Trump Cornered by Canada and Mexico as Trade War Backfires

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🗓️ 15 March 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The world is watching Canada as it uses aggressive brinksmanship to shove back against Trump and his insane tariff war, and it’s working. Michael Popok compares Canada’s new muscular approach to Trump’s bullying and Mexico’s behind-closed-doors approach, and why both work against Trump but it different ways. Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://fatty15.com/LEGALAF and using code LEGALAF at checkout. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Given the developments in the last 48 hours,
0:02.5	the world is watching.
0:04.7	Canada take on the United States in the tariff war
0:08.7	and use brinksmanship to try to achieve a positive outcome.
0:13.3	The question for the world is,
0:14.9	does that method of taking the US to the mat
0:20.3	and fighting with it.
0:21.6	Is that more effective with Donald Trump
0:24.2	than let's say a Mexico-Claudia-Shimebound method
0:27.9	of being more quiet in her diplomacy?
0:30.4	Does being quiet and trying to hope
0:33.1	Donald Trump doesn't go after you?
0:34.8	Does that work?
0:35.7	That's how the world is currently reacting. But Canada
0:38.5	is the tip of the spear right now, led by its incoming Prime Minister, Mark Carney, a former banker,
0:45.0	major banker for the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, and Doug Ford, the largest province,
0:50.9	Ontario, who produces a lot of the electricity that's needed for the U.S. economy.
0:55.5	I'm Michael Popok. You're on the Midas Touch Network and Legal AF. Let's put on our financial
1:00.5	markets, politics, and law intersection and talk about how the world is observing Canada right now.
1:08.0	We just watched the number one hot button apparently for Donald Trump is Canada
1:13.3	trying to use electricity in a way to leverage their negotiations. When Donald Trump announced
1:20.3	an aluminum and steel tariff of 25 percent, Doug Ford in Ontario announced that he was going to do a 25% tax or tariff on electricity, going to New York, Michigan, and Minnesota.
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