The only way trump can slap tariffs on Canada is to declare them a national security threat.

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Are Canada’s dairy tariffs a national security threat to the United States?

That’s what President Donald Trump seemed to imply over the weekend when he split with the White House’s official explanation for implementing tariffs of 25 percent and 10 percent on steel and aluminum imports this spring. Trump used Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act in order to impose the tariffs without congressional say-so by claiming that foreign steel and aluminum constitute a threat to the United States.

“Current quantities and circumstances of steel and aluminum imports into the United States threaten to impair national security,” the White House said in a release last month.

But on Saturday, Trump said the move was actually in direct response to Canada’s hefty tariffs on foreign dairy products. “Our Tariffs are in response to [Canada’s] of 270% on dairy!” Trump tweeted in the middle of a tirade about Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. It was a new claim: Canada’s dairy tariffs did not come up in the administration’s prior steel and aluminum studies, nor in its explanations when the tariffs were announced. And it remains an open question as to why the president would unleash tariffs globally if they were designed specifically in response to Canada’s protectionist policies.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/haley-byrd/trump-tweets-that-his-232-tariffs-arent-really-about-national-security

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1. Lies, all lies is the only thing that comes out of drumpf's mouth or tiny fingers.

He's doing it because Putin told him to fuck over the democratic world and especially Canada because of our close relationships. Trudeau not bowing to his idiocy and madness is why he took it over the top. He's really Cartman, "they" will respect his authoritie or else he'll piss all over them. He doesn't care if they torture their people, have no economy and starve their people, he doesn't give a shit about anything other than personal prestige and $$, so is eminently bribable which is why Putin and Xi love him. He's a willing and eager puppet for any and all of their plans to destroy us.

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2. without this lie, he needs to go to congress....

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3. t-rump is takin the USA down a nasty rabbit hole and the GOP's don't care.

Vote these assholes out!

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4. That's why Trump brought up the torching of the White House

Sure, it was over 200 years ago, done by the British, not Canada, but Trump vaguely understood that he needed a pretext for blowing up trade agreements with Canada. So he invoked the burning of the White House during the War of 1812. Only Trump can fix this!