2026 USA Political Thread

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The U.S. administration under President Donald Trump is demanding major concessions from Canada to remove or avoid a sweeping 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion to $30 billion worth of Canadian goods.
Core U.S. Demands and Trade Irritants
• Dairy Access: The U.S. wants Canada to alter its dairy supply management system and grant increased market access similar to terms with other trading partners.
• Alcohol Sales: Washington demands that Canadian provincial governments drop bans and restrictions on U.S. alcohol products.
• Automotive Policy: The U.S. is pushing back against Canadian retaliatory tariffs and policies affecting American auto exports.
• Broader Concessions: The U.S. has also sought terms concerning defense, security, and critical minerals.


U.S. financial blog figures the U.S. administration actually wants everybody to put bigger tariffs on China in exchange for lower U.S. tariffs.

sexpanther69 said:

How many Muslims have tried to convert you?

I have neighbors and work with Muslims, play sports with Muslims and not a single one has tried to convert

And their not the ones who go door to door preaching Jesus will save you

The Islamophobia needs to stop

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take a look at what is happening to the EU, Britain--- with all those refugees from Africa, mostly Muslims, which are creating a havoc with law enforcement.. Its a prime factor on why Europe is having a comeback of far right groups and attitudes towards immigrants. The leftist run governments are having problems with meeting these immigrants needs...

Please explain to me why Muslims are praying outside of churches and synagogues?

How many Muslims have tried to convert you? zero

I have neighbors and work with Muslims, play sports with Muslims and not a single one has tried to convert---You, dosne't mean they tried other places

And their not the ones who go door to door preaching Jesus will save you---- yeah I don't like those people and they are on the Christian side...

Now in the states, where the majority of the people are Muslims in a community, they try to bring Sharia law in....so far none, but attempts are being made.
google: communities in the states that are Muslim and sharia law

https://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/america-sharia-law.html

https://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/canada-sharia-law.html (canada)

Harmony-bc said:

Sharia law does not advocate for rape at all. That section where the boys sister is raped is done under Sharia law...In a country where Sharia law holds firm...

I asked for proof and you provided he said - she said nonsense. Google it yourself. Use Utube too... Use (Twitter) X....

the Quran God is the same God as everybody else’s God. NOPE see below

Don’t buy into sensationalism. You’re being brainwashed to hate your neighbor. I don't think its sensationalism, but its something the governments and press are not covering over in Europe and here...

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The god of the Israelites: A god that tells its people to sacrifice their own sons, its a eye for an eye, and they don't believe Jesus was the promised messiah...(so their god is different from the Christian one )
Christianity--- Jesus, a man that preaches to love your enemy as yourself... lots of gospels that aren't part of the council of Nicene (too radical I guess)...
Muslim--- Allah... The whole Quran is full of contradictions within its established writting... best ones are about killing all those who are not muslim....its their sacred duty....

yes all the religions seem to have the same god, but there are distinctions between all 3....

So the question is why are all these muslims coming to the west.... can't defeat the west with arms, so its divide and conquer from within...

Ps... here in Canada and the US, they are not allowed to say the Lords Prayer in a classroom, but Muslims are allowed to worship in the schools in certain places... how does that work???

angry anderson said:

Bone Spurs.

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Through his brain maybe !?!?

@80watts

Maybe try consuming a balanced view of the world.
But it looks as though you've already made your decision.

Trump seems to have abandoned South Korea in favour of his dear friend Kim.
Nobody can take treaties or trade agreements with Orange Hitler seriously.

China has declared that it considers the Pacific Ocean to be China’s sphere of influence. Trump has helped by taking his aircraft carrier out of the Pacific.
Now the really dangerous consequence is that South Korea is now considering making its own nuclear weapons to offset North Korea’s.

westwoody said:

Trump seems to have abandoned South Korea in favour of his dear friend Kim.
Nobody can take treaties or trade agreements with Orange Hitler seriously.

