Trump and Trudeau Speak and Plan to Do So Again Before Tariffs Start on Tuesday

[Bernardo de La Paz]

Source: AP via US News & World Reports

Ahead of tariffs starting Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he spoke Monday morning with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and would “be speaking to him again at 3:00 P.M.” But the Republican president also used the post to repeat his complaints that Canada has been uncooperative, despite decades of friendship and partnerships that range from World War II to the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ahead of tariffs starting Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he spoke Monday morning with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and would “be speaking to him again at 3:00 P.M.”

Trump has said he also would talk Monday with his counterpart in Mexico. Both Canada and Mexico are about to levy their own tariffs in response to U.S. actions.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-02-03/trump-and-trudeau-speak-and-plan-to-do-so-again-before-tariffs-start-on-tuesday

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AP stenographers copy-pasted tRump quotes (lies) about his reasoning, with no pushback.

[kerouac2]

1. Trump: I'm ready to burn this mofo down

Trudeau: go for it. And btw, Melania likes me more, eh?

[JohnSJ]

2. I suspect Trudeau will cave. The market seems to think that since it is holding up pretty well right now. If they

thought a trade war was inevitable, I would expect it to be down much more.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. I suspect you don't know Trudeau. Look up his boxing match with Brazeau, heavier & bigger than Trudeau. . . nt

[JohnSJ]

4. Except that has nothing to do with what he will actually do, and why he is so unpopular in Canada, which is why he is

stepping down, and his possible replacement, Freeland seems more aggressive toward the U.S. on this than he is.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Has everything to do with what he will do. He's a fighter and he drafted Freeland 10 years ago

Mark Carney is a fighter too.

Trudeau's unpopularity has nothing to do with tariffs or how he will react, yet you invoke it. It predated tRump's election by a year, yet you invoke it. Trudeau / Liberals are getting a bit of a bump and Pierre Axe The Tax Poilievre has found himself with the rug pulled out from under him since he was planning to run against Trudeau with all slogans and no policies.

Under-estimate Trudeau and Canada at your peril.

[JohnSJ]

9. Well those are the two candidates Carney and Freeland. All I know is even before the nazi assumed office, Trudeau

rushed down to Mar a Lago, and the sociopath sure pushed the narrative that Trudeau caved. I realize that anything the pathological liar says cannot be trusted, but just his travelling to Mar a Lago before the sociopath assumed office was viewed as a sign of weakness by a good number of folks here.

As an aside, for the boxing match that you made reference to, an interesting analogy was when musk challenged zuckerberg to a "cage fight. Both are deplorable characters, but zuckerberg who is an expert in Brazilian jiu-jitsu MMA, would have destroyed musk in the cage, which no doubt was why musk backed down with his sorry excuse about a muscle injury.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Don't buy the fuckwit's propaganda: "the sociopath sure pushed the narrative that Trudeau caved"

Folks buying that interpretation of the Mar-a-Lago trip are being played.

[JohnSJ]

13. Of course I don't buy his narrative Bernardo, but we will see within 24 hours when the tariffs are supposed to take

effect.

If it does happen I think there will be a dramatic down day in the market tomorrow. It will take a little time before the idiots in the country start to feel the impact though I think.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Stock markets can be stupid, though there is some indication Big Money has been quietly moving out

It mystified me why the markets didn't react a month ago. Then I saw headlines:

Barron's
Trump Tariffs Cause Stock Market Chaos. Why Wall Street Didn’t Act on Warnings and 5 Other Things to Know Today.
Feb. 3, 2025 at 7:02 a.m. ET

Dow futures tumble, oil surges after Trump tariffs end ‘self-delusion in markets’
Feb. 2, 2025 at 10:47 p.m. ET by William Watts

It seems I'm not alone thinking the markets were sleep-walking.

[JohnSJ]

14. I think because they don't believe it will happen. They are still in denial. We will see what happens tomorrow when

tariffs are supposed to take effect.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Yes, I think the denial is strong right now. This is how bear markets start, when enthusiasm & denial are strongest. nt

[JohnSJ]

17. without a doubt, and "irrational exuberance" in questionable investments such as crypto and worthless companies such

as DJT.

[underpants]

5. Hold on. They got moved again?

I must’ve missed that

[Prairie Gates]

8. There will be some bullshit agreement that Trump spins as a victory

and the tariffs will be held in abeyance until everybody forgets about them.

The key sign of this was that Canda's tariffs would not be applied to material alreadyin the pipeline: in other words, it was all going to be spectacle, and that's exactly what it turned out to be.

[AStern]

11. This is TikTok drama all over again as the tariffs thing was to flood the zone with shit

nt

[Hitorque]

12. The global terrorist leader is getting his ransom payoff... He already got his other payoff from Mexico this morning.

And Trumpers will celebrate screeching about how America is "RESPECTED AND FEARED" again....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Don't buy the propaganda. You, we must push the counter-prop: tRump had to back down bc stock markets

Stock markets are down world-wide. He noticed that.

10,000 troops is small potatoes and in line with what Mexico was already doing.

[Hitorque]

18. You are of course, correct

Sometimes even I fall for the bullshit narrative...

Hopefully people start paying more attention to Melon Husk's takeover of literally everything now...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Tough times. Hard to be on our toes so much. You are right about his cult screeching "Mexico Caved! Fold!" . . . nt

[Hitorque]

20. I've been listening to the CBC radio on my morning commute

And I don't think regular Americans or the media have a clue how pissed off the Canadians are right now... They're feeling betrayed...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Yes, we do feel betrayed, very much so. tRump is abrogating his own treaty and shitting on US honor and word. . . . nt