Cutting off your nose to spite your face

Curly1918 18481 posts Joined: Aug 30, 2017

Posted 10:03 am on Aug 25, 2026

Michigan's auto-economy is totally enmeshed with Ontario's.

El_Sayed could disclose that his endgame is Sharia Law and he'd still sweep the state if Trump severely damages our auto industry.

Maybe narcissists do ultimately commit suicide?

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-taunts-canada-renaming-lake-ontario-lake-america-amid-rising-border-trade-rift

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Cutting off your nose to spite your faceLink Curly1918 10:03am · 8/25/26
- Trump is a disaster x 10. The next president has a lot of cleaning up to do.NT Domer From Hell 7:01pm · 8/25/26
- Said it before. They always need a bad guy. Rooney 12:09pm · 8/25/26
- What has El-Sayed said regarding Sharia Law?NT Quest4twelve 11:54am · 8/25/26
- One wonders why US companies were sending auto jobs to Canada... NedoftheHill 10:06am · 8/25/26
  - Cheaper labor, closer to raw materials, satisfying a market of almost 2M new cars per year. Rooney 12:18pm · 8/25/26
    - And governments need to take action to lessen that effect.NT NedoftheHill 3:00pm · 8/25/26
    - The unit labor cost gap has shrunk, which is the metric that matters.NT iairishcheeks 12:26pm · 8/25/26
      - They don’t pay for medical in Canada. PaND 1:27pm · 8/25/26
  - Undoing this "arrangement" would be like separating conjoined twins.Link Curly1918 10:21am · 8/25/26
    - A lot of that supports my point. Bring the jobs back to the US.NT NedoftheHill 11:40am · 8/25/26
      - You gonna work the line at the new local assembly plant, Ned? Rooney 12:07pm · 8/25/26
        
        Where did you get that stat? NedoftheHill 2:53pm · 8/25/26
        
        The mfg vacancy rate in the US is roughly equivalent to the pre-tariff vacancy rate in Canada. iairishcheeks 12:17pm · 8/25/26
        
        Yup. Rooney 12:21pm · 8/25/26
        
        It should be, if it isn't. What do you think it is about? NedoftheHill 2:56pm · 8/25/26
        
        Populism.NT Rooney 7:30am · 8/26/26
        
        I think it is strategic. Right now, the US has a domestic arms replenishment problem. NedoftheHill 9:43am · 8/26/26
        
        Reshoring + Automation is the play. iairishcheeks 12:29pm · 8/25/26

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