@nprofile1q... Yeah this is the stuff that I dont get. #Trump was clear what he was going to do. #Tariff is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. They are eating the dogs, they are eating the cats.
So why this buyers remorse. You got what you asked for. That too with a crushing majority, both the electoral college as well as the popular vote.

People who voted for and supported #DJT have no right to complain now. There was an alternative that was not taken.
#USPolitics

@Jamie :h2dlaser: :h2c:
Considering the long association of #UK and #Canada why is there a hesitancy in using UK tech?

Prior to 1945 Canada's sovereignty was guaranteed by London and the heft that it carried. Let us not forget that in 1812 and many more instances it was British blood and Canadian blood that was shed to keep Canada independent.

@Jamie :h2dlaser: :h2c: Rheinmetall and KNDS can setup a plant in Canada to build Leopard 2 tanks for Canada and #EU. I am not saying that #Gripen is compromised. Rather buying equipment which has significant or critical components from US does not in any way achieve anything.

Does Canada really want to be independent from US or does it want to maintain a certain distance? Can Canada afford to do this? #Trump's term ends in 2028. He will be a lame duck post 2026 mid terms based on projections.

@Jamie :h2dlaser: :h2c: Those South Korean Tanks and guns have a significant portion of US Tech and components. They have been designed and built with American help. What Canada is doing is still buying US stuff through a circuitous route. Just like the proposed Swedish #Gripen which is based on a US engine, GE F414 and has significant US ECW components in it.

If Canada were to get serious, which it is not, it would buy German tanks or build one of its own in collaboration with UK or others.

@nprofile1q...
If the war in eastern Ukraine ends and some sort of semblance of normality returns then trade and people exchanges can resume. Hopefully then lives of the people living borderlands will also improve.

One more reason to end this war. Sit down across the table and solve the issues.
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