Canada got one dire warning about Donald Trump that let them know it was game over

Canadian politicians think they can win a stare down with Donald Trump. 

They’re about to learn a painful lesson. 

And Canada got one dire warning about Donald Trump that let them know it was game over. 

Economist warns that Donald Trump won’t blink in a staring contest over tariffs

President Donald Trump is playing hardball to secure fair trade deals for the United States. 

He slapped tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. 

Trump then paused most of the tariffs on Canada and Mexico until April. 

Economist Steve Moore warned countries that wanted to go tit-for-tat on tariffs that they were fighting a losing battle with Trump during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Faulkner Focus. 

He predicted that countries that used retaliatory tariffs against the United States would hurt their economies and ultimately fold to Trump. 

“I’m not the hugest fan of these tariffs but I’ll tell you, I think that these other countries, Harris, like Mexico and China and Canada, are making a big mistake — a huge mistake — in thinking that they can win a kind of tit for tat game on this,” Moore said. 

Moore served as economic advisor to Trump during his 2016 campaign. 

“Because Trump will not relent here and all they’re doing is ruining their own economy,” Moore explained. “All of these countries have higher tariffs than we do. So all Trump is talking about, Harris, is leveling the playing field so we have a fair playing field for American products.”

Those countries are more dependent on the United States than the United States is on them. 

Trump will win a trade war against anyone 

Moore predicted that the other countries would eventually have to fold in their fight against Trump. 

“At the end of the day, Harris, what I’m going to predict is that Trump will prevail here ’cause he’s a winner. I would never bet against Donald Trump,” Moore stated. “And I believe what’s going to happen is these other countries are going to be forced to lower their tariffs and [at] the end of the day, I actually think we’ll have freer, but fairer trade.”

The countries squaring off with Trump already have tariffs they’ll hike that will push their economies to the breaking point. 

“And I think Canada, Mexico, China, the Europeans — the Europeans have three times higher tariffs than we do, Harris,” Moore said. “I mean, those have to come down. And I’m going to say this loud and clear one more time: if these countries think they can bully Trump, they’ve got it completely wrong. That’s not a game they can win.”

There are already signs that some foreign politicians are starting to blink in the staring contest. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced he would put a 25% surcharge on electricity imported to the United States. 

Trump threatened to increase tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50%. 

Ford backed off the surcharge and apologized to the American people. 

“I want to apologize to the American people. I spent 20 years of my life in the US, in New Jersey, in Chicago. I love the American people,” Ford said. “I absolutely love them … Secretary Lutnick and President Trump are brilliant businesspeople. They are hard negotiators. We need to put this behind us and move forward and build the two strongest countries in the world.”