So much for Trump's tariffs

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Mr. Tough Guy threatened 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada because. . . he is dumb. He doesn't understand how they work and has said for years that other countries pay the tariffs. That of course is not how it works but no one has ever accused Trump of being intelligent. Canada has been vocal about hitting back at US tariffs. I started seeing commercials promoting Ontario as a US trading partner on CNN at least a week ago. Yesterday they (Ontario) announced that they were terminating their contract with Elmo's Starlink. Today they said that they would not do business with American companies as long as Trump's tariffs were in place. Mexico also was making noise about retaliating against US tariffs. Well with just hours before they were to take effect Trump paused them for both countries for at least a month. He backed right down after seeing the stock markets totally crash and that Mexico and Canada weren't going to just sit back and take it. US voters also were up in arms about further price increases and upset because that is exactly the opposite of why they voted for him. Many people have been saying it for years--Trump is a sissy. He loves to talk a big game to make his MAGA cult think that he is some tough strongman but the reality is that he needs to be challenged straight back. Most of the time he will back right down. Look at what happened today. There's the proof.