President Trump Signs Executive Order to Defund NPR and PBS

[Truth7t7]

What national security threat does the United States face that President Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods?

President Trump recently held a televised session with Canadian PM Carney 2 days ago, he openly stated that the US doesn't need Canadian products, Canada needs American products

President Trump also stated that the US maintains a $200 Billion trade deficit annually with Canada and its stopping, and the present tariffs on Canada are doing just that, simple, clear, easy to understand, before the world to watch

 

[Bradskii]

President Trump also stated that the US maintains a $200 Billion trade deficit annually with Canada...

Now you know that Trump lies to his base. So why not check that figure and post a link (spoiler alert: he lied again).

 

[trophy33]

Trump MAGA, America First

I thought it is supposed to be about fairness, not about somebody being first.

 

[KCfromNC]

I thought it is supposed to be about fairness, not about somebody being first.

I'm reminded of the bar in the Blues Brothers which played both types of music - country and western. Same here, fair and balanced by broadcasting both sides - far right and extreme right.

 

[BCP1928]

President Trump recently held a televised session with Canadian PM Carney 2 days ago, he openly stated that the US doesn't need Canadian products, Canada needs American products

President Trump also stated that the US maintains a $200 Billion trade deficit annually with Canada and its stopping, and the present tariffs on Canada are doing just that, simple, clear, easy to understand, before the world to watch

What's the national security threat?

 

[BCP1928]

listener supported, not taxpayer supported that don't listen

Defund NPR & PBS!

So how are you going to stop them?

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

President Trump recently held a televised session with Canadian PM Carney 2 days ago, he openly stated that the US doesn't need Canadian products, Canada needs American products

President Trump also stated that the US maintains a $200 Billion trade deficit annually with Canada and its stopping, and the present tariffs on Canada are doing just that, simple, clear, easy to understand, before the world to watch

Perhaps President Trump and his supporters need to understand basic math. Canada has 300 million fewer citizens than America, so a $200 billion trade deficit is normal. 41 million Canadians cannot consume as much as 341 million Americans.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters​

The billion-dollar disaster tracker is on a growing list of datasets NOAA says that either scientists will no longer update or the administration will decommission entirely.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/05/08/billion-dollar-disaster-tracker-updates/

We are seeing the dismantling of information infrastructure to keep people ignorant and control what they think.

 

[probinson]

We are seeing the dismantling of information infrastructure to keep people ignorant and control what they think.

One could argue that the current information infrastructure often already keeps people ignorant and controls what they think.

 

[Laodicean60]

Perhaps President Trump and his supporters need to understand basic math. Canada has 300 million fewer citizens than America, so a $200 billion trade deficit is normal. 41 million Canadians cannot consume as much as 341 million Americans.

That's understandable, but is it fair to the USA for them to put a tariff on our exports?

 

[7thKeeper]

That's understandable, but is it fair to the USA for them to put a tariff on our exports?

Is it fair for USA to put a tariff on Canadian exports? And I am not talking about the ones Trump imposed.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

One could argue that the current information infrastructure often already keeps people ignorant and controls what they think.

That would be an unfounded conspiracy theory.

 

[Laodicean60]

Is it fair for USA to put a tariff on Canadian exports? And I am not talking about the ones Trump imposed.

Yes, to protect our manufacturing, especially when they make a 60 billion+ trade surplus.

 

[7thKeeper]

Yes, to protect our manufacturing, especially when they make a 60 billion+ trade surplus.

Well you have now answered your own question, taking into account the vast difference in populations.

 

[Laodicean60]

Well you have now answered your own question, taking into account the vast difference in populations.

Please explain?

 

[probinson]

That would be an unfounded conspiracy theory.

Nah, not really. Whoever controls the information controls the people.

 

[Truth7t7]

Perhaps President Trump and his supporters need to understand basic math. Canada has 300 million fewer citizens than America, so a $200 billion trade deficit is normal. 41 million Canadians cannot consume as much as 341 million Americans.

Sorta like stating a person with a big bank account needs to give the little guy with a small bank account $$$ and that's normal, Big Smiles!

I watched Donald J. Trump telling Canadian PM Carney that the buck $1 stops here before the world, and the Canadian $200 Billion surplus is going to disappear quick, the tariffs are staying in place

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

Nah, not really. Whoever controls the information controls the people.

Who controls you?

 

[Laodicean60]

Who controls you?

I would necessarily say the media controls you, but it does shape your mind psyop. It's what the media focuses on that shapes your thinking. Like with George Floyd, Fox would amplify the violence, and the left wing amplified on race, which are both bad, but the truth divided the two groups.

 

[BCP1928]

Sorta like stating a person with a big bank account needs to give the little guy with a small bank account $$$ that's normal, Big Smiles!

I watched Donald J. Trump telling Canadian PM Carney that the buck $1 stops here before the world, and the Canadian $200 Billion surplus is going to disappear quick, the tariffs are staying in place

Yes, our citizens were free to buy from Canada and Canadian citizens were free to buy from us. Because there are a lot more Americans then there are Canadians we bought more stuff from Canada than they buy from us. That is more or less inevitable given the disparate size of the two economies. Tariffs will fix it by raising the cost of those items we buy from Canada for the American consumer. To the extent that those products can be produced domestically prices will rise, producing more profits for US business. If products are still imported from Canada, then the price increases will be picked up by the government. Less trade, more profit, higher prices--all part of the plan. And none of that money is going to wind up in my pocket. That's part of the plan, too.