Biden said he hopes Trump "rethinks" his tariff announcement, which would affect two close U.S. allies.

Summary

President Joe Biden criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico as “counterproductive,” warning it could harm relationships with key trade partners.

Trump announced the tariffs would remain until illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking are stopped, drawing criticism from economists who argue the costs would fall on consumers.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum disputed Trump’s claim that she agreed to “close borders.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stressed the importance of maintaining strong U.S.-Canada trade ties in response to the proposal.

  • takeda@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 days ago

    Yeah, I am so fucking disappointed in the results, I did everything I could, and that baboon still won.

    I also at first wished Biden would do something, but I don’t see how that could be accomplished without resulting in civil war.

    I mean unless there was some kind of fraud he actually even got a popular vote.

    Where IMO Biden dropped the ball was:

    • still ignoring social media. They are currently have more power than MSM with no responsibility that MSM would have for spreading false information (people still don’t understand that what they post on Facebook, Twitter and others doesn’t matter, because what others see is still controlled by the social media sites. Now with generative AI they can even generate content and then promote it. This is why those companies are interested so much in generative AI)
    • waiting 2 years to start prosecution of trump’s crimes
    • irreticent@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 days ago

      Where IMO Biden dropped the ball was:

      […]

      waiting 2 years to start prosecution of trump’s crimes

      Yeah, WTF was up with that‽ It almost feels intentional that he was allowed to get away with everything.