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TexasTowelie

(124,545 posts)
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 09:41 PM Thursday

Canada Just Ruined Trump's Thanksgiving With Checkmate Move - Occupy Democrats



Thanksgiving just fell apart as Canada pulled a brand new checkmate move. That's right, Donald Trump has very
little to be thankful for today.

Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that the decades long close relationship between the United States and Canada is officially over. Carney delivered the blow while announcing a slate of major economic protections for Canada's steel and lumber industries. Industries deeply intertwined with the United States for generations.

Carney said America's past strengths had now become vulnerabilities for Canada due to Trump's erratic leadership and economic unpredictability. And the fallout is immediate. Carney's new policies place strict limitations on foreign steel aimed partly at China. But the message to Washington is unmistakable. Canada is no longer relying on the United States as a stable economic partner.

That wasn't even the harshest part. New travel data reveals Canadians are abandoning the United States in massive numbers. The number of Canadians returning from US trips by car or by plane has collapsed by 1/3 compared to last year. Travel experts say Canadians now fear ICE crackdowns, rising costs, and an overall
sense that the US under Trump simply isn't safe.

So on a week when Donald Trump wanted to focus on political victories and his holiday messaging, Canada, America's longest, safest, most reliable ally, just hit him with a humiliating headline. The friendship is over. The
trust is gone. And Canadians are choosing the rest of the world over Trump's America. This is not just a
diplomatic shift--it is a public rejection and it landed right on Thanksgiving.
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Canada Just Ruined Trump's Thanksgiving With Checkmate Move - Occupy Democrats (Original Post) TexasTowelie Thursday OP
Oh Canada! Gimpyknee Thursday #1
Sick of all the "Winning!" yet??? BurnDoubt Thursday #2
Add another TACO failure to the list. MissouriDem47 Thursday #3
Difficult, but necessary. IMPEACH him. Joinfortmill Thursday #4
An economic blow, for sure, but how much, we'll not know because TSF isn't releasing the data Deuxcents Thursday #5
Whew! Elbows up. thought crime Yesterday #6

Deuxcents

(24,990 posts)
5. An economic blow, for sure, but how much, we'll not know because TSF isn't releasing the data
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 11:42 PM
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And when his reign is over, we will have quite a hole to dig out of..and not just from Canada’s actions

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