#Trump Retaliation

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Biden Grants 3 Key Pardons to Block Trump's Retribution - New

In an extraordinary and unprecedented act of political foresight, President Joe Biden grants pre-emptive pardons to block Trump’s Retribution in the final hours of his presidency to protect key figures from potential legal vendettas under the incoming administration of Donald Trump. Biden Against Trump’s RetributionThe Groundbreaking DecisionKey Figures PardonedBiden’s StatementThe Legal and…

[saywhat-politics]

WASHINGTON — Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday night that his country would respond to President Donald Trump's decision to enact a 25% tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S. by implementing a 25% tariff against $155 billion in U.S. goods.

Trudeau's comments came just hours after Trump signed an executive order implementing tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. Trump's order implemented a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada — excluding Canadian energy products, which would face a 10% tariff. He also implemented an additional 10% tariff on imports from China.

[tomorrowusa]

« I have some news for the advocates of Manifest Destiny 2.0. We are glad to have you as neighbors, but we have no interest in joining you. Canadians are proud and independent. We’re going to keep it that way.

[ ... ]

The threats won’t work. We will not escalate, but we will not back down. If you hit us, we will hit back — and our blows will be precisely targeted. We are smaller than you, to be sure, but the stakes for us are immeasurably higher. Do not doubt our resolve.

Loyalty works only if it is reciprocal. If you choose to treat us like an adversary, we will find friends who know just how much we have to offer. »

— Chrystia Freeland, member of Canada's House of Commons for the riding of University-Rosedale and a candidate to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party. Writing in the Washington Post.

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[chryblossomjjk]

interesting how most of the people dropping moral think pieces on the lack of humanity following the attempted assassination of trump haven’t said a single fucking word about the current genocides happening…

[botaniqueer]

Even though I always vote blue as a concession (and also because I'm easily guilted while also absolutely despising the democrats), I'm understanding of folks voting third party and I'm chill with people voting for whoever as long as it's not Trump or RFK, but a criticism I do have of third party voters is that a lot of them still have the problem the main two parties have where they come across as thinking we can vote our way out of this without some of of meta-strategy after the voting is done, and they also get attached to their candidates.

Absolutely all presidents are bad for the same reason all cops are, in that the occupation itself is structurally harmful, and the attributes of the job override whatever personal attributes the person occupying it has– the most personally nice cop in the world still is obligated to remove a homeless person from a bench while protecting capital, otherwise they lose that cop position. This applies to Jill Stein, Bernie Sanders, etc. An except to this is if the incumbent fully intends to dismantle the position, but it's exceedingly hard to gain the position with this goal, and keeping the job longer enough to successfully execute it without the job changing or compromising the person first.

As mentioned in other posts, the absolute minimum job of the US president is to maintain the suppression of a collection of 500+ ethnic groups, and prevent them from having true agency or full access to the land. If this isn't maintained, the United States literally can't keep existing in a meaningful way and ends up evaporating. This will become Jill Stein or Cornell West's job if they are elected, same as when Bush or Biden have the job.

Actually using electoralism as a strategy requires good organizing for after the candidate is elected, and specifically not getting attached to them and thinking of them purely as a means to an end. Liberation and the position of the presidency are inherently at odds, so there will be times you will need to fight against your own candidate. The Democrats are notorious for getting attached despite using the "you're not marrying them!" refrain, shushing people for saying anything vaguely critical.

The metaphor I think of is dungeon crawling roguelike games, or any other game where you choose branching paths in that you're choosing the challenges you think you're best equipped to deal with, but you do still have to deal with them. You can't do what the democrats do and lay down arms immediately after choosing the more favorable path, just being it's better than Trump, and I expect the same from third party voters as well as to not be like the DNC. In the unlikely case in which a third party candidate gets elected, there still has to be a struggle, otherwise the United States and other settler nations will continue to persist and hurt others, even if things are better for most settlers, and there will always be the likelihood of things ending up back where we are now if we don't follow through.

[chicago-geniza]

Federal funding freeze shut Illinois out of Medicaid

[coolasakuhncumber]

How did you find out Trump was non-fatally shot at a rally earlier today?

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

Okay so we have this huge problem with forgetting about everything that’s happened by the time the next election rolls around so I’d like to keep a running list of things as they’re happening to help remind us when the 2026 midterms roll around. And please add to this if I’ve missed anything.

January 2025:

Donald Trump pardoned 1500 people who participated in the insurrection of January 6th, including those who violently assaulted and nearly killed police officers.

Donald Trump has declared that trans and non-binary people don’t exist.

Donald Trump is working towards firing everyone in the government who isn’t loyal to him.

Donald Trump has effectively fired everyone who he claims is an “illegal DEI hire” …whatever that means

Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization

Congress are trying to pass the Laken Riley Act to, effectively, round up every immigrant in the country, including LEGAL immigrants

Donald Trump removed caps on prescription drug prices.

Donald Trump wants to withhold federal aid to help combat the LA wildfires and help the thousands of people who have been displaced and lost their homes.

