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**Francisca Sinn** @fsinn@mas.to · 7h

“We tried again in 1812. Thomas Jefferson, the original Republican, described the acquisition of Canada as “a mere matter of marching.” This was incorrect. The United States launched eight or nine invasions of #Canada during the War of 1812, winning only one fruitless battle. The rest of the time, it got walloped.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/us-canada-relations-trump/682046/?gift=YVn-52ho1I0oQ0frZLpB9DtEPYH_61ypxg_VT_60_7s&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

The Atlantic · 2dInvading Canada Is Not AdvisableBy Eliot A. Cohen

#TradeWar #Tariffs #ElbowsUp

**Cliff Schecter** @cliffschecter@c.im · 7h

**Cliff Schecter** @cliffschecter@c.im · 7h

Cliff Schecter @cliffschecter@c.im

My newest #Substack on #Trump's expected, yet dangerous turn towards more lawlessness and the #GOP mooks attacking our judiciary/enabling him

https://www.blueamp.co/p/trump-defies-judge-iilegally-dangerously #news #usa #press #media #politics #tech #ai #elonmusk #donaldtrump #musk #socialmedia #russia #ukraine #china #canada #eu #europe #us #amrerica #tariffs #war

Blue Amp · 9hTrump Defies Judge: IIlegally, Dangerously Goes Forward With Mass DeportationBy Cliff Schecter

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**ˈdälfən™** @dalfen@mstdn.social · 8h

ˈdälfən™ @dalfen@mstdn.social

~ Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come ~

But in a statement provided by the White House, Mr. Navarro described Mr. Trump's advisers as following his lead, characterizing them as "a diverse group with complementary skill sets and a high level of trust with names like Bessent, Greer, Hassett and Lutnick who debate behind closed doors and emerge as 'one band, one sound." There have been few exceptions granted. Ms. Rollins heard from farmers who wanted an exemption for potash, an important ingredient for fertilizer. Mr. Trump ultimately agreed to a reduced 10 percent tariff, but was unhappy about the reprieve, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. In a statement, Ms. Rollins said the president's "reduction of tariffs on potash is a critical step in helping farmers manage and secure key input costs at the height of planting season while reinforcing long- term agricultural trade relations." But in many other cases, Mr. Trump has seemed far less willing to offer significant industry exemptions than he was in his first term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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While some industry executives have tried to push back during discussions with the White House, very few have said anything publicly; those who did earned the ire of the Trump administration. Those who have spoken privately have generally sandwiched any criticism of Mr. Trump between lavish praise. Some companies have been "intimidated" about pushing back on tariffs, wary of becoming some kind of target, Mr. Reinsch said. "Nobody wants to go public," he said, "because they're concerned about the consequences." But those companies are still counting on policies they favor, such as tax cuts and deregulation. Jonathan Swan is a White House reporter covering the administration of Donald J. Trump. More about Jonathan Swan Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent, reporting on the second, nonconsecutive term of Donald J. Trump. More about Maggie Haberman Ana Swanson covers trade and international economics for The Times and is based in Washington. She has been a journalist for more than a decade. More about Ana Swanson

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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#USA #Canada #Mexico

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**ˈdälfən™** @dalfen@mstdn.social · 8h

ˈdälfən™ @dalfen@mstdn.social

~ Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come ~

He feels that so far the pressure has worked, aides say, citing Mexico's willingness to stem the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl into the United States. Even after Mexico came forward with those measures, Mr. Trump still pushed forward with 25 percent tariffs before pausing their application on a number of items.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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One of the biggest differences between the first term and now is that Mr. Trump is far more confident in his instincts and has stocked his team with people who echo them. He rarely hears strong dissenting views about his economic policies. Mr. Trump received fierce opposition to tariffs in his first term from those who said they would raise costs for consumers and businesses and slow the economy. His team included people Mr. Trump would derisively refer to as "globalists" - like Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary at the time, and the economic adviser Gary Cohn, who worked with others to stop tariffs by taking papers from the president's desk, and showed the president charts and maps to illustrate the benefits of trade. Other aides, like Larry Kudlow, were less confrontational but still skeptical of a protectionist trade policy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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Mr. Trump's hard-line trade adviser Peter Navarro used to have Oval Office shouting matches against the so-called globalists. Now, returning for a second term, Mr. Navarro's disputes with other advisers are more nuanced. Mr. Bessent was a hedge fund executive, and Mr. Lutnick was the chief executive of the Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. But both have publicly embraced tariffs before they were granted their jobs. And whatever they think about the tariffs privately, nobody is sitting across the Resolute Desk from Mr. Trump, strenuously arguing against his economic ideas. His current team's arguments revolve around public messaging about the tariffs, as well as exemptions and the scale and timing of the tariffs, but no one is challenging the idea of using them in some form.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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Nor is Mr. Trump hearing strong dissent from Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers are either converts to protectionism or cowed against speaking out. The Wall Street Journal editorial board is the rare right-leaning institution still consistently challenging his approach to trade. Mr. Lutnick, who is also overseeing the U.S. trade office, receives many calls from unhappy business leaders, along with the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins. On the night of March 13, Mr. Lutnick, Mr. Bessent, Kevin Hassett, who is the National Economic Council director, and a few others met at the Naval Observatory with Vice President JD Vance to discuss having a cohesive public message about the economy, amid complaints from allies about inconsistency, according to four people briefed on the meeting. White House officials declined to comment on the meeting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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#USA #Canada #Mexico

