Now Canada has lifted most of the retaliatory tariffs, with Carney explaining that Canada has the “best deal with the United States right now.”
Canadians may choose to follow the direction of their prime minister or they may view this as an opportunity to take more responsibility and continue to use their purchasing choices to influence trade relations.
Carney has done nothing but roll over and present after winning the election… the boycott has been entirely carried out by the people of Canada
The article gets a few points right but it is yet another news outlet that missed the really big point: Trump threatened to invade Canada. There was a period of time when it was becoming increasingly clear that he was going to use fentanyl as a manufactured crisis and as context for a military occupation or at the very least placing military on the Canadian border. Nearly every time Trump talked about Canada he had to drop some sort of line where he mentioned annexing Canada.
I’m not sure why this detail always slips through the cracks whenever news agencies talk about the souring Canada/US relations. Threatening war on your neighbour is a great way to destroy generations of built-up trust in an instant.
I think it’s willful ignorance by the media companies.
It is one billion percent that.
he was going to use fentanyl as a manufactured crisis
He has already used that as a so-called ‘emergency’ to add tariffs to Canadian imports and strong-arm Carney into increasing border security
Trump never threatened invasion or war with Canada. He threatened and started a TRADE war over the bs fentynal crisis, but there was never a discussion of military action. Hell, when he was specifically asked if he was considering military action, he responded, “No.”
He explicitly said he would use “economic force” to conquer Canada, meaning he would break our economy and drive Canadians into poverty in order to force us to join the US. The Idiot Senator from Maine has stated how that would go - no shadows of Canada would be allowed to remain. The violence would implicitly come afterward, because the vast, vast majority of Canadians would not be okay with this - especially since we would not be allowed to vote as states, since Canada is by nature a “blue state” and Republicans would not allow more blue votes. There would be protests, perhaps even Troubles-style terrorism, and Trump would send in the military just like he is currently doing for other uppity “blue” areas like DC and Chicago.
He wouldn’t call it “military”. He’d call it cracking down on crime, just like he is now. But people would die… probably a lot of people.
Be did say economic force. I’m correcting misinformation. He never threatened invasion, it just did not happen.
I’m correcting misinformation.
You’re splitting hairs. Donald Trump is a delusional malignant narcissist, a stochastic terrorist, and a wannabe mafia don. He speaks in innuendo and “deniable” language: “Russia, if you’re listening”, “You won’t have to vote again”, “I need you to find me 11k votes”.
He doesn’t threaten to invade Greenland, he’s just “going to get it one way or another.”
He doesn’t threaten to invade Panama, he’s just “going to take it back.”
He’s not threatening to invade Mexico, he’s “going after the gangs”.
He’s nearly incapable of envisioning the outcome of his own actions. Nearly all the actions above would result in war. He wouldn’t call it war. Like his idol, he’d likely call it a “special military operations”. But the rest of the world would call it a war. He’s threatening war not directly, but as a direct and predictable outcome of choices.
Of course he never threatened invasion. He would deny he’s ordering an invasion even as he orders an invasion. And the weird shit is, thanks to his mental illness, he would deny it’s an invasion, deny it’s a war, inside his own head even as he gives the orders to do so.
And you’re sitting there “well ackchually”-ing the words of the most dishonest and delusional humans alive, as if anything he says or doesn’t say means anything at all.
Because that’s not the way the USA breaks countries. They economically tie them off then “save” the “failed state”. This is done under the guise of threats like WMDs or fentanyl, ignoring that the majority of fentanyl on US streets is stolen from US hospitals.
The user said there was a threat of invasion. There was not.
Trump, however, told NBC that it was “highly unlikely” that the U.S. would need to use military force to make Canada the 51st state.
“I think we’re not ever going to get to that point,” he told the interviewer Kristen Welker when asked about military action against Canada and criticizing the country’s military spending.
He left it open ended, which is a perceived threat. He should have said NO, not highly unlikely.
He specifically said no.
Ah yes, known for his stable and clearly communicated messages. He said no guys!
At least it’s words that were actually said, holy hell. Idk why people want to be panicked about fantasies instead of the very real problems he’s causing.
Because you are picking and choosing the words that your narrative. He has used the word “annex” as well. He as used the word “51st state”. But nah, those were my just joking or something like that for you I’m sure.
I don’t have a narrative, nor did I “pick and choose.” I specifically responded to what was said. The absurdity of this whole thing is incomprehensible.
Probably a different interview or the part prior, because he kept harping on it, and so was asked about it a lot. What I quoted was right from an interview. Since they found US spies trying to persuade Greenland people to merge with USA, I would say you 100% cannot trust trump he is a known liar, like Pathological liar; that wants to turn USA into the next North Korea
I’m not saying I trust him. The original claim was that Trump threatened to invade Canada and go to war with Canada. That claim is untrue. It did not happen. At no point did it happen.
Holy shit, just get a fucking room in Mara Lago already.
Now correcting blatant falsehoods is support? Running around lying about stupid shit is actually harmful to any position.
Not only am I boycotting because of the threat of war and tariffs, but when it comes to food I just don’t trust what’s coming from the US. With them continuing to remove regulations, and RFK being a crazy person, who the hell knows what’s going to end up in the food.
US meat has always had fecal counts so high that most states mandate you can only order well done cooking.
PFAS and ecoli.
I don’t boycott US goods and services because of tariffs. I do it because the US government has threatened and continues to threaten our sovereignty and has shown complete disrespect towards the entire country.
“Not a real country”, like Tesla is not a real car company.
I always felt like it was a good idea to prefer imports from developed nations with functional, representative governments. As an American, it is pretty embarrassing for my neighbor to see my roommate’s leopard eating my face though.
Did we not start the movement after Trump came in? I know I was starting to do the move prior but really kicked it up after Trump did what he did.
Did we not start the movement after Trump came in?
I’d say we did. This article is based on a survey of data collected June and July 2025
Buy nothing from us. Make us suffer and maybe just maybe the MAGAites will fucking learn.
I don’t think that’s the intention amongst any of the people I know who are avoiding US products currently, which is quite a few. We’re a relatively tiny population size / economy to the United States, and pretending like we’d have the ability to make the states “suffer” with our actions is pretty silly.
Reasons I’ve heard tend to vary. Some just don’t want to support a foreign country that is acting hostile towards us. Many who are looking at the digital side, are increasingly avoiding US tech because it’s ignoring Canada laws and imposing US requirements / ideological crap on us – the AI tools MS uses to probe peoples OneDrive accounts, for example, banning people based on US government trends. This is similar to some others, who want to remove US products because the US is just unreliable and not suited for anything you rely on anymore, as the availability of anything could be impacted by Trump’s whims. The US isn’t a stable, reasonable or rational trading partner at this point - as demonstrated by how tariffs are broadcast / set. There’s even now a non-zero chance that the US may actually attack other western countries, which previously would be unthinkable – the foreign influence campaigns in Greenland, and the likely influence campaigns in places like Alberta, as well as the Trump administrations indication of potentially attacking “cartels” in Mexico without Mexican involvement, are easy measures there, as is Trump’s own comments about selling sub-standard military assets to allies because “Maybe they won’t be our allies forever”. Heck, half the USA cheered Musk goose-stepping around and doing Nazi salutes earlier this year, though it feels like a decade ago with all the crap coming out of the states currently.
So long and short, it’s more about our own safety and security, than it is about ‘hurting’ the United States. And for most, it’s not something that will go away if you all manage to elect a ‘sane’ democrat or republican next time around. The merit and temper of your government/country’s sorta been exposed, and it’ll take decades of ‘sane’ foreign policy to recover.
