During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney hailed a “new strategic partnership” with China that resulted in a “preliminary but landmark trade agreement” to reduce tariffs – but Trump warned of serious consequences should that deal be realized.
If Carney “thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” he said. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the USA.”
This feels like a ‘every accusation is a confession’ moment.
It’s a bummer that the adults in Washington chose short-term self-enrichment over the welfare of the country as a whole, and that is going to be abundantly clear once all the ramifications of this disastrous tariff policy come to pass. It takes years for new trade deals to take effect, so Donald gets to pretend his tariffs are good policy for now, but the economy in the US will be in a much worse place before 2028.