Just a reminder of what Trump Tariffs do:1.

[brucemirken@mas.to]

@petergleick Yes, but the point of the tariffs is to allow Trump to imagine that he's tough and strong, so they serve their intended purpose.

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@petergleick
They more than alienate allies, they are turning allies into enemies and that won't be easily reversed.

[npars01@mstdn.social]

@BruceMirken @petergleick

American funded think tanks have worked for decades to erode Canadian sovereignty, no different than Chinese "police stations" & Russia's Tenet Media & Internet Research Agency.

These think tanks weaponize crises to undermine Canadian democracy, just as Tufton Street & Atlas Network torpedoes the UK's government. They incite acts of bigotry, civil disorder, & riots.

Koch Network funded the Fraser Institute, JCCF & MacDonald-Laurier Institute and ....

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[npars01@mstdn.social]

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... a plethora of other covert ops like the covidiot convoy in Ottawa that cost the Canadian economy billions in losses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Centre_for_Constitutional_Freedoms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macdonald%E2%80%93Laurier_Institute

https://thenarwhal.ca/atlas-network-indigenous-rights/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/18/conservative-us-network-undermined-indigenous-energy-rights-in-canada

https://www.desmog.com/2024/05/07/andrew-coyne-helped-run-charity-that-gave-6-4m-to-climate-crisis-denial-groups/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/americas/canada-freedom-convoy-organizers-guilty.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cameron-carpay-jccf-disbarment-calgary-manitoba-joyal-1.7624087

Canada presents an irresistible target for malign influence operations on behalf of fossil fuel funded fascism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/

https://newrepublic.com/post/185686/donald-trump-tenet-media-russia-scheme

[npars01@mstdn.social]

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/06/rishi-sunak-javier-milei-donald-trump-atlas-network

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2026/04/09/trump-welcomes-an-accused-russia-propagandist-back-to-the-us-and-the-white-house-easter-egg-hunt/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/09/11/opinion/russia-useful-idiots-canada

https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/05/12/human-rights-advocates-sound-alarm-as-court-documents-reveal-extent-chinese-police-harassed-canadian-residents/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy72yy7z1dyo

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/chinese-police-stations-toronto-canada

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/25/Canadians-Russian-Influence-Scandal-Back/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/canada-secret-chinese-police-stations-investigation

https://www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/undermining-democracy-destabilising-climate/

The data center push is a fossil fuel funded op.
https://www.desmog.com/2026/08/17/canadian-columnist-boosting-data-centres-has-ties-to-ai-industry/

https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/15/canadian-media-platforms-atlas-network-groups-pushing-fossil-fuels-in-response-to-iran-war/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/02/10/Dark-Money-US-Think-Tanks-Canadian-TV-Network/

https://www.desmog.com/2023/12/09/atlas-network-canadas-emissions-cap-cop28-macdonald-laurier-institute-fraser-institute/

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2018/07/05/Canadian-Taxpayers-Federation-Get/

https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/17/atlas-affiliated-think-tank-wants-canada-to-pump-breaks-on-evs/

https://theconversation.com/reconciliation-or-recolonization-what-canada-can-learn-by-looking-abroad-286828

Gwyn Morgan
https://www.theenergymix.com/how-the-charles-koch-of-canada-created-a-9-5-million-influence-machine/

[niall@mastodon.nz]

@petergleick didn't realise you were from the US. T
I'm sorry. Thoughts and prayers.

[ngrbdx@mastodon.social]

@petergleick in other words companies will never complained to tariffs anymore. They will see just an additional benefit for them.

[lindarosesmit@mastodon.social]

@petergleick point3 is dwindling rapidly

[npars01@mstdn.social]

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The Moneyed always back fascism

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/peter-thiel-would-be-philosopher-king-takes-on-democracy

https://theconversation.com/how-apocalyptic-worldviews-are-moving-from-the-fringes-to-the-corridors-of-power-286581

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/peter-thiel-billionaires-abandoning-humanity/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/10/silicon-valley-right-wing-donald-trump-peter-thiel

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article316233241.html

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010244372/peter-thiel-and-the-antichrist.html

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/peter-thiels-race-science-network-extends-its-reach-into-reform-uk-conservatives-and-labour/

https://www.dw.com/en/inside-peter-thiels-secretive-elite-dialog-club/video-77721494

https://www.desmog.com/2014/09/19/quite-chain-consequences-chicken-farmer/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Fisher

https://www.desmog.com/node-8441/

https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/08/how-free-market-economics-was-smuggled-britain-alongside-factory-farming

https://reason.com/1987/02/01/how-to-move-a-nation/

https://alchetron.com/Antony-Fisher

https://persagen.org/docs/Antony_Fisher.html

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/12/bank-england-libor-rigging-foreign-exchange
https://archive.is/XgIOe

[alpacamale@social.cologne]

@petergleick "They alienate our allies" Yes, the long-term damage to America will be huge. The current administration doesn't understand the value of trust, how hard it is to build and how easy and fast it can be broken.

Every country in the world is searching for alternative partners that can actually be trusted, while reducing interdependencies with the US. The effects of this will last for decades.