Stephen Maher: Donald Trump is picking a fight on potash. Here’s how Canada should respond (spoiler: not like Andrew Scheer)

Conservatives are in a pickle, and Poilievre is straddling a barbed-wire fence

Source: Stephen Maher: Donald Trump is picking a fight on potash. Here’s how Canada should respond (spoiler: not like Andrew Scheer)

fta:

The proper response from Canada to this nonsense, of course, is to ignore his yapping as you would ignore the distant yowls of a deranged dog, or, if you are so inclined, mock him and his gullible supporters.

so much this. just say “ok, you go right ahead” and ask for the next question. tfg already said they’ll keep buying from canada, and belarus lukashenko has said they’ve got non to sell, and might be cheap fob belarus, but hopw to get to usa and how much will that cost.

also, if the carbon tax issue is raised (as sheer did), reminder it’s a 0% right now.

and since we now need to learn about potash, here’s some learnings…