@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca @dyckron@cosocial.ca The Trumpistanis want to enact 50-percent tariffs on a random assortment of Canadian imports on 19 August partly because they think it’ll give them leverage in #CUSMA negotiations, partly because Trump’s nose is out of joint thanks to Carney getting more adulation than he did at the #BlameFIFA World Cup awards presentation, and partly because it’s a day that ends in “Y”.