China has declared that it considers the Pacific Ocean to be China’s sphere of influence. Trump has helped by taking his aircraft carrier out of the Pacific.
Now the really dangerous consequence is that South Korea is now considering making its own nuclear weapons to offset North Korea’s.

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Trump will be the end of nuclear non-proliferation.

Since the cold war the arrangement has been simple: US allies get the protection of American military might, including the nuclear deterrent, in exchange for the provision of bases around the world and a promise not to pursue nuclear weapons of their own. It sure wasn’t a perfect arrangement but it brought some form of stability.

Trump has managed to fuck that up in mere months. He’s tossed that all away, and managed to weaken and damage the US military to a huge extent. The Rich gulf states now know that they can’t rely on the US, so they will get their own nuclear weapons just like South Korea may be forced to.

The only nations that benefit from the chaos are China and Russia.

I hate the conspiracy theories, but I have to admit it’s harder and harder to ignore. Can someone give me a reasoned and logical argument that Trump (and some other senior Republicans) aren’t working for the Russians? Everything they do, with the military, economy, public health … the list is endless, benefits Putin and weakens America.

Please convince me I’m wrong.

Trump has already said he wants to give nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia. And the Saudis would see it as a divine mission to develop nukes to offset the Israelis.
Taiwan could whip up some homegrown nukes because of their genuine fear of invasion. Xi made an alarming speech days ago about this being a good time for reuniting lost territory.
At this point maybe Canada should make our own. We’re threatened by our traditional enemies and the new one next door.
Too many naive idiots in Canada don’t understand he is a real danger and is doing serious harm to Canadians, and his ambassador is as bad as he is.
Re the Trump sabotage of his own military: reminiscent of the Stalin prewar purges that made Barbarossa so successful.
Trump has replaced skilled experienced officer with lackeys. He has wasted his strategic resources on a pointless attack on Iran. He has removed critical assets from the Pacific, leaving Taiwan open to attack by China, South Korea open to attack from the north. And Japan under threat from China (who are attacking Japan in their media) and Russia, who had Putin make a provocation on disputed islands.

All this from that asshole Trump who portrays himself as tough guy but can’t control his own bowels.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/tr...rrier-trump-black-uss-doris-miller-rcna593667

Name a ship after a ACTUAL war Hero or a draft dodger 😂😂 this administration really needs to lay off their T rump D yck S uckin

Oh he's not a racist tho right, November can't come fast enough

When I saw that carrier story I thought it was clickbait , so disgusting it couldn’t be real. He just gets more and more despicable.
Remember he had the new air force fighter redesignated F47 after himself.

Every fucking day he does something that drives America farther down the road to tyranny. Just because lawyers stood up to his shit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...ons-power-to-accredit-law-schools/ar-AA2aEAZX

Carney nailed it "The US writes deals in pencil".

No commitment to anything, promises broken in hours, lies constantly.
Why waste time negotiating with a bunch of assholes?

Meanwhile Trump insanely said he could use his military against countries that sell off US treasury bills.
Ok fuckface, go to war with the entire world because everyone is dumping them and you can barely give the new issue away.
US economy is collapsing as we speak.
Next summer will be interesting with no fuel for farm equipment and no potash to fertilise their crops.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/21/trump-beef-anger-01046346

Bet those farmers that voted for the pedo are ruling the votes now

And he does t even have the audacity to say where this meat is coming from

GeeBeeP said:

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I hate the conspiracy theories, but I have to admit it’s harder and harder to ignore. Can someone give me a reasoned and logical argument that Trump (and some other senior Republicans) aren’t working for the Russians? Everything they do, with the military, economy, public health … the list is endless, benefits Putin and weakens America.

Please convince me I’m wrong.

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Plain and simple: Money.

I think that so many Republicans are following Trumps example of insider trading etc. that the job of running the country no longer matters. Just keep the grift going for as long as possible and retire after the next election. I can't think of any other reason why so many of them would continue to support him by not speaking out about the blatant mishandling of things. Does it look like they care how this will impact the Republican Party moving foreward? They want to keep their political positions long enough to cash in and walk away.
Does anyone believe for one second that there'll be ANY repercussions for all of this?

