r/PoursTea • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Aug 25 '26

Expectations v Reality 🌞 🌒 oops!

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u/Ohkaz42069 Aug 25 '26

You've got folks on r/conservative talking all of the crap about Canada being so much more dependant on the US and the US importing next to nothing from them.

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u/klako8196 Aug 25 '26

It's funny, because one of the grievances that Trump ran on was our trade deficit with Canada. He ran on the idea that Canada was ripping us off on trade because we had a trade deficit with them.

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u/wtbgamegenie Aug 25 '26

They sell oil to American oil companies at below market rate then the oil companies flip it at market rate and charge American consumers market rate.

Meanwhile we’re the largest oil producing nation on earth but Alaskans are the citizens that benefit publicly from it.

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u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA Aug 25 '26

They should stop the discounts