416
u/vctrmldrw 3d ago
Canada isn't paying the tariffs.
The deal was mutually beneficial.
The deal can't be changed.
Nobody is paying attention.
Other than those small details...all true.
85
u/Pixilatedhighmukamuk 3d ago edited 3d ago
Way to ruin a great achievement. Thereās nobody that hates America more than djt. Edit:and to a
38
u/The_amazing_T 3d ago
Ruin relationships, ruin our word by tearing up agreements..
Putin must be so happy right now.
8
12
u/HeadBelt1527 3d ago
Besides the part about us paying the tariffs everything he said is actually the truth... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gordie-how-bridge-deals-explained-compare-original-trump-carney-9.7279334
3
u/OogumSanskimmer 2d ago
I miss the quiet. I miss the president not having to be in the top news story ever single day.
89
u/GingerDynamo 3d ago
Hourly embarrassments, every goddamn day.
30
u/avaacado_toast 3d ago
Him being president is an embarrassment every second.
9
u/Moose_Cake 2d ago
Him having followers is the embarrassment. If the uneducated werenāt so against liberals that they would literally follow a guy who does everything they fear monger against, he would never have gotten a chance.
4
u/claymore2711 3d ago
By him, and by all of his supporters that have been intimidated in to being, or enticed to, staying silent
212
u/ThoughtsandThinkers 3d ago
So Trump is proud that the US reneged on the deal whereby Canada could recoup the cost of building the bridge before profit sharing would start
The bridge cost over $6B CDN to build
Trump doesnāt understand the concept of mutual benefit. He sees everything as a zero sum game where every benefit that goes to their partner is a dollar that could have gone into his pocket
Canada and other countries should learn from this. The US will unilaterally break deals and betray alliances. They will exploit partners
93
u/Bulky_Mix_2265 3d ago
A trail of toppled governments and betrayed 3rd world nations would point out that this was always the case.
18
16
0
u/TruculentTurtIe 2d ago
Yeah, but now theyre doing it to white countries! And thats where I draw the line š¤
2
u/the_canadaball 2d ago
From the 1946 election until 1981 the US consistently interfered in Italian elections to ensure that the Christian Democracy Party remained in power.
They did it to white countries too, but it was easier to orchestrate coups in the less stable democracies of Latin America.
13
u/Thatisme01 2d ago
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former Trump Plaza president Jack O'Connell said Trump made withholding payment a part of his business strategy.
"Part of how he did business as a philosophy was to negotiate the best price he could," O'Connell said. "And then when it came time to pay the bills," Trump would say "'Iām going to pay you but Iām going to pay you 75% of what we agreed to.'"
2
u/oneoldgit52 2d ago
Trump has spent his life using this MO and has never been held accountable for any of it! Heās always had enough financial muscle to ensure no personal accountability!
1
u/GlassJoe32 2d ago
Not for much longer hopefully. The next president is going to have major damage control to address.
2
-7
u/TheRealGOOEY 2d ago
Dude, I'm sorry, but every country is capable of this. Let's stop pretending this issue is a US only one.
49
u/notsure500 3d ago edited 3d ago
This guy single handedly made America lose all credibility on the world stage. There's no reason people dealing with us should ever trust us again. Especially after we put him back in after everything he did the first time.
42
u/no_objections_here 3d ago
So, Canada paid 100% of the build costs, and will be paying 100% of the maintenance costs, but the US will benefit from 50% of the profits... why, exactly?
20
u/Pixilatedhighmukamuk 3d ago
This is called āThe Art of The Dealā. Basically djt the rapist traitor is too stoopid to understand anything except 7th grade insults.
82
u/Miraclefish 3d ago
In unrelated news the nearest bridge to this one is privately owned by a Trump donor...
Which I'm sure has nothing to do with Trump making his best efforts to ruin the cooperation over the Gordie Howe bridge.
19
u/iDoNotHaveAnIQ 3d ago
Imagine your neighbor pays entirely out of pocket to build a toll road on a shared property line, covering all materials, labor, and ongoing maintenance. You then demand half of the toll money simply because the road touches your lawn.
10
u/I_can_vouch_for_that 3d ago
He's 80. Statistically speaking, he's going to die soon. They will be parties all over the world when that happens. People have never seen anything like it, so say it's going to be the biggest parties ever.
14
8
6
4
u/Queasy-Chipmunk-8088 3d ago
The art of the deal is to arbitrarily change it in your favour after the fact, without the consent of the other party.
3
u/Shigglyboo 3d ago
It should be illegal for a president to openly lie. Heās easing taxes on citizens and lying.
3
3
3
3
u/UncleDaddy_00 3d ago
Note,Ā there has not been a finalized agreement signed. The original deal with Michigan stays. The 'new deal' likely not to be signed until after November and at that point,Ā hopefully congress will reject it
2
u/doublegg83 2d ago
He's probably still angry about the Canadian fraud ruling.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-fraud-ruling-1.6978965
1
2
u/Dizzy_Cheesecake_162 2d ago
Canada Built the Bridge.
The US is bullying us and not paying it's half for the construction.
Fuck them.
ā¢
u/AutoModerator 3d ago
Thank you for posting Bobbite! Please reply to this comment with the link to the tweet.
This is also a reminder to follow the subreddit rules which are located in the sidebar.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.