The Department of Justice has put a hold on all civil rights cases.

Donald Trump has cut off aid to Ukraine.

Laken Riley Act has been passed by Congress and is awaiting being signed into law by the President. Here’s the breakdown of the votes: House Senate

Donald Trump purged a dozen inspectors general from the federal government and intends to replace them all with people loyal to him.

Pete Hegseth has been confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Here’s the breakdown of how the Senate voted. Note, it was a 50-50 tie that JD Vance had to break.

Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Colombia after the Colombian government turned away two airplanes carrying migrants. Columbia has retaliated by imposing a 25% tariff of its own on US goods.

Donald Trump has also issued a travel ban for Colombian citizens and revoked visas from Colombian migrants coming to the US.

Donald Trump has now backed off the tariffs and other threats against Colombia. Note for future reference: this comes just hours after Trump made the threat in the first place and he and the Colombian president got into a big fight on social media.

Nearly 1,000 migrants were arrested mostly in Chicago on January 26th by ICE and ICE has been told to meet a quota of 75 migrant arrests every day.

Donald Trump rescinded an anti-discrimination executive order from Lyndon B. Johnson

Donald Trump signed an executive order banning trans people from serving in the military and also ordered that people who were discharged for refusing to get mandatory vaccines be reinstated.

Donald Trump has frozen all federal grants to institutions.

After pressure from state governments, activist groups, and the general public, the White House has rolled back some of the freezes on federal funding.

Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN) has proposed a change to the 22nd Amendment to allow Donald Trump, specifically, to serve a third term.

Donald Trump is trying to fire all federal employees who don’t want to return to the office (work-from-home saves the federal government millions of taxpayer dollars in overhead). He also sent an email to federal employees saying that if they’re not loyal to him, they’ll be investigated.

Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law.

Donald Trump has said he doesn’t think Palestinians should be allowed to return to Gaza but instead should be sent to Egypt and Jordan.

Native Americans have been targeted by ICE raids.

Donald Trump has ordered undocumented immigrants to be sent to Guantanamo Bay

Donald Trump signed an executive order to expand federal funding for school choice programs. [x]

Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that he will deport visa-holding students who protest against Israel. [x]

Donald Trump has blamed DEI for the plane crash that killed 67 people in Washington D. C. [x]

Donald Trump signed an executive order that schools should no longer teach about racism and discrimination. And that schools should only teach history that is “patriotic” [x]

Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna wants to add Donald Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore. [x]

Trump’s Department of Education has called book bans a hoax. [x]

The Department of Justice has barred certain news outlets from receiving information from the Pentagon. [x]

The Trump administration has fired multiple FBI officials who investigated the January 6th insurrection. [x]

February 2025

I’ll keep adding to this list as new things come up and, again, please feel free to add anything I’ve missed. I know that in this world of constant news it’s easy to forget, so let’s give our future selves a little help!

[wherepond]

Trump unhinged solipsist

US trade war with China

Harvard economist reveals something significant about the trade war with China

The US China Trade War has begun and although Trump has passed 10% tariffs on China the simple reality is China is well prepared for this battle.  China has retaliated against US tariffs and started their own round of sanctions. What happens next in the US China Trade War? Watch the video! 

[inc-immigrationnewscanada]

Trump's Tariff Tidal Wave: New Economic Upheaval in 2025

The global economic landscape was dramatically altered on February 5, 2025, when President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China, igniting fears of a full-blown trade war with repercussions felt worldwide. As the U.S. dollar soared and stock markets reeled, this article about the multifaceted impacts of Trump’s tariffs, exploring market reactions, policy…

[tomorrowusa]

« You can't let someone hit you over the head with a sledgehammer without hitting them back twice – twice as hard, in my opinion. »

— Premier Doug Ford of Ontario speaking at a meeting of Canadian premiers (the equivalent of governors) about retaliating against Trump's proposed tariffs. From CTV News.

Premier Ford understands how to deal with blustering bullies like Donald Trump.

Currying favor with Trump by filling his pockets with more loot may get his approval – but never his respect.

Those emasculated billionaire tech broligarchs are the antithesis of people like Doug Ford.

Premier Ford even has his own answer to the MAGA cap.

Ford sends U.S. a clear message with patriotic hat

It comes in both English and French versions.

Canada does the world, including the US, a big favor by standing up to Trump. 🇨🇦

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA The Jerusalem Post di Oggi mercoledì, 05 febbraio 2025

[sandeep01world]

China Strikes Back Tariffs on US

[immaculatasknight]

Hit them where it hurts

[tamilethnicity]

Trump's tariff war explodes as Mexico and Canada hit back with retaliatory taxes

Justin Trudeau responds to US imposing tariffs on Canada Donald Trump has followed through with his threat to impose steep tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, signing an order which triggered sparking swift retaliation from all three countries – and all-but-guaranteeing a bruising trade war. The Republican president posted on social media that the tariffs were necessary “to…