The Greek Courier
July 31, 2025
Opinion by Ioannis Damellos
Politicians and economists are always careful when making public statements that involve groundbreaking decisions for the people they represent. Journalists and comedians, on the other hand, do not have these prohibitions because they do not have to be "diplomatic" with the truth. Trump just escalated his trade war with Canada following Ottawa's stance on Palestine. While Carney proves to be a good man and we should be proud to have him as PM, the most perverted American president of all time, Trump, once again is being a serpent and a villain, a supporter of Netanyahu's child-killing machine, for he is blackmailing Canada using trade and terror as weapons against us. A reminder here: Trump, a few days ago, signalled the United States would not object to Britain recognizing Palestinian statehood, giving British Prime Minister Starmer the green light to follow French President Emmanuel Macron, who last week announced France would do so. So, why is Trump now upset with Carney and Canada, who are doing exactly the same thing? What kind of double standards are these? In my opinion, it just shows that Trump is a crook and his plans for Canada are evil. Not that I expected anything different from a friend of Epstein, Bolsonaro, Putin, and Erdogan...
Donald Trump intensified his trade war with Canada one day before his August 1 deadline for a tariff agreement, stating that it would be "very hard" to make a deal with Canada after the country expressed support for Palestinian statehood. Trump plans to impose a 35% tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement if an agreement is not reached by the deadline.
"Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood for Palestine. That will make it very hard for us to make a trade deal with them," the war criminal wrote on Truth Social.
Being a tough negotiator but also an ethical human being, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had previously stated that tariff negotiations with Washington had been constructive, but deep down, he knew and noted that the talks may not conclude by the deadline. Carney has been adamant about Netanyahu's genocidal plans. He has condemned Israel for its Gaza apartheid policies and stated that Canada supports a two-state solution for Palestine. He has also mentioned that trade discussions were in an intense phase, but a deal that would eliminate all U.S. tariffs was unlikely. Well, it is impossible to strike a deal with the devil unless you want to enter the premise of a special club, the evil one. For sure, Carney has had enough with that "mangled apricot hellbeast," as the Scots call Trump, and although his desire to strike a good deal for the benefit of all Canadians still exists, he definitely does not want to compromise with the "tiny-fingered, Cheeto-faced, ferret-wearing sh*tgibbon" of a world leader that Trump is. And I am being nice in my criticism, although all these epithets are Scottish... and not mine to take credit for.
Now, beyond my eparsis for the "incompressible j*zztrumpet," I know that Canada is the second-largest trading partner for the U.S., following Mexico, and the largest buyer of U.S. exports. In the previous year, Canada purchased $349.4 billion of U.S. goods and exported $412.7 billion to the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Canada is also the top supplier of steel and aluminum to the United States, facing tariffs on both metals as well as on vehicle exports. So, I reckon that Canadian marketers will suffer, especially those dealing with the Americans. Canadian consumers will suffer, as well.
Just one example that I noticed yesterday on the supermarket shelves: one of the popular but small Canadian coffee roasters in western Canada—no names are necessary here—just raised the price of its 340g coffee bean package from 20 Canadian dollars to 27. Now, this is an immediate effect of a tariff policy on coffee that Trump has initiated against Brazil and other coffee-producing countries. It puts the Canadian company at risk and can be a blueprint for catastrophe for many other Canadian companies that use American middlemen in their affairs. Canadian companies have to change their ways in order to survive under Trump's tariffs. If that means they have to reroute their supply chains, so be it. We must stop being dependent on Americans. The Canadian private sector must smell the coffee and change its business ways.
To negotiate with Trump is like making a deal with the Devil
After all, it was Canada that only last month abandoned plans for a digital services tax targeting U.S. technology firms after Trump abruptly called off trade talks, labeling the tax a "blatant attack." We compromised, and instead, we got the "ferret-wearing sh*tgibbon" blackmailing us again for announcing that Canada intends to recognize the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September. But this action only highlights Canada's global commitment to common sense, humanism, and international cooperation and is purely based on the dire situation on the ground, including the starvation crisis in Gaza. "Canada condemns the fact that the Israeli government has allowed a catastrophe to unfold in Gaza," Carney stated.
Carney's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's post. If you ask me, he should remind Trump of his stance on Great Britain on the same issue, if he wants to be diplomatic, or else, he should condemn the American government for continuing to sell bombs to the corrupt Netanyahu regime to kill children seeking food to avoid starvation. Canada is a sovereign nation. We do not need advice from the Devil's friends.
An update: Trump has got his answer: "I take note of the president's comment. I don't take direction from it."
— Mark Carney
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