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4 days agoWell said. I would even go so far as to say that facism is the bones of America.
American colonialism served as inspiration for Hitler, and the history of America is packed solid with violent othering of various groups. To pretend that any of these problems are new or came from elsewhere is an incredibly naive and whitewashed point of view.
I think ford is an opportunist before all else. Whatever he thinks, in the moment, will score him some points, he does.
This trade war opportunity was perfect for him, because bullying comes naturally, and a lot of Canadians wanted to hear some snark thrown back at the cheeto president.
But the longer it goes on, the more it becomes clear that “let’s hurt some Americans” is the entire plan, and it’s not actually all that helpful.