Update: The Fascist Felon’s Trade War

  • The Fascist Felon paused for a month a new 25% tariff on goods entering the United States from Mexico after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to immediately send 10,000 soldiers to her country’s border to prevent trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs.
  • The announcement of the pause came two days after Trump slapped 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10% tariff on goods imported from China.
  • Trump said there will be negotiations on tariffs between Mexican officials and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
  • U.S. stocks, which had opened trading lower Monday, regained most of those losses on news of the pause of the tariffs on goods from Mexico.

Trump’s tariffs are deeply unpopular on day one, and that’s before most people even feel their impact.I know he’s doing a lot of horrible shit, but this is where Americans are going to feel it most directly.They’re going to be pissed—and quickly.

Mike Nellis (@mikenellis.bsky.social) 2025-02-03T14:55:20.828Z

“We had a good conversation with President Trump with great respect for our relationship and sovereignty; we reached a series of agreements,” Sheinbaum wrote in the tweet, according to a translation from Spanish.

She also wrote, “The United States is committed to working to prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico.”

Trump had not mentioned a commitment to stem the flow of weapons in his Truth Social post about his conversation with Sheinbaum.

Broken Clock Alert:

BREAKING: Republican Senator Mitch McConnell speaks out against Trump’s tariffs:“It will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-03T00:27:30.602Z

Ron Johnson: "Tariffs are a tax. When you tax something, you get less of it, so we'll probably get fewer imports, but then with retaliation, fewer experts. Smoot-Hawley was not particularly successful and helped sparked the Depression, so I share the markets' concern."

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-03T14:34:46.183Z

***Then he goes off the rails-

The Fascist Felon Will Soon Talk with Justin Trudeau but in the Meantime:

JUST IN: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is canceling a $68 million contract with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet services in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada.“Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,” Ford said.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-03T15:15:36.833Z

‘Make them pay’: Canada puts Trump’s ‘first friend’ Elon Musk’s Tesla in the crosshairs of tariff war

The tariff standoff between the US and Canada is heating up, and Tesla finds itself squarely in the crosshairs. Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former finance minister and current Liberal Party leadership contender, has proposed a bold countermeasure: slapping 100% tariffs on select American goods, including Teslas, in direct response to President Trump’s threatened tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

Canada is considering 100% tariffs on Teslas.🔗: www.businesstoday.in/world/canada…

Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) 2025-02-03T05:50:02.752Z

Donald Trump, allegedly the “leader of the free world,” has attacked Canada, Ukraine, and Taiwan harsher than he ever attacked Russia, China, and North Korea. Let that sink in.

Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) 2025-02-02T19:37:47.008Z
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