ALLAN:
What did Trump mean when he said Canada is "not allowed" to add a surcharge to electricity sent to the US in response to his tariffs?It's just so weird.
First, Trump said that he would add a 25 percent tariff to Canadian electricity consumed in the US. Raising the price in the US by 25 percent.
Then he lowered it to 10 percent.
Then he cancelled it.
Then he said that the US doesn't need Canadian electricity.
Then he applied aluminum and steel tariffs, and Ontario applied a 25 percent export tax on electricity to the US. (This is identical to Trump's 25 percent tariff on electricity, except Ontario gets the money, not Trump.)
The same people pay an extra 25 percent either way.
Then he says that he can't believe that Canada would stoop so low as to apply Trump's tax on electricity.
He says you can't do that, it's unethical. He says that he will declare a state of emergency in the 5 states affected by the tax.
Remember this is the electricity that he said the US doesn't need, but it's a state of emergency, when the price is raised, to what Trump proposed.
You can't make this stuff up.
So, I think he means that he himself should not be allowed to apply the tariff he proposed on electricity.
I suspect that it's another sign of his cognitive decline.
