Today's News: Does Poilievre think he can bring a knife to a gun fight?

So Poilievre thinks bluster and combativeness will intimidate Trump? 

Or is he just trying to impress Canadians by boasting about what a great fighter he would be for the Canadian economy - you know, the economy he has been calling a disaster for the last year.

But his threat to "fight fire with fire" is a hollow one, it isn't going to impress Americans much -- it will, in fact, likely end up making it harder on Canadian industries trying to survive the Trump Apocalypse. 

I suspect Ford has already been on the phone to PP to tell him to stop.

Do Canadians want to see a Poilievre reveal that he wants to bring in 10% tariffs if Trump does?!

Fighting fire with fire is not something Canadians would want. He showed his hand before he should have.

Not a good strategy, but the media could eat it up.

— Red Toryism (@Red_Toryism) November 16, 2024

"Poilievre said he'd end those duties but wouldn’t say how." The usual crap from PP - make promises but never explain how. The man who runs away from reporters asking tough questions now vows to stand up to Trump & “fight fire with fire”. Anybody buying that? globalnews.ca/news/1087240...

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— CdnJean (@cdnjean.bsky.social) November 15, 2024 at 8:39 PM

I'm waiting for the catchy slogan. What rhymes with "tariff"?

— Joseph Schreiber (@roughghosts) November 17, 2024

Trudeau and the federal Liberals are already fighting hard for Canada -- not with bombast but with strategy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru have been dominated by worries about how to navigate Donald Trump's return to the White House...

Trudeau is one of few world leaders who was also in power during Trump's first administration, and he says his message to his colleagues is to emphasize the "win-wins" of trade deals....

Trudeau also says Trump asked him specifically about Canada's approach to trading with China when the pair spoke last week, and says he highlighted new tariffs on Chinese goods.

And when Trudeau phoned his congratulations to Trump, he kept the tone warm and friendly, not combative:

Trudeau told Trump how his father had been defeated in an election before winning one shortly after — an anecdote to which Trump responded positively.