Canada will erect a series of “huge billboards” along highways in the U.S. as part of a campaign to sow public discontent with American tariffs, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly told CNN Friday.
The billboards will appear in 12 “red states,” the minister said, which include Florida, Nevada, Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan and Ohio.
“We need to send a message to the American people for them to understand what’s at stake,” she said, calling them the “first victims” of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war.
“Please, talk to your senators, talk to your House representatives,” she said.
Canada and the U.S. are in the throws of a trade war with both countries preparing for the approaching front, which will arrive on April 2.
On that day, Trump plans to impose reciprocal tariffs against all countries, including Canada. Canada has promised to respond if the U.S. doesn’t back down.
Trump has said the changes in his tariff scheme are an example of his flexibility. Joly said Canada delayed the second round of counter tariffs out of “good will,” but that the federal government is prepared to unleash its second round of levies attached to $125 billion in American goods on April 2.
In addition to the trips to Washington, and meetings with the treasury and commerce secretaries, senior Canadian lawmakers have made countless appearances on American networks in an attempt to bring Trump’s constituents on side.
Posted by John3262005
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At this rate I’m not even gonna be mad if Crazy Donald keeps his tariffs in place after all the inflation they’ll cause. It’ll be funny to watch all the mental hoops his cultists jump through to avoid the conclusion that he’s an idiot.
Not a bad strategy at all, though I do question some of the choices of targets (NH is not a “red state”, and is neither big nor economically important nor heavily trafficked – why not target PA, WI, NC, and so on instead?).
Making it clear tariffs are a tax on consumers and that all the price increases people see in their day-to-day lives are Trump’s fault is very important. Trumpflation baby.