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**ˈdälfən™** @dalfen@mstdn.social · 8h

ˈdälfən™ @dalfen@mstdn.social

~ Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come ~

One of Mr. Trump's advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, said the Biden presidency proved to Mr. Trump that the stock market is not a foolproof barometer of the economy's future, nor a useful indicator of voter sentiment. If it were, Mr. Biden, who presided over a booming stock market, would surely be the president, the adviser said, explaining Mr. Trump's thinking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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Advisers say Mr. Trump knows that foreign leaders are watching to see whether he follows through on his threats, looking for signs of weakness. They have said he believes that backing off his tariffs would permanently damage his preferred image as a strongman. Sometimes he has granted absolution of sorts - like when he exempted from tariffs products from Canada and Mexico that comply with his North American trade deal. But he has repeatedly said that more and bigger tariffs are on the way. Business leaders are now rapidly reassessing the cheerful assumptions that had guided their thinking since Election Day.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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Bill Reinsch, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Commerce Department official, said Mr. Trump had been explicit in the campaign about his intentions, and that his tariff proposals this time have been much deeper and broader than in his first term. "I think he was clear," he said. "I don't think people paid much attention." Their misread is understandable. In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Mr. Trump's new crop of economic advisers sent reassuring signals to Wall Street. Their public remarks suggested that Mr. Trump's second-term trade policy would be much the same as the first. In September, Howard Lutnick, now the commerce secretary, described tariffs as a "bargaining chip" that would ultimately lead to freer markets. And Scott Bessent, who became Mr. Trump's treasury secretary, wrote in a letter to his clients last year that "the tariff gun will always be loaded and on the table but rarely discharged."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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It is still possible that Mr. Trump backs away from some of his tariffs, but if he's contemplating a reversal it would be news to his closest advisers. Mr. Trump has said repeatedly he plans to issue much more extensive tariffs on April 2, and his advisers have told foreign officials and chief executives that he won't be deterred. His comments to his cabinet secretaries and aides in Oval Office meetings track with his public rhetoric, according to two people with direct knowledge, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Mr. Trump personally drafts or dictates his Truth Social posts that threaten ever- escalating tariffs as China, Canada and the European Union retaliate against his provocations. Even former aides who think his maximalist approach is the wrong one say he has a valid point about how China and Europe have treated the United States unfairly when it comes to trade.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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**ˈdälfən™** @dalfen@mstdn.social · 8h

