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Trump's Import Tariffs Are To Combat a Non-Existing Problem \n \nThe import tariffs that US President Donald Trump has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China are meant to combat a non-existent problem, economics editor Jonathan Witteman recently analysed. Trump sees the structural trade deficit (the difference between the export and import of goods and services) that the United States has with almost all of its trading partners as a sign of weakness. Contrary to almost all political left-wing and also right-wing economists, he believes that a trade deficit is bad for a country's economy and believes that the US is being cheated by countries that export more to the US than they import. \n \n'I have said that the EU must make up for its enormous deficit with the US by purchasing our oil and gas on a large scale. If not, punitive tariffs will follow', Trump said last December, for example, about the trade balance between the US and the European Union. \n \nA connection between a bad economy and having a trade deficit cannot be found, political economy professor Andres Freytag concludes in the analysis. There are many countries in the world, such as Germany, with a trade surplus but a poorly performing economy. The opposite is more likely to be true: in countries with a trade surplus, more people are unemployed. This was shown by the Peterson Institute. \n \nTrump's tariffs are more dangerous for the economy, because they reduce imports and exports, partly because other countries in turn impose punitive tariffs in response. Trump's announced import tariffs during his first term even led to a larger trade deficit and to 7.2 billion dollars in welfare losses in the US.

Right wing Republican they're going to destroy this country, especially with Donald Trump. This guy don't know nothing about politic. He is not a good president

As An American citizen I stand for righteous leadership and I stand with Canada, European allies and Mexico. Do what you have to do to protect your country your economy and your citizens. TRUMPSKI and his lap dog JD Vancekoff are ruining the United States of America!! They're not leaders, they're Russian assets, strongmen wannabe's and a scourge in the historical record of our nation. And all of the misled, under educated and misinformed folks who follow this man and his cult of personality have been lead astray by the propagandist on FOX News and right wing social channels and will pay for this just like the rest of us. Trump and his cronies are ONLY about enriching THEMSELVES and their friends and families. Not the working man and woman. Just the autocrats and oligarchs.

It’s wonderful to see significant world figures standing up to a right wing lunatic. It’s brave, necessary and important.

Yup we( some of us) bought this S88t story of nationalist glory and thank god the Canada and the world sees and is standing up to this right wing nut circus. We the people of America have to fix this like a cancer it won't be easy and it won't be without pain to go around but just as we found in WWII and since we can not allow this type of depictive type of government to get a foothold. Stand tough hold yourselves above this mess so you can help us when we have worked through this.

Apparently, tariffs are too complicated for the Russia-complicit President of the United States to comprehend. That and other psychological evidence are grounds for removal and Americans have the clause to do it in Article 25. But oh no. Their right-wing fascist cult is too fearsome for Republicans in Congress to grow a pair and stand up to the madness. Wimps! Simps! You will pay a very high price.

The rural parts of America, where people wear military style clothing, work out so much they have oversized body muscles, and style their head and facial hair so crazily, driving heavy duty trucks with anti -American government bumper stickers, they are the right wing domestic terrorists. In those mountainous rural counties you will come across poor grade roads with gates and chains at the entrance to hundreds of fortress compounds. The women are way too thin, often with frightened, glazed looks in their eyes. Both the men and women will give anyone a way too long piercing stare. They live too far away from any place to work so many of the carefully obscured building complexes, often jammed against sheer tall walls of rocks, have to be making something inside!

Another problem is Fox News, news mags and all the other right wing propaganda will not air this.

Is Musk going to somehow install some right-wing puppet in Canada in a few days too?!? The timing of all this is highly suspect

Im from South Africa ?? and i support Canada ?? Donald Trump is Right Wing Extremist Bully

Trudeau and the liberals were way underwater. Trump could have had a right wing ally in Canada, but Trump has managed to enrage everyone in Canada so much they are probably going to support a liberal gov't that will resist the US. Good!

