U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’s terminating all trade discussions with Canada effective immediately.

“We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period,” Trump said in a social media post.

He says he’s pulling back from the bilateral trade discussions because Canada plans to move ahead with its digital services tax (DST), which requires web giants pay a special tax.

Set to take effect on June 30, the DST requires U.S. companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb pay a three per cent levy on revenue from Canadian users — a policy enacted by former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government that the Parliamentary Budget Office projects will bring in billions of dollars in revenue.

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    We will let Canada know the tarrif that US citizens will pay to get Canadian products. That’s what he means, though he is too much a dumbass to know it.

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    If I were say… Disney, I’d consider planning a Canada Disney Land due to all the missed non-American’s avoiding tourism in Florida. Just Sayin’…

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    Congrats to Canada on their newfound status of not having to listen to trumps noise anymore.

    And no worries, America will be back soon on its knees groveling for lumber and fish. Just ship it through Mexico, itll be fine.

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      Lol oil. Railcar from Alberta to BC, onto a tanker to Mexico, then railcar back up to Montana for the refineries that are tooled specifically for tar sands oil.

      Sure it’s expensive, but oil from across the pond is about to be as well, or did Iran back down on that?

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        I’d like someone to do the maths for me how much energy will be used versus how much is created after all that…

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    Well lets see I wonder what the reason for this could be. Could it be the deal we signed with Greeland on Thursday? Could it be the 2.5bil US companies owe us on Monday? Could it be the fact they murdered one of our Citizens? gee which one could it be?

    Fuck em and fuck that country. I hate Nazi’s and it makes my stomach churn that I have to live above a nation full of them.

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    Good. I was a bit worried that we’d make some concessions to end the tariffs. Once you’ve paid the Dane-geld you’ll never get rid of the Dane. We have other partners to trade with.

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    “We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying…”

    How has he still not learned that it is Americans and American businesses that pay the tariffs.

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      He knows, but he also knows that his base is too dumb to recognize it, so he lies because raising taxes on Americans is unpopular.

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        He also knows that if he just repeats things people will believe them, even in spite of evidence they can see, feel and touch.

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        I’m not certain what he knows or does not know. In any case, his message to MAGA is clear, Canada will pay, and they’ll believe it.

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          It’s not so much whether or not he knows it, so much as how much he cares. He knows what he says will get his base riled up, and that’s what he likes. It strokes his ego and gives him more power.

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        That could be true, but he is dumb enough to not understand. Malice or ignorance are always possibilities.

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    How dare the Canadian government get American companies to pay their fair share for operating here [in Canada]

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      How dare they charge *checks notes* the same thing Visa and Mastercard charge everyone in our entire country for everything.

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      Canada geese are my favorite bird. I see them by the lake all the time. They are perfectly well-behaved, until you deliberately try to piss them off.

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        When I was 4 or 5 I went to the zoo with school and the woman who was showing us round starts telling us about these Canadian Geese and my teacher asked where they were from …the employee dryly says “Canada, would you believe…”.

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        Right? They have a terrible rep but they’re pretty fair in my experience. The only time I’ve angered one was when I stepped too close to take a picture of her babies and she did this grass filled mouth hiss at me like a cat. Which to be fair, is fair

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        Doesn’t matter, it’s what his sycophants believe. If Trump does it/says it - it becomes the truth to them. It’s the result of a decade or more of brainwashing on tens of millions of trump fans by Fox News etc

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    That means nothing. He will taco. Then Canada will get even more pushed away from our once great partnership.

    Remember how Trump fucked up the election in Canada for the conservatives? They literally had it in the bag. But Taco showed up with his tiny mushroom dick.

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      If people could stop putting that man’s meat and two veg in my head, that would be great…

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      And U.S. consumers lose because, if there’s still anyone unclear on this, we pay the goddamn tariff and not a single person in Canada.

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        Well there is counter tarrifs on some US goods we’d hypothetically pay… if we were still buying US products, that is.

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    Thursday, Canada signs huge rare earth mineral mining deal with Iceland Greenland, humiliating Trump.

    Friday, Trump throws a tantrum.