[kmos17]

It’s an understatement to say Canada is extremely displeased at this, it will cost the US billions in lost trade and tourism. And for what? The trade deficit if you take out oil exports from Canada to the US is actually in favor of the US. Many American jobs will be lost because of this.

That trust and relationship will not be rebuilt easily, you vastly underestimate the damage and cost that will come from all the ill will being generated.

Words from a president are not just words, they carry weight, but now that tariffs are actually in effect we can see plain as day the first part of him carrying to execution his reckless and completely senseless ideas.

[galimalint]

Trump administration most likely has calculated and knows that shrinking $200 billion in trade deficit with Canada outweighs the downside of lost trade and tourism from Canada.

You speak of favor to US and trust and relationship, but that's really inconsequential in the face of $200 billion in trade deficit.

[kmos17]

The U.S. goods trade deficit with Canada was $63.3 billion in 2024, a 1.4 percent decrease ($926.9 million) over 2023.

source: https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/canada#:~:text=C...

And again what will be gained? What is the problem exactly you think our genius president will fix?

Canadians are massively boycotting the US, in addition to being the US’s largest export market they are the number one source of tourism to the US.

Canada is the top source of international visitors to the United States, with 20.4 million visits in 2024, generating $20.5 billion in spending and supporting 140,000 American jobs. A 10% reduction in Canadian travel could mean 2.0 million fewer visits, $2.1 billion in lost spending and 14,000 job losses.

All this is just dumb and reckless, but not surprising coming from a business man who managed to bankrupt casinos