Canada: There are plenty of Americans 100% with you and the rest of our allies. These are not my presidents (we apparently have two) and my sincere hope is that they will not only be removed from office very soon, but thereafter tried, prosecuted, and imprisoned for high treason against the United States and for defrauding its people. Those of us not fully brainwashed by the right-wing propaganda apparatus are seething with rage and focused on fast and appropriate justice, however it must be achieved. This criminal behavior masquerading as politics will be punished to the maximum extent of the very laws that are being scoffed at by Trump, Vance, Musk, and the rest of the mafioso GOP. History will correct those that choose to remain in tow to lawlessness and treason, and oligarchic fascism will not hold sway in our nation. Let this moment be a powerful reminder of how fragile democracy is and how vigilant we all must be to preserve it.

i was a hardcore right wing maga canadian idiot for the last 6 years (covid) and i cant believe im saying, LETS GO JUSTIN!!! trump has shown his true colors and i cant believe i was so blind. its a cult. it really is

Here's my advice. Get as far away from Trump's influence as possible. He's unstable, chaotic, and easily influenced by his ultra-right wing advisers Musk and Vance. That won't change. The whole world needs to isolate him. He is COVID25 !

Here's my advice. Get as far away from Trump's influence as possible. He's unstable, chaotic, and easily influenced by his ultra-right wing advisers Musk and Vance. That won't change. The whole world needs to isolate him. He is COVID25 !

Here's my advice. Get as far away from Trump's influence as possible. He's unstable, chaotic, and easily influenced by his ultra-right wing advisers Musk and Vance. That won't change. The whole world needs to isolate him. He is COVID25 !

Europe embraces You, Canada. We thank you for not giving in to the orange fascist and the South African oligark. I just hope America isn't totally lost in a mix of right wing extremism and Russian influence, so USA still can be salvaged, when Trump is thrown out of The White House. God bless us all.

As a Canadian who has lived my whole life here, in my opinion there were two major factors that need to be highlighted that started this mess: fiscal policy and focus on fringe politics. First, Canada came out of the 2008 meltdown relatively unscathed due to following a markedly different strategic path than other major countries, namely tight banking regulations as well as 15 years of paying down the national debt. However, several years after 2008, sentiment shifted to adopting the same MMT-led fiscal policies as other nations: lower interest rates and deficit spending. Secondly, at least 10 years ago, there was a major political shift to start emphasizing fringe social issues (climate, race-based, gender, etc.) instead of standard issues such as the economy or military to name two, and it was strongly evident in academia and in the media. The result was little governmental, public or media attention being paid to core economic concerns such as the massive growing government and consumer debt levels, highly inflationary housing market, or decreasing productivity. When COVID hit, the government further doubled the existing federal debt and when they found that unsustainable, opened the doors to massive immigration levels to bring the Debt-per-Capita ratio down which while helping in that one metric, has further inflated the housing market all while forcing wages down. We now have unsustainable public debt levels, unaffordable housing, decreasing wages, decreasing productivity, and a troubling reactionary political swing towards extremist right-wing ideologies. Top that off with the US administration seeing Canada is on an economic precipice and threatening to take the country over, there couldn't be a more perfect storm.

What happened to your channel? Last year 34,000 foreign nationals entered Canada FROM the USA,plus thousands of guns and tons of drugs.These are facts,along with just 0.0002% of opiates entering the USA ,your own Doctors ,China and Mexico dwarf anything coming from here...oh and ps,Trump had nothing do with border enforcement last year ,which I am sure you know.Keep the right wing fear mongering and talking points going

I thought this was factual reporting not propaganda fear mongering. You're making all immigrants out to be bad when only a small percentage are garngs and criminals, much like the citizens of the USA too. This channel seriously distorts the truth and panders to right wing extremism. \nThe Trump regime has brainwashed 77 million Americans. Maybe they will wake up when they see that his administration is DOGEing everything needed for citizens in order to give massive tax cuts to billionaires. Do you all not see this? You're being screwed of by a fascist megalomaniac and his cronies. Musk is cutting aid to hungry children and trying to manipulate to deregulate government and get more funding for himself to make himself even more rich. The richest man in the world does zero philanthropy! The US gov't has given him millions in subsidies.\nAnd blinded manipukated right wingers in the US call the people who actually see what is going on 'sheeple' and tell them to 'wake up'. How ironic.\nIf you're a working class citizen, this regime is fucking you over. How's the price of eggs now?

