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Originally Posted by DuffMan
What I read yesterday, and I agree with, is, JT should not fall into the trap of a public argument with Trump, that's what Trump is looking for, at the moment. There will come a time where everyone sits down to negotiate this, and now is not the time to engage publicly.
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Exactly.
Our government is smart enough to not get into a public war of words with Trump.
Do people really want Trudeau jumping on Twitter to fight this battle? That's not how you take on someone irrational like Trump. Let Trump say all the BS he wants. He is going to say and do whatever he wants and the more you tell him no, the more he is going to stick to his guns.
Taking on Canada for trade is dumb. Our trade with them is almost even. They have an 11/545 billion dollar or 2% deficit with us, which is astonishingly even in the big picture and considering their overall trade deficit globally. They export more to Canada than to any other country in the world and Canadians are the largest consumers of American made goods (maybe aside from the U.S. itself).
https://www.thebalance.com/trade-def...county-3306264
Trump's stance will hurt his own people as well if he wants to take a hard line. Not smart for a country short of friends right now.