Politically, people like to shoot themselves in the foot.

Politically, people like to take their money, crumple it up and throw it in the fire, because when it comes to U.S. President Trump, that’ll show him.

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The majority of Canadians, in a number of national polls, support Canada imposing counter-tariffs as the Americans impose tariffs on Canadian goods.

No doubt Trump started it, but remember when you were little, and your mother told you not to hit your sister? “She started it,” you said.

“Well, you finish it,” was likely her reply. In other words, more fighting won’t help anyone.

Canadian counter-tariffs are set to start Sept. 8th, and it’s a lose/lose.

American consumers lose, and Canadian consumers lose.

That doesn’t matter to most people, because humans are emotional beings.

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