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Trump repeatedly bragged and blabbered about the incoming tariffs on a daily basis ever since his inauguration but refused to have a phone conversation with Justin Trudeau until yesterday, one day before the implementation of retaliatory tariffs.
And then immediately after that phone call he he lifted the tariffs because Trudeau "agreed to make efforts to target the smuggling of fentanyl across the border" (the Canadian border counts as only 0.2% of fentanyl seizures in the US).
All of this nonsense appears to have been nothing but theatrics to give Trump the image of a "tough hardball negotiatior". All he managed to achieve instead is destroy any trust American allies had in them.
This was the russia's goal the whole time. They put trump in power specifically to damage the US state and kill americans and that's what he's going to do.
The problem with saying everything is Russia's fault, and Trump has no agency, is that you can only still beg the US to be your friend instead of getting closer to Russia. If not "Putin Derangement Syndrome" it is CIA brainworm/misinformation to force your loyalty to hatred against Russia, and somehow, the empire directly threatening war against you makes a better friend.
There is a massive insider trading opportunity if you know currencies will go up and down 3% based on toddler tantrums. Currencies can be traded at high leverage if one wants to.
The only reason he changed his mind is because his allies didn't like the policy, and started to act against him. This has no relation to any negotiation, protest, or anything else.