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Canadian, retired Power Engineer, avid motorcyclist, ex-private pilot. Never vote Conservative.
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'Bananas': Trump blasted as he heads to golf tournament after 'blowing up' world trade
Declaring a “national emergency that threatens our security and our very way of life,” President Donald Trump, after markets closed on Wednesday afternoon, announced sweeping tariffs on nearly every nation across the globe—tanking stock market futures in the U.S. and abroad, unleashing global "chaos," and pushing the so-called “fear index” to “extreme.” Just 24 hours after what he dubbed “Liberation Day,” the President, on Thursday afternoon, will land at Miami International Airport and head straight to his Trump National Doral Golf Club for the LIV dinner, ahead of this weekend’s golf tournament, which he is expected to attend. As global leaders prepare to make contact with President Trump to stave off what may become a "global trade war," he will not be in the Oval Office, but in Florida—likely hitting the greens for the remainder of the week, something he himself accused federal workers of doing back in February. (At the same time, the House of Representatives has shut down, stalled by internal Republican divisions.) Some critics are blasting Trump's decision to head to his golf club during this "national emergency," which he has a long history of doing. And as Thursday morning unfolded, CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter posted a screenshot of CNBC's coverage of the "global selloff." READ MORE: ‘Parade of Incompetence’: Trump Security Adviser Set Up Numerous Signal Chats on Key Crises Business media company Morning Brew offered this graphic of how the stock markets are reacting. Economists and economic experts are stunned by Trump's massive tariffs, deemed "worse than the worst case scenario," according to multiple financial experts. MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle, who spent decades in finance and financial journalism, criticized Trump tariffs. "Folks who were unhappy with the economy did NOT vote for tariffs. They voted for Trump’s promise to lower inflation. His choice of action - tariff implementation will INCREASE inflation," she noted. And calling it "another large step toward a new old era of trade protectionism," The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board blasted "Trump’s New Protectionist Age." "Blowing up the world trading system has consequences that the President isn’t advertising," they warned, adding they could result in "shrinking world trade and slower growth, recession, or worse." They also declared that "Trump’s tariffs look 'reciprocal' in name only," which brings up the question of how and why Trump imposed these tariffs. "Economists and U.S. trade partners are raising questions about how the White House calculated the tariff rates it claimed other countries 'charge' the United States," CNBC reports. Meanwhile, economist Justin Wolfers explained why he says Trump's thinking on tariffs is "bananas," and "indescribably crazy." "Take a simple example," offered Dr. Wolfers, a public policy scholar and professor of economics. "I run a trade deficit with Trader Joe's buying their meals, while they buy none of mine. My trade deficit as a share of my imports is 100%. By Trump's trade logic, this deficit is evidence they're imposing 100% tariffs on the meals I try to sell them." RELATED: ‘Just Plain Dumb’: Trump’s Smuggled Fentanyl Tariff Mocked "The White House 'reciprocal' tariff bears no relation to actual tariff barriers," he adds. "It's equal to half of the trade deficit (as a share of imports). This is indescribably crazy." Pointing to the "calculations" from the U.S. Trade Representative, Wolfers adds, "Obviously this is nonsense. Even crazier is that they've written what they think is a defense of this. I know not everyone speaks economist algebra, so lemme translate: This is muddled nonsense." Others, too, have criticized Trump's method and calculations. "Trump's tariff chart was 'illogical and absurd,' full of 'factually incorrect' numbers about what other countries charge the U.S.," tech analyst Dan Ives "of Wedbush Securities wrote to clients this morning," Stelter also reported. "Trump doesn’t seem to mind the optics of Trump abandoning the White House to skip town early for his golf club after setting the world ablaze with the tariff announcements," MeidasTouch News writes. See the social media posts above or at this link. READ MORE: ‘Paralyzed’: Johnson Mocked for Shutting House Down After ‘Brutal’ Defeat
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April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Truer words were never spoken.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Brutal.
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Today is January 6th and no one is watching the Capitol be plundered, feces being smeared on the walls, and police officers being stabbed with American flags.

Why? Because one side believes in democracy no matter what, and the other side only believes in it only when they win.
January 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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January 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Don't miss either of them......
December 16, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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Bernie Sanders: "We are moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society. Never before in American history have so few people had so much wealth and so much power."

"In Russia, Putin has an oligarchy. We have an oligarchy here, too.
December 15, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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In his motion to dismiss his 34 NY convictions, Trump claims that his election shld preclude further proceedings

But Trump isn't a sitting president yet—Judge Merchan shld rule on immunity & proceed w/ sentencing before 1/20

I discussed👇-TN www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/o...
Opinion: Trump’s immunity has a limit. Here’s where he’ll find that out | CNN
Before the ink was dry on the Supreme Court’s extreme presidential immunity opinion, former President Donald Trump launched a Hail Mary to derail state cases — but it won’t work, writes Norman Eisen.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Sad but true.
December 15, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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🤣😂
December 10, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY 💯
December 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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I can't quit you.
December 9, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Canada has its own far right mapleMAGA
November 28, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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A graphic depiction helps make clear that Trump has no “mandate.” One of the narrowest popular vote wins in history.
November 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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The CONservatives in QP today were desperate as they quoted the far-right organization Fraser Institute and the National Post as credible, truthful media sources.

They are very unhinged, making up ridiculous numbers and stats that contradict themselves. The CPC has become a total joke of a party.
November 28, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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And they STILL Wonder why we say this. STILL WONDER
November 18, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Why is the media normalizing Donald Trump?

We need to stop watching all MSM.
November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 6:21 PM