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ELI5 Why doesn't Canada just turn off all the power it supplies to the states? Would that not show the Cheeto who is actually in charge of most infrastructures? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Pretty much. It's in the mix of what's being discussed, but the actual strategy is to gradually turn up the heat. Throwing everything at once would do enough damage to probably provoke a military invasion, and would leave us no leverage going forwards.

In fact, Trump has backed down enough we're not even deploying the second wave of tariffs (until his next freak-out).