You're right. There's nothing confusing about what you're saying. I see it the exact way you do.
I think he wants something to be angry at trump about , and that something seems to be welching on a deal he didn't make.
It's funny. I heard some liberal media outlets were bragging not long ago that Canada got trump to drop the tariffs without doing anything.
Now they're going to cry when the tariff comes into effect.
I'm seeing thus a lot lately, where people( in the media ) want it both ways. It's a sign of gaslighting at the highest level.
Yeah, I get what you're saying and your mindset on what is happening. However based on BoK's posts here over the years, I know he isn't far left. I can't recall his mindset toward Trump, but I also don't know how this has been reported on in Canada. Maybe the news BoK is hearing is telling the Canadian people things that are not true. I know the mass media outlets here in the US are bought and paid for and are instructed to report the news in favor of the owner's agenda which makes a lot of our news nonfactual. That's why we have to look for actual evidence of what was said or done as well as look for the entirety of what was said or done so we know it isn't taken out of context.
1) Trump announced the 25% tariff, and that was recorded and aired on multiple news outlets including the entire statement on YouTube.
2) Trump and Trudeau met at Mar-a-logo to discuss this.
3) Trudeau twitted about the delay and new agreement regarding what Canada was willing to do regarding border security and drug trafficking. After that, the meeting was announced by numerous news outlets in the US which explains Trudeau's tweet.
4) Trump confirmed the meeting, delay, and what Trudeau said.
5) Trump then announced the steel & aluminum tariff for everyone we purchase those products from.
All of Trump's announcements have been filmed and are available on YT, Twitter, and/or Trump's version of Twitter (I forget what it is called). I've only seen Trudeau's statements on Twitter. They are likely available elsewhere as well.
I see the new S&A tariff as causing prices to go up either directly due to the product coming in or by the US companies simply charging a bit more which will affect everyday consumer goods such as beverages that ship in aluminum cans, etc., but that is likely temporary.
There is a lot of anti tariff mindsets in the US due to what Reagan did during his presidency which by the way likely was the right thing to do at the time, but times have changed. Trump is correct that is made us weaker both through border security (which is affected by a lot more than trade) and in terms of global GDP, so again, times have changed.