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Originally Posted by Fuzz
So what, we just pretend we are fighting ghosts? These aren't real issues. We've been over the numbers. It's bull####. If anyone should be fixing their crime problem at the border, it's the US flooding our country with illegal guns that end up killing Canadians. If he wants to start talking border problems, lets talk border problems.
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The whole border thing is just a pretense for him to impose economic pressure and assert control over Canada. Trump has been talking about tariffs since the 1990s and it was only recently that he has tied fentanyl and migrants into the equation. And like you said, the numbers are pretty insignificant especially when you consider the amount of contraband that enters Canada through the U.S. The U.S. trade deficit with Canada, which is about $40 billion, not $200 billion like he keeps saying, is mainly because the U.S. is a wealthier country with 10x more people, therefore they buy more stuff than Canadians. It also ignores that the low prices they pay for Canadian products allows them to sell American products at a greater surplus to other countries.