Canada Responds After White House Says Trudeau 'Stabbed Us In The Back' 10JUN18

I am extremely embarrassed by and ashamed of the words and actions of NOT MY pres drumpf/trump regarding Canada. America has always been able to depend on the people and government of Canada to be a good neighbor and friend and ally and it is disgraceful how the drumpf/trump-pence administration has turned on our Canadian brothers and sisters as if they have become a threat to the U.S., spreading lies about Canadian policy toward America. O Canada, I apologize for myself to the Canadian people and government for the actions of the drumpf/trump-pence administration and the fascist wing of the republican party, they do not represent of speak for me and I am sure they do not for the vast majority of the American people. AND it will be completely understandable if you tell drumpf/trump and pence 'ARGO F*@K YOURSELF' This from NPR.....

Canada Responds After White House Says Trudeau 'Stabbed Us In The Back'

Updated at 3:50 p.m. ET

After one White House adviser said there was "a special place in hell" for foreign leaders like Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, and another said Trudeau "stabbed us in the back," Canadian leaders offered a measured — even polite — response.

"Canada does not believe that ad hominem attacks are a particularly appropriate or useful way to conduct our relations with other countries," said Canadian foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland, according to the Toronto Star.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland: "Canada does not believe that ad hominem attacks are a particularly appropriate or useful way to conduct our relations with other countries."

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The foreign affairs minister spoke to reporters in Ottawa, and offered a markedly different tone from the attacks lobbed at Canada, one of the United States' closest allies, this weekend by President Trump and other members of his administration.

Tensions have been building between the two countries for months, as President Trump has targeted Canada as one of the many countries he sees as giving American the short end of the stick in trade deals.

Trump announced yesterday he was backing out of a joint statement made by the countries that attended this weekend's G-7 Summit in Canada, after Trudeau gave a press conference in which he said Canada planned to retaliate against the Trump administration's recently-announced tariffs that will commence July 1.

"I have made it clear to [President Trump] that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something that we absolutely will do," Trudeau said. "Canadians — we're polite, we're reasonable — but we also will not be pushed around."

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Trump Withdraws Endorsement Of G-7 Communique Over Trudeau Statements

Larry Kudlow, who is the director of the National Economic Council, appeared Sunday on CNN's State of the Union to defend Trump's decision to back out of the joint communique made at the end of the summit. The statement was a declaration of shared values and goals by the seven countries — the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Japan — that attended.

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"[Trudeau] really kind of stabbed us in the back," Kudlow said. "He did a whole disservice to the whole G-7."

In a tweet posted Saturday evening, Trump said his decision to rescind support for the statement was based on "false statements" made by Trudeau during a press conference he gave, as well as "the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs" on U.S. companies.

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Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!

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On Fox News Sunday, White House Director of Trade Policy Peter Navarro also defended the president with adversarial language.

"There's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door," Navarro said. "And that's what bad faith Justin Trudeau did with that stunt press conference. That's what weak, dishonest Justin Trudeau did. And that comes right from Air Force One."

Trump left Quebec before the G-7 Summit had ended to head to Singapore, ahead of a highly anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a longtime foe of the United States.

Kudlow said on CNN that Trump's reaction to Trudeau's comments has been "in large part" because he does not want "any show of weakness" ahead of that meeting.

"Kim must not see American weakness," Kudlow said. "[Trudeau] can't put Trump in a position of being weak going into the North Korean talks with Kim. He can't do that."

The Star reports that "There is no obvious precedent for White House officials publicly slamming a Canadian prime minister in such personal terms":

While other presidents and prime ministers have had testy relations — president Richard Nixon famously used a profane word, behind closed doors, to refer to Trudeau's father Pierre Trudeau, also in the context of trade talks — neither side has demonstrated this level of animosity since John Diefenbaker feuded with John F. Kennedy in the early 1960s.

Trump Administration Delays Most Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum 30APR18

WATCH how the drumpf/trump-pence administration handles these trade talks, I think it is a preview of how the summit with n korea will go, just a whole lotta noise and basically no significant changes. I hope I am wrong but I have the feeling we're gonna end up thinking 'art of the deal' my ass. From NPR......

Trump Administration Delays Most Tariffs On Steel, Aluminum

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The Trump administration has decided to hold off on imposing most of its tariffs on imported steel and aluminum until at least June 1.

Tariffs were scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday on imports from Canada, the largest U.S. supplier of steel and aluminum, as well as Mexico, Argentina, Australia, Brazil and the EU.

A source familiar with the decision says the administration has reached an agreement in principle with Australia, Argentina and Brazil, which may avoid the need for tariffs against those countries altogether.

Talks continue with Canada, Mexico and the EU.

Trump initially ordered the tariffs — 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum — in March, ostensibly to protect domestic industries, which the president called critical to national security.

