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Trump called the US a 'tinderbox' and said the trucker protests in Canada would do more damage if they started hereFormer President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested the "Freedom Convoy" trucker protests in Canada would be more influential if the demonstration began in the US.
"I see they have Trump signs all over the place and I'm proud that they do," Trump said during a "Fox & Friends" interview Saturday morning. "But that's what happens, you can push people so far and our country is a tinderbox too, don't kid yourself. And there are plenty of [people from] our country up there right now."
"When you look at what's happening in Canada our country, I think, is far more of a tinderbox than Canada," he continued.
Link to tweet
The so-called "Freedom Convoy" is made up of Canadian truckers who have been protesting vaccine mandates since late January, blocking major thoroughfares in the country as well as trade routes across the US-Canada border. Vaccines mandates are "political overreach" and are "destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries, and livelihoods," organizers said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-called-us-tinderbox-said-162911696.html
TFG is all in with the truckers.
Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)Walleye
(31,022 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)Now imagine the response if he were an African American or a Muslim.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)and wants to see it burn down--look no further.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)If they try, they should be stopped at the border.
Dan
(3,562 posts)Confiscate the trucks, put them in storage and charge them x$ per day for both storage and fines. Require them to report in person to retrieve their trucks with certified checks. Take identification from the licenses and restrict them from future entry into the Country.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,377 posts)the President of the Teamsters Union, James Hoffa, condemned the Canadian truckers who participated in the blockade and I do believe that the union drivers would make life hell on them.
https://news.yahoo.com/eric-shawn-teamsters-put-brakes-194030087.html
You don't really want to fuck with the Teamsters Union, it's a good way to get hurt or worse.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)That is all
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)He wants to watch the shiny wheels go round and round.
livetohike
(22,143 posts)of him and his minions. They are tripping over themselves trying to win his endorsement.
Irish_Dem
(47,058 posts)Civil war.
PatSeg
(47,430 posts)They could show their support for Trump by blaring their horns all night long.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)Truck factory? Anyway he went voom-voom
peggysue2
(10,828 posts)He loves the disruption and anything that deflects from his own legal and financial liabilities. Be it encouraging this Trucker protest scam or calling for Clinton and her aides immediate executions, it's chaos, turmoil, outrage. 24/7.
The man is evil and demented.
Trueblue1968
(17,218 posts)we don't always get what we want. but trumpydumpy DESERVES 485 years in the slammer
doc03
(35,337 posts)heavy. When there is a truck accident the highway is closed for hours and the traffic backs up for miles. It would be very easy to close the highway if certain bottlenecks like a bridge or tunnel were blocked by just a few trucks. The GQP would have no problems with crashing the economy if it hurts Biden. They want the country to fail.