Don't listen to that garbage right winged fox media. Canada was dealing with this well before Trump took office again. As a Canadian, I can tell you our government failed us too. We took in well over 5 million immigrants (documented and undocumented) over the past 3 years. Like New York, many of our cities are overwhelmed with this influx. We don't even have the resources to track down expired visas, overstays, or asylum cases. Last year our government admitted there was a problem and decided to start taking action. The biggest issue is people claim to be tourists with no intent of leaving. The Canada US border is far stronger than our international one.

Ummmm, maybe do some homework, Cash, or stop watching Fox News. Fewer then 2% of illegal immigrants cross the Canadian border into the US. As for fentanyl, your primary sources are Mexico, China and India with Canada so low down the list of sources we don't even register on the charts. Less then 1% (t's actually about 0.2%) of your fentanyl supply comes from Canada to the US. In fact, the reality is that far, far, far more migrants, fentanyl and--worse--illegal guns, cross FROM the US INTO Canada. On the other hand, you get 60% of your crude oil from us and in some areas of the US, 90% of the houses are constructed with Canadian soft wood. Don't get me started on the water!! Sensationalizing Trump disinformation is only going to fuel the very stupid decisions coming out of your White House right now. Far better you all take a step back, take a deep breath and learn how to use some critical thinking to fix what are truly the problems in America: the entire Trump administration and all of its supporters for a start, gun violence, fear, poor education, the right wing agenda, removal of social supports, justice and genuine human rights, just to name a few. Rome (the US) is burning and Trump is standing on the hill, playing his fiddle and it ain't migrants who are adding the fuel...

I used to watch your show about places and apartments and living in NYC. Now you have become another Right wing extremist.

Cash Jordan’s pivot from making content about showing shitty NYC apartments to mirroring whatever shitty right wing NYC political takes is not at all surprising to me

Right wing BJP Govt is demonizing Muslim's houses and killing religious minorities treating them as untouchables. Let them protest them first.

Interesting compared to the right wing idea that Canada let in too many Indians, US not letting in enough.\n\nI had heard of country quotas in America that favored European immigrants but not to the extent of a same per country cap on green cards

This is Trump’s plan to bring a right wing government in Canada in the next elections. The moment, he has his friends elected, he will drop the tariffs.

Unfortunately, even if Trump has to back down and gets absolutely nothing out of this charade, he'll claim victory, and his supporter will claim it was all a brilliant negotiation strategy. (Remember, facts never matter to the American right-wing.)

So, if in the right-wing playbook. This person is a man in womans cloths then what is their problem. In reality, you don't need a penis to press the trigger on a gun. you use a finger...

You'd think right-wing Americans would be grateful there's still people willing to put their lives on the line for the country

Colombia's socialist president ??? just because you're not a right wing extremist favoring the oligarchs you're a socialist? ?

4:51 ok right wing why is Trump deporting 1/2 as many as Biden? Because he’s not about anything but bluster. And you guys fall for it every time.

LOL!\n\nThe Biden Admin created an app to get more illegals in quicker using a loophole in the system. MSM covered that up, and called it a right-wing conspiracy theory. Now the app is being reported on like it was a great thing.

It is connected to unruly. uncouth behaviour of indians. Stsying illegally and then making trouble with right wing rhetoric.

Oh for Christ’s sake, enough of the race baiting nonsense and move on - we have far more important things to focus on as opposed to appeasing the right wing racist ding dongs wasting our time and money on ridiculous claims of this or that - seriously!

