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Trump thinks the EU is a country
At least he didn’t call Canada the 51st state.
I wonder how many of these people voted for Trump. If they didn't then I do feel sorry for them, but if they did my sympathy level drops to close to zero. Anybody who voted for Trump and is losing their job (especially if they work for the federal government) or getting hurt in some way simply brought this on themselves, plain and simple.On March 4, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s impassioned speech called on Canadians to renew their patriotism and support local. “[We’re] angry. We’re going to choose to not go on vacation in Florida or Old Orchard Beach,” he said at a press conference in response to Trump’s tariffs.
Maine hotel owners speak out amid flurry of cancellations from Canadians | Globalnews.ca
With escalating U.S. trade tensions and President Trump's antagonistic rhetoric towards Canada, cancellations from Canadians have started adding up and hurting local businesses.globalnews.ca
“A small part of me died when I heard that,” Morse said about the moment Trudeau mentioned his home by name.
“It was pretty bleak,” he told Global News in an interview on Tuesday. He said over 90 per cent of his bookings for the summer season began getting paused or cancelled entirely.
For decades, the vast majority of his customers have been Quebecers.
Mike Halle, who runs the Paradise Park Resort, says, “We’re up to over 100 cancellations, which is up significantly, 250 per cent or so from what would be normal this time of year.”
Halle is also the president of the town’s Chamber of Commerce. He says Canadians make up 30 to 40 per cent of revenue for their average seasonal business.
“There will be an impact,” he said.
“We all just wish this would go away,” owner of On The Beach Hotel, JJ Mokarzel, told Global. “It’s sad when the people at the top affect the people at the bottom, because we really are powerless.”
If I lived in another country, I wouldn't want to fly into this shit storm.
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.onemileatatime.com
Aviation analytics company OAG has published some data on the decline in flight bookings between the countries, and it’s worse than most people probably imagined. Specifically, the company compared summer season bookings in March 2024 vs. March 2025. In other words, at this point in both years, how many people have booked transborder flights in April through September?
Well, I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period, the number of tickets booked is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%. Just as an example, April is less than a week away, and here’s how bookings between the two countries are looking:
I knew it was bad, but I didn’t expect it would be that bad, as that level of demand shift is something you almost never see.
- In March 2024, 1,218,570 tickets had been booked for April 2024
- In March 2025, 295,982 tickets have been booked for April 2025
- That represents a 75.7% reduction in tickets booked
Everyone can draw their own conclusions as to what’s causing this. It’s also anyone’s guess if we’re at rock bottom in terms of consumer sentiment, and if we’ll see more close-in bookings than in past years. But either way, April is right around the corner, and those drops are massive.
And bad for mental health. My anxiety is through the roof this year.
As long as they assemble the vehicle in the US, it won't face the tariffs. The imported components will be subject to tariffs as they enter the country so the costs will rise for the domestic assembly plants whether the plant is building Ford, GM, Honda, or BMW. The tariffs are sheer idiocy but the bookkeeping isn't difficult.
This sounds very Putinesque. "I started this trade war and if the countries we harm resist, we will double down." Sort of like how Putin blames Ukraine for his invasion and it doesn't occur to Trump that the quickest way to peace is for Putin to stop the invasion.
Trump was up late contemplating vengeance against our allies.
Any way you slice it the tariffs result in higher prices. Isn't that all the cult wanted?
As usual Trump has a very one-sided definition of what it means to be a "friend" to another country.
MAGA doesn't "envision" things. They just react to shit.
These are the same people who believe a straight white man can't get a fair shake in this country. So, yeah.
Do you know this, or are you assuming? Because that's not how country-of-origin rules typically work. We had this issue arise for the EV discounts, which Manchin had insisted would only apply to American-built cars. The regulations defining what is and isn't "American built" were really intricate. So too with the country-of-origin rules in the NAFTA agreement.
