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I’m still trying to get over the idea that importing lumber from Canada poses a threat to American national security. Our forests will still be around if we need to construct masts for naval battles on the Great Lakes down the road.
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Might be worth connecting the threads of reasoning to Musk's plan to convert government employees to lumberjacks
The Trump administration's national security argument for lumber tariffs is spot on. It's about cutting our reliance on foreign imports for critical infrastructure and military needs while countering Canada's unfair subsidized dumping that undermines U.S. producers. With 11x
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You leftoids are perfectly fine using "by any means necessary" to meet your objectives; including Stalin like political prosecutions, ballot removal, and trying to assassinate Trump. But when Trump uses limited means to reach reasonable objectives, you can't get over it? 🤔
And lumber tariffs and rules between Canada and the US have been adjudicated. Yes, it's a thing, but it's been done under agreements.
canada subsidizes their timber so that anyone will live more than 20 miles from the american border. GOP wants to do the same but for the SYP belt in the South.
Those redwoods are way too tall. Could fall over and destroy our bases at any time
Its a purely pretextual claim to get around the uncomfortable reality that Congress unconstitutionally delegated its authority to tax by allowing the President to raise tariffs unilaterally.
Trump is insulating the US economically so it won't impact as much when he invades Canada militarily. Laugh if you want, but you know it's a non-zero percent chance that I'm right.
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Do you seriously dispute the notion that the ability of a nation to supply its own basic materials- from extraction through finished product- is a critical component of national security, as well as just a necessary part of a healthy society? Men are meant to produce things.