Trump threatens to raise tariffs over Canadian wildfire smoke

[u/Vortagaun]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/trump-threatens-to-raise-tariffs-over-canadian-wildfire-smoke/

[u/IvanhoeMar1n]

Ok

-Canadians

[u/TreFlip_MyNips → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

We can no longer afford to send firefighters and water bombers to help you when you are burning. Sorry.

-Canada

[u/2coolcaterpillar → u/TreFlip_MyNips]

Yeah this is insane, they were huge helping us in LA last year. This is how we respond when they need help? Sadly this is surprising to no one

[u/tronfunknbl0w → u/2coolcaterpillar]

A Canadian just died this week helping fight fires in Colorado….

[u/JeezieB → u/tronfunknbl0w]

Nicholas Dale. Left behind a wife and two children.

[u/seliselio → u/JeezieB]

Yeah, i vote we start "The Dale Initiative" where every time Donald opens his fat fucking face, canada fires a tree at the Whitehouse like a missile.

[u/mustbeset → u/seliselio]

Germans here. We can supply you with a Christmas tree Canon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kwnis6nXc

(Just watch the first minute to get an idea)

[u/kissman73 → u/mustbeset]

Carney needs to order a fleet of these!!!

[u/Sheeple_person → u/mustbeset]

Ok this is the kind of NATO cooperation I'm looking for

[u/rabidstoat → u/tronfunknbl0w]

We have Mexican firefighters come up and help against fires in California and the like as well.

[u/rottenbox → u/rabidstoat]

Forest fire fighters seems to go from country to country. I remember a few hundred South Africans coming a few years ago. Ours go help in the states when needed.

Almost like allies help eachother in times of need assuming the reciprocal will occur later.

[u/Hidesuru → u/rottenbox]

Under any other administration in our history... It would have.

[u/tronfunknbl0w → u/rabidstoat]

Seems like there are god damned heroes on all sides of our North American borders.

[u/Wayofchinchilla → u/2coolcaterpillar]

The sad shit is this is only Trump the people of California are forever grateful for your help you guys are truly are the heroes of the Skies and we will always sing your Praises. You guys helped save so many people's homes what did the Big Orange idiot do? Well around where I live in central California he opened up a dam and released millions of gallons of water that never made it even a mile towards LA. Because of that last year we had the driest most least productive farming season. All the Trump supporting Farmers though had to grit their teeth and keep quiet because they knew they couldn't blame anybody but they're big orange God for squandering all their water.

[u/Dankersaur → u/Wayofchinchilla]

It's also the troll, cretin, MAGATs in Lower Michigan that live under the bridge. They haven't seen anything compared to Northern Minnesota (where I live) or the UP (where I am from).

But a lot of the fires is also the US side of the Boundary Waters.

We all understand it and know Canada has helped us and continues to try and be brothers and sisters to us. I've worked a lot in Ontario, especially during this administration. I have gotten nothing but love and acceptance. And I love Canada.

MAGAt politicians are doing nothing but trying to reignite Trump's rhetoric towards Canada...when our own country is also on fire all over the place.

[u/my_little_throwny → u/Wayofchinchilla]

He cares more about other countries than he does his own. Unless it's vanity projects in DC. He's more concerned with a pool and fountains that 99.9% of Americans will never see than the national parks. Or feeding or housing or medical care. Or pretty much anything that would help Americans.

[u/gwan_wit_cha_by → u/Wayofchinchilla]

Hey California, with that kind of respect ever think of joining us here in Canada? And you’re welcome. 

[u/aotus_trivirgatus → u/gwan_wit_cha_by]

Californian here.  Not a firefighter, so I can't help you personally.  I'm in complete support of us sending firefighters to you though!

[u/Moser319 → u/aotus_trivirgatus]

pretty sure they meant as a province, not by helping combat fire

[u/Arrasor → u/2coolcaterpillar]

That's the thing. They were helping a blue place so it doesn't count. Wish I could say it's /s

[u/wetfloor666 → u/2coolcaterpillar]

"helping us in LA anytime there has been wildfires or if it is needed anywhere in the country.*" Fixed it for you. Canada always sends the water bombers or ground help if needed.

Apologies in advance if that comes off negatively towards your comment since it is not the intention at all.

[u/2coolcaterpillar → u/wetfloor666]

None at all, Canada always helps us out when we deserve it and this is a disgrace.

[u/Vin-Metal → u/2coolcaterpillar]

Imagine your neighbor's house is on fire and being mad at them for getting smoke in your yard. Unbelievable.

[u/TheMoniker → u/2coolcaterpillar]

trump's immediate response, while we still had firefighters helping with the California wildfires, was to threaten to annex our country multiple times.

Also, we still have folks down there helping with your fires and we just lost one of our pilots who was helping to battle a wildfire in Colorado.

[u/lennydsat62 → u/TreFlip_MyNips]

Read somewhere that one of our firefighters died five days ago helping put out fires in the US somewhere.

And this is the thanks we get….

[u/Old-Current6989 → u/TreFlip_MyNips]

THIS IS WHAT I SAID TO MY KIDS YESTERDAY!

Canada fucking sent aircraft to help us when we had wildfires and we just bitch at Canada when they have wildfires. How on brand for everyone. So sorry. 

[u/TrueNorthLongAndFree → u/Old-Current6989]

Don't be sorry, DO SOMETHING. 

[u/babypops81 → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

Mmmmkay.