I know Grump hasn't been saying much about the abrupt ending of the trade negotiations with Canada last night so in case some of my American followers are curious as to why Canada is fuming over Grump and his ilk, let me catch you up to speed....

Grump didn’t just demand veto power over Canada’s trade partners, he practically tried to downgrade us from a sovereign nation to a franchise he could manage from his recliner.

He wanted to hand‑pick which countries we were allowed to trade with, then went a step further and suggested we toss out our bilingual identity like it was an optional accessory instead of a constitutional pillar. He even said that our immigration policies should “align” with his preferences.

He tried to turn the entire country into his personal doormat. He behaved as though Canada’s sovereignty was a negotiable coupon he could redeem whenever he felt cranky, pushing demands that ignored our Constitution, our institutions, and our identity.

Of course Canada takes a hit with these new 50% tariffs, but Americans get the bruise and the bill. Tariffs are a two‑way punch: Canada loses export revenue and faces supply‑chain headaches, while Americans get slapped with higher prices, pricier manufacturing inputs, and retaliation that hits their own industries. It’s mutual damage, but the U.S. ends up paying for the privilege of hurting itself.

Even when economists, manufacturers, and farmers warn him the policy is damaging, he ignores them. The crazy part is that the damage is very visible yet he keeps swinging the same hammer because it fits the political storyline he wants to sell.

Trump doesn’t need anything from Canada!

Larry's Torch said:

Plain and simple: Money.

I think that so many Republicans are following Trumps example of insider trading etc. that the job of running the country no longer matters. Just keep the grift going for as long as possible and retire after the next election. I can't think of any other reason why so many of them would continue to support him by not speaking out about the blatant mishandling of things. Does it look like they care how this will impact the Republican Party moving foreward? They want to keep their political positions long enough to cash in and walk away.
Does anyone believe for one second that there'll be ANY repercussions for all of this?

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I guess it could all be about money, Putin could be funnelling cash into Swiss Bank accounts for half the Republicans in congress too I suppose, in addition to all the crypto and other insider trading the Trump crime family are involved in.

It’s the weird shit that stumps me though.

Isn’t there more $$ in backing big pharma than letting JFK fuck up the entire public health system and spreading his horseshit theories about vaccines?

Who profits from trashing the US military? Turfing all the people who actually knew how to run things is just stupid if you want the military to remain loyal. It seems like the USS Lincoln isn’t the only ship thats plagued by problems and low morale, so why turn your own military and their families agains the Trump regime?

Throwing all your expensive toys away in Iran and letting Ukraine swing in the breeze benefits no one but Putin.

And unless they’re all getting cash from China too, leaving Taiwan and South Korea without security help makes very little sense.

Larry's Torch said:

Does anyone believe for one second that there'll be ANY repercussions for all of this?

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I do think there will be repercussions.

Maybe not for Trump. The Supreme Court seems to have given him history’s biggest hall pass.

But all the sycophants around him and the enablers in congress are going to be easy targets for investigation if (and thats a big if in my opinion) the midterms run smoothly and the Dems take control of congress. Some of their corruption is so obvious it’s laughable. Let' start with this Lutnick clown.

Thats the reason why I doubt the elections will be free and fair. Republicans don’t all want to protect Trumps presidency, they want to protect their own asses.

se7landrover97 said:

And please spare me the “HE WAS JOKING” bullshit.

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He’s never joking. He’s a fucking child who stopped maturing at age six. And that’s an insult to six-year-olds everywhere.

Just close the borders for a week, no oil, no aluminum, call it a holiday from American idiots. in fact play that song at all border crossings.. yeah that one from Green Day....

Starting Sept 1 and lasting 7 days, the American border will be shut down, so Canada can celebrate Labour Week.. in honour of Labour Day... the first monday in September....