The Real timschochet

Neither. Canada had agreed to do all that prior to the tariffs. And as I noted earlier they offered more over the weekend.

Why are you repeating this? It’s been shown to be untrue. Trump received no concessions.

Choppers? What is this MASH?

So again what’s your point here? Please come right out and say what you’re thinking.

Nope. Biggest blowhard I have ever encountered on a discussion board. It’s not particularly close either.

I don’t think he had to. It sounds like Trump was terrified and ready to surrender before taking the phone call. General Weygand strikes again!

You mean when so much of their populations were kidnapped and made slaves of?

You think? Plenty of racists here but I didn’t have @shadrap on my radar as one of them.

I think the Lakers should offer Hachimura to San Antonio for Victor Embanyama. Why not?

People who actually have a lot of money don’t usually brag about it. They don’t talk about it.

They spent the last two days arguing that the tariffs were really a good thing. Now they’ve reverted to the argument that Trump never meant to go through with them, he was just angling for concessions which he got so he’s a winner. But they can’t really explain what those concessions are (because there aren’t any.) These guys remind me of the old Raiders fans who tried to defend Al Davis whenever he made a terrible draft choice.

None. Whats your point? Africa is a sad continent. Hundreds of years of colonial abuse, followed by decades of corruption and incompetent leadership, has led to bad outcomes.

Except that the foreign countries didn’t do anything: 1. Mexico has agreed to send 10,000 men to the border. They sent 10,000 men in 2021 and in 2018. They were going to do it anyhow. 2. Canada agreed to spend millions of dollars fighting the spread of fentanyl and helping to secure the border. Guess what? They had already agreed to do this in December. 3. Both countries offered to do WAY MORE than this over the weekend and Trump turned them down! He wanted the tariffs; it was only after he saw the stock market tumble and the threat of tariffs on American products that he backed down. Repeat after me: Trump surrendered.

Why would I change it? Trump tried to bully our neighbors, they stood up to him, Trump backed down. That’s exactly what happened.

Some of the MAGA people here seem upset right now. As they should be; their hero folded like a cheap suit today, that’s 3 times now in the last two weeks he’s had to back down. It doesn’t look like he received a single concession of note from Mexico or Canada. I also heard today that “Catch and Release” is still a widespread practice; that despite Trump’s pledges he hasn’t ended it. Just another failure by him (though, in every one of these issues, a failure by Trump means a win for the USA.)

No tariffs means everyone wins.

Wtf? you are one strange dude

As l predicted Trump announces agreement with Canada to suspend tariffs for a month at least. I am SO happy about this. The Maga fans will claim this is a big victory for Trump. The Trump critics (myself among them) will point out that Trump achieved nothing except to scare the markets. But I don’t care who wins. So long as we don’t go ahead with these tariffs nobody loses, it’s all good.

Not on purpose

It didn’t change the meaning. As usual you’re missing the entire point, deliberately.

That’s exactly what I wrote.

They don’t agree with ICE’s current policies. Neither do I. Doesn’t make me less American.

I didn’t say that. I said I wasn’t a member of the party. Never given them money. In the last 10 years I’ve voted Democrat pretty constantly because I agreed with them on a majority of issues (certainly nowhere near all.) Prior to that I voted Republican mostly. My core convictions have never changed.

Rush

I linked to the BBC because it was the only reputable source I could find that had details about the law in question. So far as I know the BBC isn’t a tabloid. You’re welcome to present a contradictory source if you have one.