But before the levies took effect, the administration granted temporary waivers to most major U.S. allies.

In recent weeks, Trump has used the tariffs — or the threat of tariffs — as a bargaining chip in broader trade negotiations.

Mexico and Canada are in talks with the U.S. on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement.

South Korean officials won a permanent exemption from steel tariffs in March as part of an updated free trade agreement with the U.S. But in exchange, South Korea had to reduce its steel exports to the U.S. by about 30 percent, Similar quotas could be imposed on other countries as part of a final deal.

Japan never got a break from the tariffs, so Japanese exporters have been subject to the levies since late March. That was a source of some friction when Trump hostedJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago two weeks ago.

The EU had threatened to retaliate if the steel and aluminum tariffs took effect, by imposing levies of its own on politically sensitive American exports. Potential targets include Harley Davidson motorcycles, from the home state of House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Kentucky bourbon, which could get the attention of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

The steel and aluminum tariffs are part of a broader effort to crack down on what Trump calls unfair trading practices. The administration has also imposed tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines. And it's threatening hefty penalties against a wide range of exports from China.

A U.S. delegation is on its way to Beijing for trade talks later this week.

"You see what's happening with respect to trade and the United States," Trump said Monday. "We are being respected again."

Economists have warned that tariffs could backfire, by raising prices for U.S. businesses and consumers and sparking a backlash against American exports.

Rural America begins to realize Trump isn't working for them; as Nebraska Farm Bureau makes clear 6MAR18

 
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! The neo-nazi fascist pigs of America's "heartland" have buyer's remorse. They voted for drumpf/trump-pence and their cadre of brown shirt republican politicians because they are white. Their vote confirmed their bigotry, hatred, racism, misogyny and religious hypocrisy. drumpf/trump-pence were supposed to go after everyone else, not the white dominated agro economy of the heartland! BOHICA!!!!!! How's that right wing authoritarian fascism thingy working out for ya heartland? BBWWAAAAAAA!!!!! 
Rural America begins to realize Trump isn't working for them; as Nebraska Farm Bureau makes clear

Trump’s proposed Trade war isn’t resonating quite the way he anticipated in Rural America, where farmers are quick to realize the implications of Trump administration's plan. In a sharply worded letter, the Nebraska Farm Bureau seems to indicate some buyers remorse:

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“It has been very well documented that your historic path to the White House came directly through rural America. While your thoughts on trade where well known by farmers and ranchers, it would be very dangerous to assume it was the focus of their support. Mr. President, please do not turn your back on the farm and ranch families who depend on international markets and who rely on you to make wise decisions that don’t put their economic future in jeopardy.”

The caveat seems to be: “look, we knew you were out there on this stuff, but by and large we didn’t believe you and voted for you for other reasons”; now, it appears those other reasons aren’t quite as important as their livelihood could be harmed in through a trade policy that might sink the family farm.

How important is preventing a trade war to farmers?

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That's what some farmers of soybeans in the Midwestern state are saying as they look to the former governor and now US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to help avoid a US-China trade war that might target US soybean exports to China — the biggest buyer of US soybeans. It imported about $14 billion worth of US soybeans in 2016, or 60 percent of the total US crop, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Iowa is the second-largest soybean producing state after Illinois. There are roughly 70,000 to 80,000 soybean farmers in the two states, according to 2012 USDA census data.  

Of course, Iowa, Nebraska and even Illinois are not alone. One of the most reliable exports from the United States are food crops — agriculture — and a trade war puts all of that at risk. 

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Farmers across the Midwest would be a prime target for China, the biggest buyer of some American crops.

"Coming from an agriculture state that supported Trump, it's certainly a disappointing development for Montana and the rest of rural America," says Herb Karst, a grain farmer in Billings, Montana, and a representative of Farmers for Free Trade, an advocacy group.

"It just seems that agriculture is going to be paying the price for the protection of the steel and aluminum industries," he said.

The letter from the Nebraska Farm Bureau won’t be the last — in the end, very few things speak to voters like a president who seems intent on destroying their livelihood.

But do farmers, the individuals in some states who provided critical votes that helped put Trump in the oval office enough have the courage to look for a path to stop Trump? Will Republican congressmen find themselves in red districts trying to explain how they stand with Trump while he tries to put their constituents out of business?

One thing is absolutely a sure thing: a lot of Republicans running in red districts, as well as Republican governor candidates are going to have to answer questions they have avoided for decades, like whether or not the Republican agenda even cares about the farm community, or just uses it for easy votes.

With VP Pence heading to Nebraska on behalf of Republican Governor Ricketts, it is unlikely those questions stop with a simple letter as long as the administration remains intent on destroying a generations-old way of life.