25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

[dwy000]

5 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

It's my opinion that most of the country is fully behind him on the Border Security issue.

 

There are drugs and immigrants coming into the country from Canada, and it's increased a lot

the last 4 years.

 

But the bigger picture is this. The USA takes care of Canada's security needs. That's very clear.

 

So view Trump's trolling to Justin & future leaders as just that. Seal the border, keep it sealed.

And if there are unfair tariffs on US goods - expect retaliation. It's not like your spending $800B on your own defense.

 

 

What source are you using that shows the increase in drugs and immigrants from Canada?  

 

And the security issue is more the US protecting itself.  Canada doesn't have a whole lot of enemies and only shares a border with one country. 

Edited 5 hours ago by dwy000

[cubsfan]

2 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

What source are you using that shows the increase in drugs and immigrants from Canada?  

 

And the security issue is more the US protecting itself.  Canada doesn't have a whole lot of enemies and only shares a border with one country. 

 

My grandson-in-law works for the ICE office in Burlington, VT. 

He keeps me well informed.

 

And if you do not need a Canadian military - you should save the money and shut it down.

You'll need it when you least expect it - just ask Poland.

[dwy000]

7 minutes ago, cubsfan said:

 

My grandson-in-law works for the ICE office in Burlington, VT. 

He keeps me well informed.

 

And if you do not need a Canadian military - you should save the money and shut it down.

You'll need it when you least expect it - just ask Poland.

While I don't question his view I'm not sure that's a broad enough source that we should be relying on to determine trade policy with our largest partner. 

 

The Canadian military is nominal already at best. 

 

What i love about this board is that when it comes to investing it is about the most intelligent, analytical and rational group I've been exposed to.  Nobody, even Buffett, gets a free pass and every decision is scrutinized and questioned and very often disagreed with - even if you think he's the greatest of all time. It confuses me that people aren't willing to do the same independent analysis on political moves.  You can still think Trump is the goat but legitimately question the rationale of decisions like this one. 

[cubsfan]

Amen to that.