1. Canadians deserve better than this:
2. Canadians are nowhere near as obtuse as @JustinTrudeau would have you believe them to be.
3. Everyone can tell the difference between: the importance of protecting a steel and aluminum industry as a national security objective, and placing targeted tariffs therein upon nations who use their trade position as a pass-through for foreign dumping -vs-....
4. ... calling Canadian's, as a nation, a national security threat.
5. Justin from Canada is simply playing politics with his national economy. He has no choice. The facets of Canadian exploitation of NAFTA, as a domestic economic strategy vis-a-vis their pass-through structure, cannot be defended on principle.
6. So Justin from Canada creates the economic and national security *strawman* argument saying President Trump is calling Canada a national security risk to the U.S.
7. No, President Trump is not saying that. President Trump is saying securing the U.S. Steel and Aluminum industry is vital to U.S. national security interests.
8. It's too bad @chucktodd didn't interrupt @JustinTrudeau after the "aluminum smelter" comment and ask: 'well, now that you mention it, what ever happened to that smelter near the airbase you mention'?
9. Of course Todd couldn't do that because Trudeau would have to admit environmental dictates of prior left-wing Canadian political leadership destroyed the aluminum smelting industry in Canada much like it was destroyed by similarly minded environmental ideologues in the U.S.
10. Which is exactly the reason why President @realDonaldTrump is reversing course and reminding everyone that Steel and Aluminum manufacturing are vital to national interests. Huh, funny that... 
11. This ridiculously absurd politicization of the reasoning for U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs is, and the political narrative now being pushed by @JustinTrudeau is further evidence that NAFTA is now a "dead-man-walking" trade deal.
12. Stick a fork in it, and conduct your financial affairs accordingly, because #NAFTA is dead. If it wasn't, and/or if @JustinTrudeau wasn't told by his advisers therein, he would never get himself so far out in direct opposition to the U.S.
13. The only thing missing is the official announcement therein... But don't worry, that announcement is coming. Both Canada and Mexico are fully aware #NAFTA is dead. Their political goal is now *blame casting*.
14. Unfortunately for the politically-minded @JustinTrudeau and Minister @cafreeland what they both don't understand is that President @realDonaldTrump doesn't care about their delicate sensibilities and blame-casting maneuvers.
15. @POTUS Trump was elected specifically because he doesn't apply a political prism in front of economic or national security decisions.
16. Additionally, #NAFTA is dead, all three countries know it, and the aspect that both Canada and Mexico have only recently become aware of is Trump is in no rush to announce it.
17. He's in no rush to announce it because the effects of withdrawal are already well underway. Investors are not going to invest in Canada and Mexico while the looming uncertainty of a U.S. NAFTA exit looms in the air. cnbc.com/2017/10/23/jpm…
18. Prior to joining the administration NEC Chairman @larry_kudlow always knew of businessman Donald Trump tangentially. However, now that Kudlow's got a front row seat to Trump's trade and economic policy, he too just realized Trump means what he says.
19. POTUS @realDonaldTrump sent U.S. Trade Rep. Lighthizer to see if a NAFTA deal was possible; but business-minded Trump always knew a renegotiated deal was near impossible. theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/05/und…
20. *Impossible* because Canada and Mexico would have to agree to support actual North American manufacturing. That approach is adverse to the interests of Can/Mex who have structured their external (non NAFTA) trade deals as simple pass-throughs to the U.S. market.
21. Thus Canada and Mexico entered into negotiations while demanding greater import of Asian, mostly Chinese, goods. Thus the "fatal flaw" or "loophole" within NAFTA surfaces.
22. USTR Lighthizer demanding more U.S., Mexican and Canadian products be used in NAFTA manufacturing.... (gee, what a concept /sarc) while Canada and Mexico demand more Chinese, Asian and EU product components be used.
See the absurdity of it?
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Damn goofy. All of it.
See the absurdity of it?
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Damn goofy. All of it.
23. Back to @JustinTrudeau. Notice he says Canada imports U.S. Steel and there's a trade surplus for the U.S. into Canada? WATCH AGAIN:
24. What @JustinTrudeau doesn't mention [nor @cafreeland ] is that U.S. steel is actually U.S. auto-sector steel being shipped just across the border to be used in U.S. owned manufacturing plants in Canada. Take that away and the entire steel narrative is lost.
25. Canada doesn't make much steel and aluminum, because the Trudeau-minded do-gooder environmentalists in Canada have killed off their heavy manufacturing industrial base.
26. Which is *exactly* what President @realDonaldTrump is attempting to ensure doesn't happen in the United States. DUH !!
27. So, what happens? Well, in response to a non-politician (Trump) doing what is in the best interests of the U.S. economic base, the heavily political Canadian dynamic duo (@JustinTrudeau / @cafreeland ) rely on left-wing politics to frame their counter position.
28. Did you see the list of items the dynamic duo @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland selected as targets for their counter-tariff position?
Check it out --> fin.gc.ca/activty/consul…
Check it out --> fin.gc.ca/activty/consul…
29. What do: "felt pens", "rubber boats", "Orange juice" and Tomato Ketchup have to do with the U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs? fin.gc.ca/activty/consul… Well, that's political too...
30. First, the ridiculous "felt pen tariff" is politically targeted toward this:
Yes, they are *THAT* petty.
I know, I know... I laughed too.
Yes, they are *THAT* petty.
I know, I know... I laughed too.
31. Then comes the "orange juice tariff". Targeting guess where? Yup, Florida.
What's in Florida? Trump's home in Mar-a-lago of course.
What's in Florida? Trump's home in Mar-a-lago of course.
32. Rubber inflatable boats? fin.gc.ca/activty/consul… Oh, that would be South Carolina specifically Zodiac Nautic manufacturing plant in Summerville, S.C. Why target South Carolina? --> @nikkihaley the proverbial thorn in the Palestinian loving leftists U.N. side.
33. Yes, the grouchy Canadia couple are *that* petty. Never underestimate the pettiness of an avowed leftist and/or Marxist-minded crew. It's in their DNA.
The funny thing is @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland think Trump cares about this nonsense because their tribe tell them.
The funny thing is @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland think Trump cares about this nonsense because their tribe tell them.
34. Tip to @JustinTrudeau and @cafreeland: President @realDonaldTrump DOESN'T CARE. Never has, never will. But it's hilarious the left-wing ideologues haven't yet caught on to this truism.
35. 😂The "ketchup tariff" --> fin.gc.ca/activty/consul… Well, Heinz shut down a plant in Leamington, Ontario, & of the $264 million in ketchup that Canada imports from U.S. annually, $81.4 million comes from Heinz’s home state and congressional battleground state Pennsylvania.
36. The "Soy Sauce Tariff" --> fin.gc.ca/activty/consul… Well, most of the soy sauce produced in North America comes from Kikkoman plant in the Wisconsin congressional district of.... wait for it.... House Speaker Paul Ryan [ @SpeakerRyan ] 😂 I can't even...
37. Despite how much fun this is, I'll stop there and take it back to where this started.
38. Canadians deserve better than this from @JustinTrudeau .
40. /END
