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Bombshell leak to Toronto Star upends NAFTA talks: In secret ‘so insulting’ remarks...
Toronto Star ^ | Aug. 31, 2018 | Daniel Dale

Posted on 08/31/2018 9:20:35 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

WASHINGTON—High-stakes trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. were dramatically upended on Friday morning by inflammatory secret remarks from President Donald Trump, after the remarks were obtained by the Toronto Star.

In remarks Trump wanted to be “off the record,” Trump told Bloomberg News reporters on Thursday, according to a source, that he is not making any compromises at all in the talks with Canada — but that he cannot say this publicly because “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal.” In a remark he did not want published, U.S. President Donald Trump said that a possible NAFTA deal with Canada would be “totally on our terms,” according to a source.

“Here’s the problem. If I say no — the answer’s no. If I say no, then you’re going to put that, and it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal ... I can’t kill these people,” he said of the Canadian government.

In another remark he did not want published, Trump said, according to the source, that the possible deal with Canada would be “totally on our terms.” He suggested he was scaring the Canadians into submission by repeatedly threatening to impose tariffs.

“Off the record, Canada’s working their ass off. And every time we have a problem with a point, I just put up a picture of a Chevrolet Impala,” Trump said, according to the source. The Impala is produced at the General Motors plant in Oshawa, Ontario.

Trump made the remarks in an Oval Office interview with Bloomberg. He deemed them off the record, and Bloomberg accepted his request not to reveal them.

(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; bloomberg; canada; chevrolet; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2018; election2020; enemedia; fakenews; impala; justintrudeau; mediawingofthednc; mexico; nafta; offtherecord; ontario; oshawa; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; tariffs; torontostar; trade
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Well, I guess that’s the end of one-way biased deals in favor of Canada. Probably the Chinese will buy them out soon. Oh, wait, I think they already own them.


41 posted on 08/31/2018 9:42:12 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Trump’s remarks were so shocking that Trudeau raised an eyebrow (that’s all he’s got).


42 posted on 08/31/2018 9:42:30 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

“In remarks Trump wanted to be “off the record,” Trump told Bloomberg News reporters on Thursday....”

I think I see the problem. This is of course, if it is even true.


43 posted on 08/31/2018 9:43:12 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Toronto Star - Thou shalt not lie. Thou shalt not bear false witness.

Prov 6: 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
44 posted on 08/31/2018 9:43:36 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Remember the good old days when the compliant Media hid FDR’s and JFK’S Health issues for the good of the Nation?

Remember when JFK’s and RFK’s blatant Womanizing was never discussed but was turned into Camelot?


45 posted on 08/31/2018 9:44:17 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Read the comments at the Treehouse if you haven't, they are great!


46 posted on 08/31/2018 9:44:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: gaijin

https://youtu.be/a76Bvdlg_Rc?t=1056


47 posted on 08/31/2018 9:44:52 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: DesertRhino

https://youtu.be/a76Bvdlg_Rc?t=1056


48 posted on 08/31/2018 9:45:43 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

In remarks Trump wanted to be “off the record,” Trump told Bloomberg News reporters on Thursday, according to a source, that he is not making any compromises at all in the talks with Canada — but that he cannot say this publicly because “it’s going to be so insulting they’re not going to be able to make a deal.” In a remark he did not want published, U.S. President Donald Trump said that a possible NAFTA deal with Canada would be “totally on our terms,” according to a source.


1. I seriously doubt that Donald Trump is so stupid as to NOT know that his remarks would be leaked...which rather strongly suggests that he WANTED them leaked.

2. Assuming that #1 is true, why would he want that? Anyone who has read “The Art of the Deal” knows that Trump ALWAYS starts a negotiation by asking for about 3 times what he is really and truly willing to settle for at the end. He’s then able to “give away” a few crumbs (yeah, I hate to quote Pelosi, but it applies here) to let the other side save face. Those few crumbs don’t take him down to his minimum acceptable limit - that’s why the guy is a multi-billionaire.

