'Blatant attack!' Trump rages at Canada as he kills trade talks

06/27/25 6:03 PM

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Canada will impose an additional tax on U.S. digital services. "We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," claimed Trump. Trump noted, however, that the European Union has done the same thing. "Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven-day period. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Trump said. Trump appeared to announce in passing on Thursday that he reached a trade deal with China; however, Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox News that there was no deal with China, and that the deal with India was pending. Trump aimed to have 90 trade deals in 90 days; however, the only one the administration has managed to secure is with the United Kingdom.

'Brain is peanut butter': Trump mocked for calling Japanese leader 'Mr. Japan'

06/29/25 5:56 PM

President Donald Trump was brutally mocked over the weekend after he referred to Japan's leader as "Mr. Japan."The president made the statement during an interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo about tariffs. As his July 9 deadline for tariff deals approached, Trump said he would rather send a letter to countries instead of negotiating."But I'd rather just send them a letter, a very fair letter, saying, congratulations, whether it will allow you to trade in the United States of America," Trump told Bartiromo. "You're going to pay a 25% tariff, or 20% or 40% or 50%. I would rather do that.""We'll send a letter and we'll say we would consider it a great honor, and this is what you'll have to do to shop in the United States," he opined. "We're like a department store to shop in the United States, and you'll pay a 25% tariff, or we wish you a lot of luck, and that's the end of the trade deal.""I could send one to Japan. Dear Mr. Japan, here's the story. You're going to pay a 25% tariff on your cars."Trump's statement was met with mockery online."His brain is peanut butter," commenter Leslie Jones wrote."If President Biden started a sentence with 'Dear Mr. Japan,' Republicans would never shut up about it and '25th Amendment' is all they'd be talking about," another commenter said. "This is f—ing INSANE.""Paging Jake Tapper," D. Villella joked."If Biden said that Maria would have leaped into the air to wave the DEMENTED flag on air," one person noted.Watch the video below from Fox News.

'Deliberately lying': Trump hammered over 'horrible' new trade deal

07/02/25 6:56 PM

President Donald Trump announced his second trade deal as part of his "90 Deals in 90 Days" marathon, and this one is with Vietnam. For political analysts, however, the deal doesn't look as good as Trump boasts. "It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam," Trump announced on Truth Social Wednesday.Trump said that all imports from Vietnam will be taxed at 20% with a 40% tax on "transshipping." He goes on to celebrate that the United States will have "TOTAL ACCESS" to sell U.S. goods in Vietnam. As foreign affairs journalist Olga Nesterova explained, Trump is taxing Americans 20-40% while Vietnam gets products for free. However, the country's economy, cost of living and salaries are vastly different from those in the United States. For example, Numbeo data shows the cost of a 12-ounce bottle of soda is about 50 cents. The monthly cell phone bill with at least 10 gigabytes of data is under $6. A one-bedroom apartment in the City Centre averages under $400 a month.As political and media researcher Craig Harrington explained, "Our trade relationship with Vietnam was growing before Trump, but we still only exported $13.1 billion worth of goods to Vietnam in 2024 (they exported $136.6 billion to us). Tariffs aren't the reason we don't export much to Vietnam, it's because they are poorer than we are."Meanwhile, University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, Justin Wolfers, noted on X, "'New' trade deal just dropped: US businesses get tariff-free access to the Vietnamese market, just as they were offered 8 years ago in the TPP, but Trump refused to sign. In addition, Trump's imposing a 20% tax on Americans who import goods from Vietnam."Political commentator Brian Krassenstein posted on X that the deal is "horrible" for the U.S."Trump announces what appears to be a horrible trade deal for the United States and Vietnam. American businesses will now be paying between 20 and 40% for imports coming from Vietnam. It’s literally like they want inflation," he wrote. The group Republicans Against Trump agreed, noting, it "sounds like a really terrible deal."Harrington pointed out that on April 4, there was a "zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed." Trump announced his "Liberation Day" on April 2. "He's essentially done nothing in 3 months. A true genius at work. The art of the deal."Zeteo News founder and former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan attacked, "Trump is brazenly and deliberately lying here - but American consumers and businesses will pay."