Partially cuz Canada hasn’t ‘raked their forests’, therefore the resulting fire sent smoke to the US, the Dumbass in Charge is levying tariffs against our former friends to the north,

 although the jackass still doesn’t seem to understand WHO PAYS the tariffs.

TRADE POLICIES 

The world’s dumbest tariff just got a lot dumber

The first thing to know is that tariffs aren’t paid by foreign companies but rather importers. So, it’s unclear how this latest move would change the behavior of foreign producers of aluminum. The U.S. economy has, after all, been reliant on imports of aluminum, regardless of the price, for a long time. The U.S. currently has four operating aluminum plants, a number that has declined from 23 smelters in 2000, according to Bloomberg News, because of the soaring cost of electricity used in smelting aluminum. Canada has cheap, hydroelectric power, making their costs much lower.

IF, the US decided to build a new smelter, the soonest it could be in production is 2030, and the aluminum it produces would be prohibitively high priced, BUT, that’s what the jackass in charge is shooting for with his ridiculous tariffs.

All the White House accomplished with its tariffs was to push up aluminum prices. The so-called U.S. Midwest premium, or the amount added to global price benchmarks to deliver the metal, rose to around $2,600 per ton in June from some $1,200 a year earlier and $420 two years ago, paid for by US consumers.

Same old shit, from the incompetent asshole in the White House.

Thanks a bunch, you MAGA morons…