Will Trump retreat on tariffs and then call it a win?
My older and much wiser brother Mike posted on Facebook yesterday.
Prediction: Trump will claim he won concessions from Canada and China, declare victory, and pull back on the tariffs before they take effect.
And then this morning the Washington Post reported:
President Donald Trump said he is speaking Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum before steep new tariffs on U.S. allies and trading partners are scheduled to take effect early Tuesday. Trump has framed the levies as a response to an “invasion” of migrants and an influx of fentanyl across the nation’s northern and southern borders. Meanwhile, the Trump administration and its allies are tightening control over the U.S. Agency for International Development.
So, what is there to talk about?
Unless Trump wants to cut a deal.
We will know probably later today, Monday.
One of my favorite Substackers is Jonathan Larsen who publishes the F***ing News.
So, don’t be surprised if Trump backs down and trumpets some minor concession like an extra guard at Rio Bravo as a Trump victory akin to storming the beaches of Normandy. The danger for Trump, here, of course, is that every time he does this, the more he becomes The Boy Who Cried Wolf of Wall Street.
I’m not a fan of hockey, but Canadians are.
Meanwhile there is The Resistance.
Thousands marched this weekend across the U.S. to protest Trump’s mass deportations.
In L.A. (I Love L.A.) protests closed the 101.
Demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets as protesters played a mix of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker.
Hundreds gathered at Dallas City Hall Sunday afternoon in two protests to rally against arrests and raids by ICE.
It comes after one of the biggest demonstrations so far that saw hundreds of people gathering at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in West Dallas on Jan. 26.
Meanwhile, another protest took place in Conroe, Texas on Saturday, with people holding signs supporting immigrants' rights and protesting the Trump administration's new immigration policies, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
Yes! In Texas.
Protests have also been seen in Arkansas, Missouri and Georgia. According to the local ABC News affiliate, demonstrators took to the streets in Northwest Arkansas over the weekend for the second week in a row.
Around 1,000 people took to downtown St. Louis streets on Saturday
In Georgia, hundreds of protesters gathered along Buford Highway in DeKalb County on Saturday as protesters marched in the street, shutting down a portion of the highway.