The Trump administration has gone forward and decided to impose tariffs on its two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. Despite many people (including myself) thinking it was unlikely to happen, it is going forward. Recently I wrote briefly about the
The question of why he would impose these tariffs has been bothering me to be honest.
I absolutely agree that this will do more harm than good to the US Empire because it will likely just alienate two US client states that have relatively close ties with the US at this point (not to mention all the others that are watching this conflict play out closely).
Will he invade them? I doubt it, but then again, Canada and Mexico are both unable to do much of anything if the US government decides it would be more advantageous to impose more direct control over their foreign and trade policy. No need to send troops across the border for that, the threat is essentially enough.
The best I can come up with is that these attempts to bring its client states in line with US policy are an early preparation for future conflict against China. Either way, it isn't exactly the smoothest way to go about that.
The question of why he would impose these tariffs has been bothering me to be honest.
I absolutely agree that this will do more harm than good to the US Empire because it will likely just alienate two US client states that have relatively close ties with the US at this point (not to mention all the others that are watching this conflict play out closely).
Will he invade them? I doubt it, but then again, Canada and Mexico are both unable to do much of anything if the US government decides it would be more advantageous to impose more direct control over their foreign and trade policy. No need to send troops across the border for that, the threat is essentially enough.
The best I can come up with is that these attempts to bring its client states in line with US policy are an early preparation for future conflict against China. Either way, it isn't exactly the smoothest way to go about that.