ˈdälfən™ @dalfen@mstdn.social

~ Trump’s Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What’s to Come ~

By Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman and Ana Swanson Reporting from Washington March 17, 2025, 2:28 p.m. ET The line fell silent. In a phone call from the Oval Office, President Trump had just delivered unwelcome news to three of America's most powerful auto executives: Mary Barra of General Motors, John Elkann of Stellantis and Jim Farley of Ford. Everyone needs to buckle up, Mr. Trump said on the call, which took place in early March. Tariffs are going into effect on April 2. It's time for everyone to get on board. The auto chiefs, like the leaders of other industries, had been arguing that Mr. Trump's 25 percent tariffs on cars coming from Canada and Mexico would wreak havoc on their supply chains and blow a hole through their industry. They had won a concession of sorts when Mr. Trump agreed to give them a one-month reprieve, until April 2.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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But now, the Big Three automaker chiefs seemed to realize there was no point in fighting for more. They had gotten as much as they were going to get. For corporate America, including some major donors, the shock of Mr. Trump's second term is that it turns out he really does believe the thing he's been saying publicly for 40 years: Foreign countries are ripping America off, and tariffs are a silver bullet for America's problems. When he says that "tariff" is the most beautiful word in the dictionary, he means it. To Mr. Trump, tariffs are not merely a negotiating tool. He believes they will make America rich again. And they combine two of his favorite features of the presidency: They are a unilateral power that he can turn on or off on a whim, and they create a begging economy, forcing powerful people to come before him to plead for mercy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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This account is based on interviews with more than a dozen Trump administration officials and others familiar with the dynamic at the White House over tariffs. They asked for anonymity to discuss private conversations and deliberations. In the corporate community — a group that spends a fortune on consultants to interpret Mr. Trump, and where the cliché of taking him "seriously but not literally" is in high circulation - many had been clinging to the view that he saw tariffs only as a tool of leverage. It was not that Mr. Trump loved tariffs, they told themselves. It was that he loved what the threat of them could yield in a negotiation. Over the years, it had become conventional wisdom that the stock market was Mr. Trump's guiding light and guardrail, and that any plunge in the markets would limit the scope of his tariffs, which were more surgically applied seven years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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But Trump 47 has so far been undeterred by a plummeting market and by headlines that would have forced Trump 45 into reverse. The Dow Jones industrial average has shaved off more than 600 points since the new tariffs began. The S&P 500 slid into a correction, meaning it has fallen by more than 10 percent from its peak. During his first term, Mr. Trump had a weaker stomach for the economic pain caused by a far narrower program of tariffs. He placed tariffs on more than $300 billion of products throughout his first term; now, less than two months in, he has slapped tariffs on roughly $1 trillion of goods. A few recent public opinions polls show a growing number of Americans disapproving of Mr. Trump's handling of the economy, but his advisers insist that's more about lingering high prices than tariffs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

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#USA #Canada #Mexico

**ˈdälfən™** @dalfen@mstdn.social · 8h

ˈdälfən™ @dalfen@mstdn.social

Trump tells the US auto industry to buckle up and get ready for his tariff ride.

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Trump's Unwelcome News to Auto Chiefs: Buckle Up for What's to Come President Trump's approach to tariffs has unsettled many corporate leaders who believed he would use the levies as a negotiating tool. As it turns out, he sees them as an end in themselves.

NYT headline, 17 March 2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html

#USA #Canada #Mexico

**The Japan Times** @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 9h

The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social

Alaskan state representatives will visit Japan this month to court investors for a natural gas project that U.S. President Donald Trump says could pump trillions of dollars into the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/17/alaska-investors-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #donaldtrump #alaska #us #usjapanrelations #energy #gas #lng #southkorea #tariffs

The Japan Times · 20hAlaskan officials to seek investors in Japan as Trump touts LNGBy Katya Golubkova

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**TheGentYYC** @TheGentYYC@mastodon.social · 9h

TheGentYYC @TheGentYYC@mastodon.social

Well it's official, 2 out of 2 top turncoat quisling TRAITORS do NOT approve of #MarkCarney which should tell you all you need to know about both #Carney and his opponent #Poilievre that can't pass a routine #SecurityClearance during a #ForeignInterference crisis.

Image from some interview show, greasy traitor Kevin O'Leary is on, overlaid with the labekl "KNOWN QUISLING TRAITOR" and the title "KevinO'Leary: Mark Carney Would Wreck the Economy - Canadian Dollar at Risk of Losing 60%."

Smith Fbook post reads: "How can we trust Mark Carney when he moved his headquarters - and Canadian jobs - to the United States? He doesn’t have the best interest of Canadians at heart. We need a Prime Minister who doesn’t have a financial stake in the United States and who will put our hard-working Canadian families first." Added label reads "KNOWN QUISLING TRAITOR"

#ElbowsUp #TradeWar #abpoli

**Jan Heisinen** @heisinen@ieji.de · 9h

Jan Heisinen @heisinen@ieji.de

Joining the #European #propaganda team. Here you go: a short guide on how to become a digitally sovereign European citizen.

#BuyEuropean #BuyEU #BuyFromEU

**R. Scott Pert** @raymondpert@mastodon.cloud · 10h

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R. Scott Pert @raymondpert@mastodon.cloud

OECD warns of slowing global growth amid trade tensions

> The leading economic organization cut its forecast for global growth due to trade tensions sparked by #DonaldTrump's #tariffs. It warned that conditions could worsen.
https://www.dw.com/en/oecd-warns-of-slowing-global-growth-amid-trade-wars/a-71941762 #MAGA #economy #growth

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Deutsche Welle · 19hOECD warns of slowing global growth amid trade tensionsBy Louis Oelofse

**Kim Perales** @KimPerales@toad.social · 11h *

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Kim Perales @KimPerales@toad.social

Compounding this growing sense of economic abandonment is Team Plutocrat in Trump’s inner circle. There’re many voters he's lost that helped him carry the swing states of the industrial Midwest.

