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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Until 1.5M US homes go dark with no electricity in the middle of Winter. And no, despite what some Republicans try and claim the US cannot just make up for that on their side. Time to play hardball.
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This is a poor attempt to exercise leverage. Trump's main concern with these tariffs is to make himself look like a winner. It also works for him if he can use an outside enemy to elevate his position. If we "shut the lights off" for $1.5mm houses in the US, then we look like the villains, and Trump gets someone he can rail against for the next two years. This is the problem with actually trying to use this type of export leverage - Trump can use it to great advantage with domestic politics. (If you think you can convince the US population that Canada turning off oil or electricity is Trump's fault, you should probably look at how good Trump is at playing this game.)