Hahaha. The Obese Orange Idiot is losing his excrement over this ad. He just terminated trade talks over it. Hahahaha.
What crap
lol nice
I would have thought youâd be a Reagan fan. Maybe, Iâm not too surprised though.
I am no man fan, Dan, but I do like Reaganâs work as a President. He wasnât the best actor but he may have acted convincingly while campaigning.
I would have lost it over the $75,000,000
The Ontario government used selective audio and video, deliberately misrepresenting Reagan. Trump may pursue legal action.
That is such a lie. lol. You worship your obese orange God King every day.
An absolute lie. They used unedited audio and added a background music track.
And for clarity, my God and King is no ordinary man.
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute publicly stated that an advertisement created by the government of Ontario, Canada, misrepresented Reaganâs remarks on tariffs by taking them out of their original 1987 context. The foundation also stated that Ontario did not seek or receive permission to use and edit.
That foundation is full of shit. The original is all over YouTube, easy to watch and confirm that NOTHING was modified other than adding some background images and music. The words were EXACTLY what Reagan said, without edits. And Ontario didnât need the permission of this group to use a public-domain video. lol.
I am not disputing that they were Reaganâs exact words but they did edit in a way that took Reaganâs words out of context.
More nonsense. They didnât edit his words at all. Look at the full context of the original speech. Reagan was speaking about how tariffs were stupid and governments who implemented them were simplistic and short-sighted fools. And yes, his words apply directly to the Orange Idiot.
OK, so youâre saying itâs not possible to change the context of a personâs words?
âChange the context of a personâs wordsâ has no meaning. Every time you quote the Bible, you are placing those words in a new context. Quote anyone and youâre placing those words in a new context.
The only issue is whether youâre taking some words out of context, and thereby changing their meaning. For example, you could quote someone saying, âJeffrey Dahmer was a good guy,â when his full quote was, âIâm not saying Jeffrey Dahmer was a good guy.â By taking those words out of context, you change their meaning totally.
That is absolutely not the case here. Reagan was making a long speech in 1987 about trade practices, and he spent some time on tariffs. In that time, he went on about how stupid tariffs are, and how stupid tariff supporters are. The meaning of his words were not changed at all by quoting him, which means they were not taken out of context.
Ronnie correctly felt Donnie was a stupid moron. Thatâs your reality.
Thank you for the âout of contextâ lesson. May I learn and grow from it.
How stupid of me to not catch that part.
Hereâs your reality, stupid moron. Ronnie placed tariffs on Japanese semi-conductors for dumping to bring them into compliance. In his speech, he was making a case against long term tariffs while he was simultaneously claiming tariffs were the only way to deal with Japan until they fully complied, after which those tariffs would be lifted.
The government of Ontario used that speech to create the illusion that Reagan was completely against tariffs and that tariffs were destructive to any economy, therefore, Ontario is guilty of taking his speech out of context.
You make everything Trump does negative, even if it means abandoning whatâs right. Thatâs your reality.
It doesnât appear you did.
Yes.
Right.
Total nonsense. The government of Ontario quoted Reagan directly, in his own words, without editing or embellishing. No commentary whatsoever.
The truth is Reagan was totally pro free trade. He did the first Free Trade Agreement with Canada. Itâs true he believed in short-term targeted tariffs to solve specific trade disputes, but he NEVER agreed to across-the-board tariffs like the Orange Idiot is doing. Reagan specifically talked about how simplistic and stupid such people were.
You can try to spin this however you like, Reagan was a free trader. That clip the Ontario government showed was only one of MANY clips showing Reagan going on against tariffs. Hereâs another (read the last sentence):
There are some who seem to believe that we should run up the American flag in defense of our markets. They would embrace protectionism again and insulate our markets from world competition. Well, the last time the United States tried that, there was enormous economic distress in the world. World trade fell by 60 percent, and young Americans soon followed the American flag into World War II.
Iâm old enough and, hopefully, wise enough not to forget the lessons of those unhappy years. The world must never live through such a nightmare again. Weâre in the same boat with our trading partners. If one partner shoots a hole in the boat, does it make sense for the other one to shoot another hole in the boat? Some say, yes, and call that getting tough. Well, I call it stupid.
EDIT to add: Here is the FULL original Reagan radio broadcast. Itâs only 5 min.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, teacher.
You would like that. No, I concede. Youâre right. Iâm wrong. I just have one question.
Why did Regan use tariffs and why were the governments we tariffed tariffing us in the first place and why are other countries allowed to use tariffs against America when we have been condemned for the same?
That isnât one question.
Reagan used targeted tariffs. He was mad about Japan not living up to its agreement on semiconductors so he retaliated on those products only. No sweeping tariffs. No âevery country has a base tariff rateâ stupidity.
I canât speak to every case, but in Canadaâs case, we werenât. This lie about a 400% tariff on dairy had never, ever been charged. It was a theoretical tariff if the US ever exceeded a quota that they had never exceeded. We had never charged one cent of tariffs on US dairy. And that quota and the resulting overage tariff were both confirmed and signed by the Orange Idiot in the 2018 USMCA.
Then why is the orange idiot putting tariffs on Canada? Kicks and Giggles?
It was one question. From beginning to end I did not inhale until I placed a question mark at the end. Itâs one question.
Now I have another question.
Do other countries use tariffs?
Because heâs simplistic and transactional, and thinks the only way to win is if the other guy loses. Heâs been sold a bill of goods by a fool named Peter Navarro.
Yes, poor countries do. Rich countries generally trade freely. Canada and the EU are cutting free trade deals with many other nations.