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Canadian here: I don't know how anyone can be surprised.

• tombert 2y ago
  Decidedly not surprised, at least on my end. I wouldn't want to visit a country whose leadership is casually hinting at colonizing me and weaponizing tariffs either.
  • LanceJones 2y ago
    The "country" is hinting? What exactly does that look like? The Americans I just spent a week with were lovely.
    • tombert 2y ago
      I'll edit; the leadership is hinting. To be clear, I'm an American, I was born in the US and I live in the US. I think that the US leaders should stop with the stupid tariffs and stop threatening to annex Canada and Greenland.
• tgma 2y ago
  I'll bite: regardless of your emotions, 70% drop in almost any established process would be surprising. It's not like Trump hasn't been POTUS before either. That said, it seems like the figure is simply some estimate from an analytics/forecasting shop, not authoritative data. Reminds me of folks who (mis-)predict Apple revenues based on component manufacturer's output reduction. I call bullshit on the OAG estimate. We'll see...
• hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
  I don't think anyone is really surprised. My hope is just that the US gets its comeuppance and at one point realizes that if you piss off every single one of your allies for no good reason, eventually they all realize it's cheaper to just dump your assholish ways, regardless of your economic prowess. I've never been so deeply ashamed of my country as now, and primarily not because of Trump, but because either (a) so many people just actively cheer this on (like before he went on his tirade most MAGA people probably wouldn't have a bad thought at all about Canadians) or (b) the people that obviously know how stupid this all is are being quiet in the stereotypical "for evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing" way.