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It's not about money, but our national soul, as Trump put it in the State of the Union. If it's about our soul, how are we supposed to think about the trade agreements that Trump negotiated in his first term? [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 03:49, March 8, 2025 (EST)

It's not about money, but our national soul, as Trump put it in the State of the Union. If it's about our soul, how are we supposed to think about the trade agreements that Trump negotiated in his first term? [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 03:49, March 8, 2025 (EST)

:Nearly 108,000 persons in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdose in 2022 and fentanyl is a big and growing problem in Canada that could be mitigated. But the liberal Trudeau and some of the liberal Canadian politicians have bad public policy. Maybe Trump is using the tariff thumbscrew to get concessions related to Canadian fentanyl. But maybe he just wants to bring factories back to the USA. Maybe he just doesn't like Trudeau and he enjoys tormenting him. Maybe it is all these reasons or a combination of some of them. With that being said, dissing Canada and calling it the 51st state hurts U.S. product/service sales to Canada.  

:Nearly 108,000 persons in the U.S. died from drug-involved overdose in 2022 and fentanyl is a big and growing problem in Canada that could be mitigated. But the liberal Trudeau and some of the liberal Canadian politicians have bad public policy. Maybe Trump is using the tariff thumbscrew to get concessions related to Canadian fentanyl. But maybe he just wants to bring factories back to the USA. Maybe he just doesn't like Trudeau and he enjoys tormenting him. Maybe it is all these reasons or a combination of some of them. With that being said, dissing Canada and calling it the 51st state hurts U.S. product/service sales to Canada. One last thing related to Canada is that they spend very little on defense and free ride off the USA so Trump may resent that.  

:The USA does have a trade deficit and the USA has tolerated unfair trade practices in the past due to wanting to get alliances back in the Cold War days. But the Soviet Union is long gone.  

:The USA does have a trade deficit and the USA has tolerated unfair trade practices in the past due to wanting to get alliances back in the Cold War days. But the Soviet Union is long gone.  

:Maybe reciprocal tariffs involves some short-term pain to get long-term benefits. The Chinese have a very low birthrate so the USA has to make a transition over time as far as not counting on the Chinese to manufacture things. Next, there is a danger of Trump using a tariff sledgehammer against China and there not being enough manufacturing capacity to replace them should their economy be badly damaged. China already has big economic problems so taking more pieces out of their Jenga economy could have some unintended consequences that are deleterious to the USA. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:58, March 8, 2025 (EST)

:Maybe reciprocal tariffs involves some short-term pain to get long-term benefits. The Chinese have a very low birthrate so the USA has to make a transition over time as far as not counting on the Chinese to manufacture things. Next, there is a danger of Trump using a tariff sledgehammer against China and there not being enough manufacturing capacity to replace them should their economy be badly damaged. China already has big economic problems so taking more pieces out of their Jenga economy could have some unintended consequences that are deleterious to the USA. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:58, March 8, 2025 (EST)