Trump warns Canada, Mexico tariffs are coming on Saturday

As a non-USA person, I was under the impression he thinks it will punish foreign companies and bring jobs back to USA??

Apparently he wants the US people to pay between 20 and 100% more for pretty much everything? At least that's my take on it.

While it's impossible to know what this shit bag wants, I listened to an interview with some asshole from some conservative think tank and by the end my vibe was this:

America is big and strong. In the past America has played fair to the benefit of everyone. But now America wants to be the biggest and strongest, and everyone else needs to be subservient to the American Masters.

Basically America wants to be a bully by impose tariffs and not having the other countries return the favour. America wants every other country to bend over and take whatever tariffs America wants to impose without consequence

In this perfect world it would allow America to start building up their own companies, forcing consumers to buy American and drive demand for new manufacturing businesses.

Of course this all STILL falls apart with just a few basic questions like "if Canada does not impose counter tariffs (and even if they do) their economy will suffer greatly. Is it important for the USA to have economically healthy allies?" and "Why jack the prices so suddenly without allowing time and investing money in these new business that will be needed?"

It's simple.

Trump wants Canada just to surrender and become a US state, which would immediately destroy the Republican party as Canadians (relative to the US anyways) are Marxist leftists.

Obviously Canada tells the US to go fuck an umbrella

Trump wants to invade Mexico "to stop the drugs". This would result in a lotmor US military hanging from bridges, probably not the brightest idea either

In reality though, trump probably doesn't want either. Warning : semi conspiratorial rant following, take it with a grain of salt.

Trump doesn't know what the hell he's doing, he's an absolute idiot. He's just following the directions of project 2025. This all seems to be distractions to keep the US public busy looking at a laser pointer while all the rich buddy buddies are robbing nthe country blind. I'm assuming there is also some pushing from Putin and poohbear somewhere in there to get rid of the one country that can stop them.

I'm guessing nobody has really thought about consequences, nor do they care, they'll be filthy richer so fuck consequences.

Trump wants loyalty. Hurting the US with tariffs is the point, not a consequence. Just look at how many people have lined up to support him hoping they'll get a carve-out from his tariffs? He loves that word so much because it causes fear domestically, and that fear drives loyalty.