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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
This might be divide and conquer strategy. Going after Canada, Mexico, and China in one swoop with retaliations from Canada and Mexico means the price impact in the US is actually felt correlated with his actions. There's a possibility he presses Canada harder sooner to put the focus purely bilaterally on Canada.
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That is my read of it too.
I don't think he's ever made comments about annexing Mexico either. I think it's a mistake to assume Canada and Mexico are in the same category at all.
My optimistic side hopes that Trump felt he had to squeeze Canada and Mexico more to draw attention to his border security nonsense to claim a win - that easy promises and assurances each country gave weren't noticed enough because they were so easy.
But I think pessimism is always wise when dealing with Trump, and for the moment the announcement with Mexico simply makes us weaker and we should expect him to exploit that, which is what he always does.
Regardless, there has been a fundamental shift and Canadians would be wise to recognize that even if we dodge or delay this bullet. We are essentially living next to Russia now.