Trump owes his victory to the economically anxious, but now, he's increasing their anxieties. Trump just said that EVs are good, but only from Tesla. But because of Trump's EOs & policies, Musk is facing #tariffs, & backlash from car buyers because of #DOGE.

#Tesla #Musk #USPol
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-17-trumps-180-electric-vehicles-provided-theyre-teslas/

The American Prospect · 1dTrump’s 180 on Electric Vehicles—Provided They’re TeslasHe won autoworkers’ support by opposing EVs, which need fewer workers to produce. Last week, he pitched Teslas to American motorists.

**Sheldon** @sysop408@sfba.social · 12h *

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Sheldon @sysop408@sfba.social

Dear Canada, here’s a vignette of the tariff war from an American.

Oh, that’s a Canadian product. I should buy that.

(Voice in head as I reach for it) Hello? What are you going to do with it? You don’t particularly like hot pot, you don’t even have a hot pot, and even if you did, beef is your least favorite hot pot food.

If this thing escalates the score is gonna be like Canada 5000, USA 3.

Nobody in Canada’s gonna buy American goods if they can help it, but lots of people here will intentionally choose a Canadian variant.

Frozen food cabinet at Costco showing shelves packed with frozen beef rolls with “produced in Canada” stamped on the containers.

#tariffs #canada #uspol

**Francisca Sinn** @fsinn@mas.to · 12h

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Francisca Sinn @fsinn@mas.to

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney starts his term by ignoring the US, not giving any air to the fascist felon, and instead heading to Europe.

I love this so much.

Prime Minster Carney understand the assignment.

#Canada #TradeWar #Tariffs #ElbowsUp #Never51

https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/mark-carneys-bold-eu-pivot-building?r=2m1hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

This trip to France was not just symbolic—it was a decisive statement. Canada was done waiting for the United States to be a stable, reliable partner. Instead, Carney was forging new economic and security ties with France, the U.K., and key European allies, ensuring that Canada would stand independently as a global power, rather than as a dependent junior partner to an increasingly isolationist America. Carney has refused any communication with Trump or the Trump admin 3 days into being Canada’s Prime Minister and that strategy won’t end anytime soon.

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**AccordionBruce** @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social · 13h *

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AccordionBruce @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social

@clumbake @nek @pluralistic
“With Trump imposing #tariffs on US trading partners, there is now zero reason to keep those laws on the books…

“The first country that perfects the universal car diagnosing tool will sell one to every mechanic in the world – along with subscriptions that keep up with new cars and new manufacturer software updates. That country could have the relationship to car repairs that Finland had to mobile phones for a decade
#TeslaTakedown

**Kim Perales** @KimPerales@toad.social · 14h *

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Kim Perales @KimPerales@toad.social

"Do you think, if Biden was like “we’re going to cause a recession but after that we’ll have a golden age,” that the WaPo would say “oh he’s just not explaining his plan very well?"
-W Stancil

"Trump econ advisor Hassett warns of more uncertainty over tariffs."

But he predicted that things will clear up when the Trump admin implements its plan to IMPOSE "RECIPROCAL #TARIFFS“.
Watch
Trump & Bessent: declined to rule out the possibility of a #recession.
#Idiocracy #USPol
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/17/trump-hassett-tariff-uncertainty-reciprocal.html

An article headline from The Washington Post discusses President Trump's economic plan, noting that while it aims to reshape the economy, he is not effectively communicating its details. The piece highlights the confusion surrounding the expected outcomes.

**AI6YR Ben** @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 15h

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

AP: Tariff threats, spending cuts put Federal Reserve in tough spot as it meets this week
Economy Mar 17, 2025 10:01 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Federal Reserve officials last met in late January, things looked pretty good: Hiring was solid. The economy had just grown at a solid pace in last year’s final quarter. And inflation, while stubborn, had fallen sharply from its peak more than two years ago.

What a difference seven weeks makes. (more...)

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/tariff-threats-spending-cuts-put-federal-reserve-in-tough-spot-as-it-meets-this-week

PBS News · 16hTariff threats, spending cuts put Federal Reserve in tough spot as it meets this weekOngoing tariff threats as well as sharp cuts to government spending and jobs have tanked consumer and business confidence, which could weigh on the economy and even push up unemployment.

#economy #recession #tariffs