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NOISE CLEARING TIMETrump put a tariff on Canadian steel and Trudeau did the obvious countermove to then tariff our steel imports. Media is saying this is proof of tariffs never working. What's the truth? The overwhelming majority of US steel importanted into Canada is by American companies who manufacture cars to sell back into America. It's Americans buying the steel to make American cars to then export back into America to sell to Americans. And Canada is getting rich from the taxes on this process.If Trudeau was smart he would have just bit the bullet and accepted the 25% steel tariff.. But because he's a school teacher who has no fucking idea what the fuck he is doing, he is matching Trump's steel tariff with his own and screwing over his own automakers. The tariff is going to hurt his auto industry. This alone is probably enough to make American car manufacturers move their plants back to America, but then you have to remember Trump just lowered the corporate tax rate, along with a few other goodies, so it's even more likely that they will move back.If they don't, all Trump needs to do is put a tariff on car manufacturers. This double tax would bankrupt them, they would have to move.If Trudeau still wants to act like mister fucking tough guy guess what, Trump can just tariff the steal production from Canada even more. 87% of the steel goes to America anyway.It'll raise our prices but that will just result in more profits for our steel industry AND Canadian companies would go bankrupt within the fucking year. And the best part? The now richer American steel companies could buy up all the now bankrupt plants. And even better? This applies to the auto makers if they don't move back. Our car manufacturers can buy their now bankrupt plants for cheap.THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T ELECT A FUCKING SKI INSTRUCTOR AS THE LEADER OF YOUR GODDAMN COUNTRY CANADA