Tag: Tariffs
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Make My Day
Talk about symbolism. This photo was taken a few days ago. It occurred in Ontario. There was a Canada goose on the ice. The bald eagle apparently thought that the goose was easy prey. First of all the eagle should’ve realized you can’t beat a Canadian on the ice. The eagle and the goose squared…
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Trump Burnt
this is the Canadian beaver. The Canadian beaver has become a symbol of Canada. Beavers look cute,, but you don’t want to piss a beaver off. A beaver’s home is called a lodge. Beavers are very protective of their homes. Donald Trump attacked our home, yesterday, with his tariffs. He tried to intimidate. Prime Minister…
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War
The Oxford, dictionary defiance war as follows, “a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.” Economic war has been defined as follows, “an economic strategy used by belligerent states with the goal of weakening the economy of other states.” Note the term belligerent. Donald Trump fired the…
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Told You So
My chirp, yesterday, centred around Justin Trudeau, telling business and labour leaders last Friday that Trump was serious about annexing Canada. Yesterday, thought for a whole pre-Super Bowl audience, on Fox entertainment, Trump confirmed this. When asked if he was serious about annexing Canada, “Yeah it is a real thing” “I think Canada would be…
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Trump Is Serious
I remember when Donald Trump came to power back in 2016. He started talking about wanting to do things that most rational people said couldn’t be done and that he couldn’t be serious. Well he did them within the guard rails that he had at the time This time around, he has no guard rails.…
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I Won’t Back Down
“Well, I won’t back downNo I won’t back downYou could stand me up at the gates of HellBut I won’t back down” These are the first four lines of the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1989 song ‘I won’t back down’. Justin Trudeau had a teleconference with the orange haired bully yesterday, and was the…
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War You Shall Have
Canada‘s response, to the Trump tariffs, will be a 25% tariff on $30 billion dollars worth of US imports effective this Tuesday, and an additional $125 billion worth of US imports 21 days later. The additional 21 days is to allow Canadian companies to adjust their supply chains. Prime Minister Trudeau after meeting with the…
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War
As some of you may know, I do a daily haiku. You can find it on my Instagram page (Richard Bird), my Facebook page and on blue sky. My haiku is a bit unique, in that I rhyme. This what is my haiku for today? Donald Trump has declared economic war on our country, Canada.…
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War Of Words
Let there be no mistake about this, Donald Trump has declared economic war on Canada. Verbal shots have already begun. Trump reiterated his desire for Canada become a 51st state, while in Davos, this week. “One thing we’re going to be demanding is we’re going to be demanding respect from other nations, Canada.” You can…