- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- canada@lemmy.ca
Peter Navarro said Canadian lobbyists should ‘get the hell out of our country’
One of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade advisers is threatening repercussions for Canada if it “interferes” in the upcoming midterm elections — though it’s not clear what he anticipates the country would do to impact the vote.
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america is the freest nation on earth with the most robust democracy. It is a shining beacon to all nations!
The only thing it hasn’t figured out yet is how to explain to it’s people that sometimes other countries don’t want to agree to unfavorable trade agreements and these countries have the audacity to say that publicly 😦
How is the poor public supposed to handle that information? Why, it amounts to foreign interference in elections!
(Tone: incredulous sarcasm)
The country he suspects of interfering with US elections is…Canada?
I guess he’s not allowed to suspect any country that previously got caught interfering with elections could he at fault - after they helped finance his campaigns…
Protection
Projection
Yes! Thank you.
wp:Peter Navarro#Fake expert “Ron Vara”
(my bold)
In six of his books about China, Navarro quotes a purported trade expert named “Ron Vara”, whom he describes as a China hawk and former Harvard PhD doctoral student in economics. Vara makes Sinophobic remarks about China and the Chinese, such as “you’ve got to be nuts to eat Chinese food” and “only the Chinese can turn a leather sofa into an acid bath, a baby crib into a lethal weapon, and a cellphone battery into heart-piercing shrapnel”.[227] However, a 2019 investigation by the Chronicle of Higher Education found that no such person existed, and that “Ron Vara” (an anagram of Navarro) appeared to represent views that Navarro himself held.[227][228] When he was asked about Vara by The Chronicle, Navarro admitted to making up the character, an author surrogate, and quoting him in his books.[228]
Supposed interference probably isn’t necessary: lots of Americans are fed up with the cost of Trump’s tariffs and mismanagement.
Framing canada as an enemy is further justification for tarrifs etc. No one who understands what lobbying is thinks this behavior is untoward. But that doesn’t matter, it’s not like anything is based in logic.
