The good news for Canadians is that their new Prime Minister is not that crazy lady who wanted to launch nuclear weapons against America to “stop Trump.” The bad news is that their leaders are still a bunch of very stupid people. Even dumber than their European counterparts, it turns out.
Last week, we pointed out the utter futility of any nation trying to win a trade war against the US if they have a trade surplus with us. The Canadians must not have read that article because they’re going for it! They’re all in!
First, here’s Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex slave procuring pimp, Ghislaine Maxwell:
Meet Canada’s new Prime Minister, Mark Carney—pictured here alongside notorious child s*x trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
This wasn’t just any gathering; it took place at Carney’s sister-in-law’s estate, Cornbury Park—a known hotspot for globalist elites.
Is Mark Carney a client… pic.twitter.com/pUZGbF0Vkt
— Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra) March 9, 2025
They look friendly with each other. Great choice, Canada!
Carney is the new replacement for Justin Trudeau, who broke down and cried about how mean President Trump is during a press conference last week. Trudeau left Canada’s Parliament building after stepping down this week. He picked up a chair and carried it out of the building with his tongue hanging out. (We’re not kidding. This actually happened.)
All that Canada had to do to avoid a trade war with the US was start acting like a good neighbor. That’s too difficult for them. They take after their European overlords.
They could have just beefed up border security and started taking the fentanyl crisis more seriously, but they are a joke instead of a real country. They’ve decided a full-on trade war with a nation that they are economically dependent upon is a good idea for their people.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has gone ahead and imposed a 25% tariff on electricity imported into the US in New York, Michigan, and Tampon Tim’s home state of Minnesota. That will impact homeowners and businesses in those three states. About 1.5 million households will see their electric bill go up by roughly $100 for March/April (which is about how long this trade war is expected to last before Canada surrenders to Trump).
Trump responded in his usual measured, low-key sort of way.
He called Canada a “tariff abuser” and vowed to completely crush their economy once the reciprocal tariffs go into effect on April 2nd. Which is all true. Trump noted that even if Canada collects a few bucks from these electricity tariffs (a paltry $300,000 per month), we will “just get it all back” when we hammer Canada and every other tariff abuser with the reciprocal tariffs.
Trump then added that he’s increasing the current 25% tariff on Canadian aluminum and steel to 50% on Wednesday.
For the folks in New York, Michigan, and Minnesota, Trump has announced that he plans to declare a national emergency on electricity “within the threatened area.” This will give him wiggle room to really do some damage to Canada for its abusive threats.
But President Trump won’t have to do any of that because within 24 hours of Trump raising tariffs on Canada to 50%, Canada backed down. They announced Tuesday afternoon they were suspending their tariffs on energy to the U.S. and hoped to reach a fair deal with the U.S.
Victory! Trump does it again!
As we noted last week, Canada imposes a 109% tariff on many beef products, while the US does not apply any reciprocal tariffs on them. They charge tariffs of 250 to 390% on dairy products. Trump is calling on the Canadians to drop these ridiculous and abusive tariffs, which will automatically help American farmers and ranchers. Our people currently can’t do business in Canada if they want to, while Canada leeches off our economy.
In other words, if Canada doesn’t get its act together, its agricultural sector will grind to a halt on April 2nd. President Trump is also threatening huge tariffs on cars. That would effectively shut down auto manufacturing in Canada. We can easily build those vehicles here in the US, but Canada can’t afford to lose that industry.
This is the problem with countries abusing America through trade imbalances. It makes their nations economically dependent leeches who can’t exist without us. But we can exist without them. They can only impact tiny, targeted sectors of our economy. We can destroy broad sectors of their economies—including food production.
That’s why Japan’s ambassador has been making frantic trips to the White House for the past week. They’re begging President Trump not to impose reciprocal tariffs on them on April 2nd. They’re also not doing anything stupid like threatening President Trump or American consumers. Unlike the Canadians, the Japanese can do math and they understand what a trade war with America would do to their economy. Maybe they should lend the Canadians a calculator.
Do you want to know what’s really fun about this? Trump hasn’t even started to unleash all the arrows in his economic quiver that he can bring to bear with Canada.