This is a negotiating gambit. Trump will graciously “allow” Canada to win a concessions so that it won’t be “all our way,” and little Fidel will be able to be a bit of a hero in Canuckistan. Meanwhile, the reality will be that our trade deficit with Canada will drop down to $10 billion/year from $18 billion/year now. That, of course, isn’t really the Big Kahuna - that’s China. But with the deal with Mexico already in the bag, and one with Canada on the front burner, we’ll be in much better shape to negotiate with China (and there are signs that they are already beginning to talk about caving in while trying to save face). The net impact of all of this on the US economy will be - to coin a phrase - YUUUUUGE. If we can get the overall trade deficit down from roughly $800 billion/year to $600 billion/year, that’s a net $200 billion/year increase in national income. It would add about 1% to the GDP each year as far as the eye can see (well, until some globalist POS gets back into office and royally F’s it up).

Whatever Trump’s opponents may think of his demeanor or his domestic policies, there is no denying that he is a whiz at business (how else do you grow a $1 million loan into a multi-billion dollar fortune?). We’ve already seen enormous benefits, and when trade gets largely solved then we will truly be “Great Again.”

Oh, BTW, most people haven’t even considered the effect of unleashing the energy industry here. Trump’s goal isn’t merely to make us energy self-sufficient, it is to make us energy DOMINANT once again. The net increase in national income that will result from going from a net energy importer to a net energy exporter will also be YUUUUGE!


49 posted on 08/31/2018 9:48:53 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

wow, yeah.

I think you’re right.


50 posted on 08/31/2018 9:49:22 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: McGavin999

The Toronto Star is not known as the ‘Tranna Red Star’ for nothing.

The ‘Star’ is known as a Lieberal Party propaganda rag, and has been for decades. Any BS the Lieberals want released (or created), they go to the Star. It is Kanaduh’s ‘Der Stürmer’.


51 posted on 08/31/2018 9:50:08 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Ancesthntr

https://youtu.be/a76Bvdlg_Rc?t=1056


52 posted on 08/31/2018 9:50:21 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

There should be no tariffs or equal tariffs. Either get rid of 300% on dairy or we go 300% on auto. RECIPROCAL


53 posted on 08/31/2018 9:51:06 AM PDT by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing)
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To: Rebelbase

That was a great short - I remember seeing it on the opening night of “The Empire Strikes Back.” I laughed my ass off, while all of the girls and ‘80s snowflakes were horrified.


54 posted on 08/31/2018 9:52:31 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall
Wouldn’t be surprised if Trump anticipated that they’d leak it. Sound like a negotiating tactic.

Sounds like something right out of "Art of the Deal".

55 posted on 08/31/2018 9:54:18 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: madprof98

If Trump is removed from office against the will of the American voter, THERE MOST CERTAINLY WILL BE A CIVIL WAR.


56 posted on 08/31/2018 9:54:28 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Excuse me... but the Canadian government NEVER ceased trade with North Vietnam during our “conflict” overseas. So... fuggum.

The auto alliance will probably weigh in with both governments.

The deal ain’t over yet. This “leak” is either a subterfuge, a lie, or a negotiation strategy. If it doesn’t happen, Canadian auto plants are shuttered and MORE jobs are brought home.

Any one of 4 or 5 outcomes will work. And according to all the management and Leadership gurus from the 80s in the 90s... We are supposed to embrace change.


57 posted on 08/31/2018 9:54:31 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Total B.S.


58 posted on 08/31/2018 9:55:13 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: bigbob
"I’m only disappointed that he didn’t use the phrase “Little Justin”."

I'm sure this report is raising eyebrows in Ottowa. Or, maybe, dropping them... `;)

59 posted on 08/31/2018 9:55:21 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: marktwain

Sounds like something right out of “Art of the Deal”.


See my #49.


60 posted on 08/31/2018 9:55:36 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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