Racist = Right Wing Loonies

Really I'm Sorry about your situations as it seems a lot of peoples whom like you. I Believe when the beautiful hidden arrangements of destiny which is always surprising the clean people like you. That is why ? US President Mr. Trump has rise the right decision at right the time to involving Canada under the USA authority as new American State for rehabilitation the miserable situations available at the Canadian Nation which shocking me personally. As long as I'm was always dreaming to continue my higher educations at Canadine Academies due to the positive feedback of the educational system at Canada ? considered as one of the best in World. But It doesn't reflect to the Canadian nation as it should be. Once More sorry again and I hope US government expediting something to emerging Canada under it's Wings as this step should be done since old time back ago.

Canada is like those former iron curtain countries now. The right wing is growing and with a poor economy minorities will be the usual scapegoats.

Their govt is left wing, socialist hate, bigotry, human rights violations eg no freedom of speech, Canada needs an enema.

No one noticed migration has slowed down for the past year, because no one’s life is affected by immigrants. \nImmigrants have been part of more culture and economic development, since most of us have been born. \n\nIt has only been a problem, because the radical right wing has been making it a problem. \nThey always need something to bitch about.

Trump knows how to negotiate!! We have not seen good negotiations in 4 years!!! Give Trump a chance to put this country on the right path!! CNN is nothing but lard left wing propagandists!!! Don’t listen to these lies from CNN and the main stream media. Remember these are the people that told you, Joe Biden was mentally sharp for years. They lie!!!!

“The Oppressed Becomes The OPPRESSOR”? Her warped mindset can be a self-esteem issue borne of her own oppression — perhaps a belief that oppression of others is a sign of her strength & creates a feeling of false power, through her assimilation?. She drank the KOOK-AID?‍?, believing her 1 vote put her above her own family members? She thinks she’s now on equal par w/??45/47/MAGA/Program 2025/white ppl?? I hope she doesn’t turn her family in to get a pat on the back from the right wing extremists nuts that still hate her existence on earth as a Mexican; that’s Dehumanization 101‼️They’ll deport her first, & let her figure out how the hell she can come back to America. She may need a serious wake-up call like that to remember who she is, w/PRIDE, not w/HATE. Unconscionable & a Total Disgrace is this female???

Your video is amazing. You didn't speak from a right wing nor a left wing perspective, you spoke from an objective common good oreinted perspective. You named the issues that are affecting everyone, not certains groups! Thank you for enlightening people!

If this is what it takes to teach these people who voted against their own friends and families, so be it. I have lost all sympathy for the right wing. They went full religiously driven nutty with an obsession with believing every little crazy story and never looked back. Every person I meet that give me cooky vibes or talks about Jesus or some sort of outdated fucked up thing is a Trumper and nothing will change their minds. Everyone now has at least one relative who, on the surface, would appear to be a perfectly logical person but ask them to justify why they love Trump so much and they give you some totally wacky fact or false claim about some sort of random thing in our world like social security or trans people or immigration and cant seem to wrap their minds around the idea that it isn't true and that those claims are being used to manipulate them.

It reminds me when a couple of years ago, there were elections in Poland. We basically had the same situation as you guys now - a normal democratic centrist party vs a bunch of incompetent pseudo-fascists\n\nWe had a Ukrainian cleaner back then, and I shit you not, she said she hopes the right-wing nonsense party would win, because „they would clean up the immigration stuff” \n\nLady, you are an immigrant. They don’t want you there

This politician is such a simpleton.\n\nIf by miracle the Republicans remove all so-called illegal immigrants, Republicans better get ready for severe push back from growers who have no one harvesting their crops, hotel owners who have no one to clean their hotel rooms and cater to guests etcétera.\n\nThe list is endless of the trickle down effect of mass deportation is going to play on the economy and in turn, the cost of goods and services.\n\nWay to address the concerns (the economy) of your constituents (voters) Republicans.\n\nIt's ok since in two years the House will be back to a majority blue and ready to impede Trumps' right-wing agenda.

'The right way' is a stupid buzz word right wing people use, doesn't even mean anything.

? the right wing Christian sharing her Christian values with her family.pathetic

Its so precious the right wing is suddenly anti war. I think they owe a lot of apologies to those they called traitors for being against dumb wars. Hypocrites

CNN is a right wing network.... Fox news better watch out wahahaha