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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts) Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:45 PM Sep 2018

Trump blasts trade talks with Canada: We shouldn't have to buy our friends

Trump appeared to slam trade talks with Canada in a tweet late Saturday evening, writing that the U.S. "shouldn’t have to buy our friends" with "bad trade deals and free military protection."

“We shouldn’t have to buy our friends with bad Trade Deals and Free Military Protection!” Trump tweeted.

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The tweet came after a series of tweets in which Trump cited a Breitbart News article titled, "No Deal! Trade Talks with Canada Conclude for the Week with No Agreement" alongside a link to the story, and a second all-caps tweet in which the president wrote his campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again."

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The tweets came hours after the president slammed trade talks with Canada amid tense trade negotiations with the longtime U.S. ally. Both countries failed on Friday to meet a deadline to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

http://thehill.com/policy/international/global-trade-economy/404722-trump-blasts-trade-talks-with-canada-we-shouldnt

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Trump blasts trade talks with Canada: We shouldn't have to buy our friends (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP

Says the man who buys his wives and mistresses Freethinker65 Sep 2018 #1

Says a guy who sold his friendship to Putin. marble falls Sep 2018 #8

Said the guy who had to buy-off everyone who associates with him, and be bought by Russia. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #9

+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #12

Can we get foreign embassy personnel to just line the 2021 inauguration parade route? Pope George Ringo II Sep 2018 #2

This from a man whose parents had to tie a porkchop around his neck Maeve Sep 2018 #3

LOL.🤣 sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #6

Perhaps it was the beating he got when he screwed the pooch. TheBlackAdder Sep 2018 #10

Stated after he admitted he was not going to bargain with Canada in good faith Jarqui Sep 2018 #4

Toronto Star confirms Bloomberg did not leak the info. Surely tRump arranged it, dishonestly. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #13

Say this to the soybean farmers. Sneederbunk Sep 2018 #5

Yeah. He's *promised* them a $4 billion election bribe at taxpayer expense to cover $12 billion loss Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #14

If that were true Trump would have no friends. NT Bleacher Creature Sep 2018 #7

Says the asshole who buys his doormat friends. Cha Sep 2018 #11

He tweets as if he'd rather Canada form an alliance with Putin. Why would he want that? (Rhetorical) Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2018 #15

says the man who buys women. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #16

Freethinker65

(10,024 posts)

1. Says the man who buys his wives and mistresses

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:47 PM

Sep 2018

marble falls

(57,106 posts)

8. Says a guy who sold his friendship to Putin.

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:45 PM

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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

9. Said the guy who had to buy-off everyone who associates with him, and be bought by Russia.

Reply to Freethinker65 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 12:13 AM

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Bernardo de La Paz

(49,007 posts)

12. +1. . . . nt

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 02:52 AM

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Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)

2. Can we get foreign embassy personnel to just line the 2021 inauguration parade route?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:50 PM

Sep 2018

Let's stand up and get the apologies out of the way early, even if the parade takes a week.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)

3. This from a man whose parents had to tie a porkchop around his neck

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:52 PM

Sep 2018

to get the dog to play with him.....dog bit him. That's why he doesn't like pets.

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)

6. LOL.🤣

Reply to Maeve (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:16 PM

Sep 2018

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

10. Perhaps it was the beating he got when he screwed the pooch.

Reply to Maeve (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 2, 2018, 12:14 AM

Sep 2018

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)

4. Stated after he admitted he was not going to bargain with Canada in good faith

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 10:53 PM

Sep 2018

Link to tweet

Donald Trump confirms Star story on his secret bombshell remarks about Canada
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/08/31/bombshell-leak-to-toronto-star-upends-nafta-talks-in-secret-so-insulting-remarks-trump-says-he-isnt-compromising-at-all-with-canada.html

I'm not sure how much of a stink to make about it because he could send the markets into a downward spin with the uncertainty.

I suspect it's him posturing to cling to support in the rust belt prior to November midterms