I think it will take several months to know if that's the case, since we don't know (or choose to ignore) the ramifications for the economy as a whole.
19kg of Fentanyl got smuggled from Canada into the US in 2024, not even 1% of the total. Yet POTUS decides to impose a 25% tarrif on all canadian goods because of it. Even if it was a bluff, 100+ years friendship, solidarity and good will was just flushed down the toilet and it will probably take decades to fix. But hey, good job!
> 19kg of Fentanyl got smuggled from Canada into the US in 2024, not even 1% of the total.
I realize this is the Liberal's talking point, but it just doesn't add up. For starters they are talking about detected/caught smuggling, which is a terrible metric to use.
Then there's the problem of how much is being produced domestically. Just in Q4 of 2024, in Canada found:
So that leaves us in a very awkward position with three possibilities:
* Canada has busted virtually every lab in Canada within the span of one quarter and was consuming amounts of fentanyl domestically that would render every Canadian an addict.
* Somewhere in Canada, someone is stockpiling absurd amounts of fentanyl just for fun.
* Canada is catching a negligently small fraction of what their crime syndicates are smuggling into the US.
Oh give the “goodwill, friendship and solidarity line” a rest. Canada has opposed the US many, many times (as is its right), so no need for the “but our feelings are really hurt” line.
Canadians aren’t stupid. They’ve been living next to the US for centuries and experienced the ebb and flow of its decisions.
How do you know the exact figure of fentanyl smuggled into the US from CAN?
I doubt even the cartels could give you an exact figure as they aren't the only ones smuggling the drugs or the precursors.
Are you saying we only intercepted 19kg? How wouldn't that make sense to you considering the disparity of population density at the borders, as well as the infrastructure and staffing at each border??
Canada already Tariffs many products coming from the USA, many even exceeding 200%. The political theater and kindergarten understanding of geo-politics would explain your take on "100 years of friendship flushed down the toilet" lol.
He is doing what he said he would do, hard to argue with that.
Hard to say at the moment if anything he is doing is "great" or not. I choose to observe instead of emoting about it. Half the world is convinced the sky is falling, and half are cheering.
I'm the person in the middle of the (probably) not-overlapping venn diagram.
I don't think it's hard to argue with "He is doing what he said he would do".
He said on day one he'd lower grocery prices. He said he had nothing to do with Project 2025 and on day one he signed a stack of executive ordered hand written by the Heritage Foundation. etc.
honestly all i see is incompetence and creating situations only to solve them and claim victory, while letting some loon terrorize and try to dismantle the bureaucracy
bdcravens|1 year ago
TwoNineA|1 year ago
How are those egg prices coming?
kjksf|1 year ago
People freak out about Trump's proposed tariffs as if other countries do not already have tariffs on US.
tenpies|1 year ago
I realize this is the Liberal's talking point, but it just doesn't add up. For starters they are talking about detected/caught smuggling, which is a terrible metric to use.
Then there's the problem of how much is being produced domestically. Just in Q4 of 2024, in Canada found:
* Super lab with 55 kilograms of fentanyl, 390 kilograms of methamphetamine, 35 kilograms of cocaine, 15 kilograms of MDM - https://globalnews.ca/news/10840910/largest-drug-superlab-bu...
* 30 tons of precursor chemicals - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/30-000-kilog...
* 31 kg of fentanyl and 7.6 tons of precursors - https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/merchants-of-death-to...
So that leaves us in a very awkward position with three possibilities:
* Canada has busted virtually every lab in Canada within the span of one quarter and was consuming amounts of fentanyl domestically that would render every Canadian an addict.
* Somewhere in Canada, someone is stockpiling absurd amounts of fentanyl just for fun.
* Canada is catching a negligently small fraction of what their crime syndicates are smuggling into the US.
I know which seems more likely to me.
refurb|1 year ago
Canadians aren’t stupid. They’ve been living next to the US for centuries and experienced the ebb and flow of its decisions.
It comes across as just so whiney.
oremolten|1 year ago
I doubt even the cartels could give you an exact figure as they aren't the only ones smuggling the drugs or the precursors.
Are you saying we only intercepted 19kg? How wouldn't that make sense to you considering the disparity of population density at the borders, as well as the infrastructure and staffing at each border??
Canada already Tariffs many products coming from the USA, many even exceeding 200%. The political theater and kindergarten understanding of geo-politics would explain your take on "100 years of friendship flushed down the toilet" lol.
dgfitz|1 year ago
Hard to say at the moment if anything he is doing is "great" or not. I choose to observe instead of emoting about it. Half the world is convinced the sky is falling, and half are cheering.
I'm the person in the middle of the (probably) not-overlapping venn diagram.
ks2048|1 year ago
He said on day one he'd lower grocery prices. He said he had nothing to do with Project 2025 and on day one he signed a stack of executive ordered hand written by the Heritage Foundation. etc.
ge96|1 year ago
unknown|1 year ago
[deleted]
_DeadFred_|1 year ago
Also the deals announced were deals already done prior to this administration.
aredox|1 year ago
"Hook, line and sinker", heh?
blargthorwars|1 year ago
senectus1|1 year ago
honestly all i see is incompetence and creating situations only to solve them and claim victory, while letting some loon terrorize and try to dismantle the bureaucracy
unknown|1 year ago
[deleted]