ruling Party of Canada has been handed an epic gift.
PP out of his league.
People are swallowing the presentation.
8 more years of Blarney.
Now imagine Newsom as POTUS in 28. Pendulum gonna swing back hard.
New World Order my foot. It's been going on for 25 years.