Fascinating history of the last time the US and Canada had a trade war.
#TradeWar #USA #Annexation #JohnAMacDonald #McKinley #CanPoli
https://archive.is/76SwW

Good review here on #tariffs & their historical role in #industrialization

Trump loves #GildedAge tariffs - A great time for the rich but not for the many https://buff.ly/d6HYiRH

"The Foreigner Pays the Tax". Cartoon by J. S. Pughe for "Puck" magazine, 1895, about William McKinley's high tariff policies. Caption: "JUST WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED - He built his house on a sand-heap; and the rising tide is making short work of it." #Tariffs #USpol #McKinley #Trump

"The Foreigner Pays the Tax".

Cartoon by J. S. Pughe for "Puck" magazine, 1895, about William McKinley's high tariff policies.

Caption:
"JUST WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED -
He built his house on a sand-heap; and the rising tide is making short work of it."

It sorta feels like someone might have taken inspiration from the top half of this cartoon without bothering to look at the bottom half.

Given #Trump 's apparent fondness for President #McKinley (just look what he did to Denali), why is NO ONE talking about the #Tariff Act of 1890?

#uspoli #canpoli #tariffs

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Tariff

Via #CraigBaird of @canadaehx

A look at the #McKinley #Tariffs of 1890 and the impact on #Canada

Those who do not learn from mistakes in history are doomed to repeat them

Klar rufen der Prof & ich in "Blume & Ince" 33 auch gerne zur heutigen Bundestagswahl auf!

Außerdem klären wir, warum der nun 40jährige Inan Ince als Schwabe "weise" & "gescheit" werde. Und was es bedeutet, dass Donald Trump sich auf die Zollpolitik von William McKinley beruft.

Zum Schluss auch noch einige Ausführungen zur medialen Aufmerksamkeitsfalle in der Medienpsychologie und Medienethik.

#BlumeundInce #Podcast #Videocast #USA #Trump #McKinley #Wirtschaft #Medien https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/blume-ince-33-der-prof-wird-40-und-trump-glaubt-an-die-zoelle-des-william-mckinley/

As Trump Targets AP, Media Urged to Resist Moves Like 'Gulf of America' Renaming: "It's at times like these that journalists need to put down their pens and advocate for accountable leadership," asserted one campaigner. (Common Dreams, 2025-02-14)

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-gulf-of-america
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"AP ... has explained that, because the gulf is an international body of water, it will continue to call it the Gulf of Mexico because Mexico ... and other countries do not recognize the new name.

"In contrast, the AP said it will call Denali, the highest peak in North America, Mt. McKinley following a name change by Trump because the Alaska mountain is located entirely inside the United States."

“Trump and his distant predecessor”

by Atilio A. Boron in Al Mayadeen English

“Trump represents a danger to international coexistence and a return to the most brutal and shameless phase of imperialism”

https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/trump-and-his-distant-predecessor

#Alaska lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution that *urges* #Trump to halt his plans to change the name of the continent’s largest mountain from #Denali to Mount #McKinley. The state Senate voted 19-0 on Friday to pass the resolution, following a 31-8 vote in the state House last week.

#law #USpol #TrumpIsARacist
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/07/us/trump-administration-updates/a87df6bb-fc71-56c9-8ca5-585ec7e821f2?smid=url-share

Fresh Imperial Ambitions

Zoltan Grossman professor of Geography and Indigenous Studies at Evergreen State College discusses the renewed ambitions of American imperialism, connecting 19th century Manifest Destiny to #Greenland and the relationship to #indigenous communities and #colonialism.

#McKinley. #Geography #NerdFarmPodcast #ZoltanGrossman
[Edit: typo]
https://nerdfarmpod.com/2025/02/02/fresh-imperial-ambitions-zoltan-grossman-evergreen-state-college-234/

Why #Trump admires President McKinley, the original ‘#tariff man’

President Donald Trump says #McKinley made the United States prosperous through tariffs. Historians say that’s an incomplete understanding of the 25th president. #History #USpol

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025/01/27/trump-mckinley-tariffs-history/

Meanwhile, in the normal world:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-president-says-new-trade-deal-with-canada-finalized-2025-02-02/

"#Ecuador president says new #trade deal with #Canada finalized"

Apparently, #Trump admires President #McKinley's #tariffs (same guy Trump replaced #Denali's name with)

This fucking moron is trying to recreate antiquated #protectionist bullshit from the #GildedAge that doesn't work in the modern world

#China will expand its trade

Canada and Ecuador and others will bypass the #USA

And the USA will suffer mightily

So fucking stupid

L'inspiration de #Trump qui le pousse à imposer des #TarifsDouaniers à ses alliés vient de son admiration pour l'ancien président William #McKinley.

«Vous savez, ils ont eu un débat en… C’était le grand débat sur les tarifs de 1888», a raconté [Trump] lors d’un discours-fleuve de deux heures devant un groupe de #conservateurs, en 2019. «Et le débat tenait au fait que nous ne savions pas quoi faire de tout l’argent que nous gagnions. Nous étions si riches.»

Sauf que ... https://www.lapresse.ca/international/etats-unis/2024-12-23/decryptage/trump-et-les-tarifs-aux-sources-d-une-obsession.php