i’m not a ford fan. however, i think the ad was brilliant: no voiceover, no commentary - just the very words of a conservative idol pissing all over dumb shit donald.

once again, trump’s overreaction has enormously elevated the visibility of the very thing he wants to cover up.

when the shithead is dead, i will be jubilant, but a a tiny piece of me will always miss how easy it is to slam dunk on this man-baby.

On Thursday Trump posted, “The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs.”

Who do you believe, me or your lying eyes?

They shouldn't submit to the demands of a propagandist who demonstrates no intention of negotiating in good faith.

I was unhappy that Dougie decided to spend our tax dollars on ads in the US, but now I'm upset he's pulling them. Are we getting a refund for the ad slots we didn't use?

Walking on egg shells around The Mad King.

Ya know, when I was younger, I never felt this. But once I hit my thirty's, the number of people I want dead just keeps rising. I mean IV hates people before...but man, the idea of KNOWING the world will be better when they're dead...it's just something else man

Doug Ford was a Trump fan just a few months ago. Never forget that.

Don't, Trump looks like a huge bitch right now and it's really existing how much the us media is outright lying these days.

He shouldn't.

I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Our economy is, unfortunately, still reliant on trade with the US and this won't change anytime soon. Carney's goal to double non-US exports over the next decade (which is considered hard FYI) will still keep the US as our largest trading partner. This specific ad has had massive visibility in the US (ironically because Trump drew attention to it) and has largely already accomplished its goal. The threat to our economy, just to play an ad, probably isn't worth it.

That said, we need to track every concession we've ever made to the United States on trade (including these newer items, such as the Digital Service Tax) and make it clear that these concessions are contingent on free trade. If we don't maintain free trade, we're reclaiming these concessions. These should include items from years ago like more restrictive copyright laws, longer patents on pharmaceuticals, etc. We also need a red line as to what concessions we won't grant even if it causes an economic disaster or else Trump will keep demanding more and higher concessions (we may already have such a red line - I expect they wouldn't publish it).

Lastly, we need to view free trade with the US as a temporary thing to keep while we disentangle our economy with theirs. We can't have our entire economy paralyzed by uncertainty all the time, but businesses won't invest elsewhere unless they know that trade with third nations will remain the better option even if US trade temporarily normalizes. That is something we could control, but it would require our government, with Conservative support, to announce that Canada will withdraw from / not renew CUSMA in X years, no matter how the US situation changes. The Conservative support is necessary so that businesses don't believe CUSMA might survive depending on an election outcome.

My tinfoil. He was in cahoots with the child rapist so he could keep tensions up between us and Canada and hopefully become king of Ontario or whatever in the future.

So Doug Ford is doing standup now?

https://xcancel.com/WabKinew/status/1981753253055361219