[throwacct]

Interesting. I'm not from the US or Canada, but are Canadians really going to "war" against the US? They're going to lose +400B in trade potentially. No markets are waiting for those products. Just "play ball" with Trump, spend more on border security, block any drugs from entering the country that might start with the letter "f" and be done with that.

[archagon]

“Acquiesce to the bully” is a universally unpopular policy.

[seanmcdirmid]

Trump hasn’t actually made any demands, his talks with Mexico and Canada are more like “what can you offer me?” And not “I want you to do X.”

[theluketaylor]

There is no playing ball. Trump has made no actionable demands and we have already spent a ton of money on the border. Less than 1% of fentanyl enters the US through Canada and we have already slashed that negligible number in the last few months.

He isn't even moving the goalposts; there are no goalposts. This is economic warfare to take over Canada's resources.