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Only 1% of illegal border crossings entering the USA are coming from Canada, yet Donald Trump's tariff proposal seeks to treat Canadian exports the same as Mexican imports in a bid to curb this issue. Smh

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It's never what he says it's about.  This is about alienating the US, and likely oil?

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It's hard to say. It could be about the optics of being tough on illegal immigration and drugs. It could be about generating tax revenue so as to offset tax cuts for the rich. It could be about bullying other countries into giving him favorable terms. Etc

So much easier if you just ask "How will this benefit Russia?" 

Not knowing much, probably something to do with arms, grains and oil.

I think Canada is supplying some to Ukraine.

"Since February 2022, Canada has committed over $19.5 billion in total assistance to Ukraine, including $4.5 billion in military assistance. This includes Leopard 2 main battle tanks, armoured combat support vehicles, anti-tank weapons, small arms, M777 howitzers and associated ammunition"

They'll be trying to put a stop to that.

Why arms? I could see maybe making Canadian oil more expensive to help Russia to an extent.