if you want to keep with the stupid hockey analogies, trump is a bully but he's also what hockey people call an enforcer. what that means is that a big part of what he's about is yelling stupid shit at you to get into your head to throw you off.

a canadian response of dollar-for-dollar tariffs might be the consequence of international capital colluding across borders to create a targeted attack on the north american working class.

or it might be trump's constant chirps throwing carney off his game.

either way, i hope the pmo rethinks this.

tariffs are not inherently dumb, but they are hard and they are usually dumb and usually backfire. what i've heard so far sounds like dumb tariffs that are going to backfire.