-another Canadian

[u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789 → u/babypops81]

Sounds good bud- Another Canuck

[u/Randalor → u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789]

Well that would be a real shame, but whatcha gonna do? - Yet another Canadian

[u/FriskyCobra86 → u/Randalor]

Pitter patter, let’s get at ’er

• Letterkenny

[u/Leafybug13 → u/FriskyCobra86]

Way she goes

[u/Greedy-Pirate7749 → u/Leafybug13]

Way of the road Bubbs

[u/Lazy-Plankton5270 → u/Greedy-Pirate7749]

Look rand I'm mowing the air

[u/hulkhands81 → u/FriskyCobra86]

Give your balls a tug. I’m going for a rip, figure it out. - also canadian

[u/babypops81 → u/Meepmeepimmajeep2789]

Love to see some other hosers in here, eh bud?

[u/sonic_couth → u/babypops81]

Take off, eh. It’s getting crowded.

[u/babypops81 → u/sonic_couth]

Crowded with awesome.

[u/SirAngusMcBeef → u/babypops81]

“Sorry.”

No Canadians, remarkably.

[u/Rough_Bread8329 → u/SirAngusMcBeef]

"Get fucked"

• pretty much every Canadian

[u/greygreenblue → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

The only benefit of losing basically all of my American business to tariffs is that I can now tune out these threats

[u/According_Hunt_8616 → u/greygreenblue]

That's kind of the problem with holding someone at gunpoint. At first they are really scared, but after 18 months it wears off and they no longer care you have a gun.

[u/my_little_throwny → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

Whenever he threatens other countries I just imagine the meme of everyone standing together minding their own business, then he says something stupid, and they just turn and give him a big thumbs up before returning to ignoring him 😂

[u/skulltima → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

this fuckin chode

• a Canadian from Brampton

[u/kootenaypow → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

Carney should raise tariffs on the US due to their carbon emissions being the reason for the wildfires.

[u/takesthebiscuit → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

SmOKy

-Canadians

[u/zvekl → u/IvanhoeMar1n]

Can ya Canadians please raise tariffs on stupidity from America?

- American

[u/Robin_Cherry → u/zvekl]

No, because unlike your government ours understands and acknowledges that a tariff is ultimately payed by the end consumer and doesn't see a need to further raise our cost of living to score cheap political points.

[u/parallel-nonpareil → u/Robin_Cherry]

Unless it’s tarriffing the hell out of American booze or removing it from shelves completely. The ambassador keeps throwing tantrums about it so I reckon we should continue with that kind of retaliation.

[u/Shamancrit → u/zvekl]

That would hurt Canadian citizens so why would they do that? Consumers pay the cost always because why would a company/business eat that loss. It’s one of the many examples of how Trump is a fucking moron.

[u/GlassFlamingo71]

This man truly is one of the stupidest people alive

[u/adamjfish → u/GlassFlamingo71]

“Wildfire smokes from Canada?! Better tax Americans some more!”

The idiocracy is so exhausting.

[u/Effective_Jello9731 → u/adamjfish]

"If we just keep hitting ourselves over and over they'll eventually feel bad for us and put their fires out."

[u/rabidstoat → u/Effective_Jello9731]

Obligatory "they should've raked the forest floors!"

[u/Optimistic-Bob01 → u/rabidstoat]

Yes, need more raking.

[u/oh_hai_brian → u/Optimistic-Bob01]

Me, having a memory Googled when Dump just emptied a dam - “In early 2025, President Trump ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to abruptly release billions of gallons of water from two federal reservoirs in California’s Central Valley: Terminus Dam at Lake Kaweah and Schaefer Dam at Lake Success. Local officials and water experts criticized the move as poorly planned and reckless, noting it nearly caused downstream flooding and that the federal system does not connect to Los Angeles as Trump falsely claimed to justify the release.”

[u/cantadmittoposting → u/oh_hai_brian]

why does the president even have unilateral power to order such a thing without AT LEAST some significant evidence or compelling reason to believe there is a classified or urgent matter that requires such swift and drastic executive action?

That's absurd

[u/greentintedlenses → u/cantadmittoposting]

Vance did it too for a family vacation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels

[u/HawkkeTV → u/cantadmittoposting]

Simple answer is the President is in charge of the federal government. Complex answer is who fucking knows.

[u/khrak → u/Optimistic-Bob01]

Trump is a serial rakist!

[u/Puzzle-Necked → u/rabidstoat]

Pretty big forest up here, might take us all week. Maybe six days if Gordie helps out.

[u/Iknowr1te → u/Effective_Jello9731]

i'm pretty sure schaudenfraude is really high towards americans atm.

[u/SEGAGameBoy → u/adamjfish]

No no Canada is going to pay for the tariffs. It's right there in his painfully poorly written Truth Social post.

[u/WorldBelongsToUs → u/SEGAGameBoy]

I saw that, but it was in all caps and rambled about Obama for the first four paragraphs, so I kind of forgot what happens at the end.

[u/MarieOMaryln → u/SEGAGameBoy]

And despite the bulk of our idiots finding out WE foot the tarrif bill, they'll cheer this on again and cheer the stupidity on as if we're not constantly on fire thanks to careless behavior. Anyways we're code purple so stay inside.

[u/FlyingDogCatcher → u/MarieOMaryln]

I'm just waiting for 6 months from now when they decide that the tariffs are illegal and pay out refunds to the companies that *checks notes* passed the cost onto customers...

[u/lancersrock → u/FlyingDogCatcher]

If I didn’t know any better that’s a feature not a bug

[u/Positronic_Matrix → u/MarieOMaryln]

They wear red hats so we know which heads don’t have brains in them.

[u/TravisBickle2020 → u/SEGAGameBoy]

Maybe, he’ll put ICE on it because the Canadian smoke is crossing the border illegally.

[u/Altruistic-Editor111 → u/SEGAGameBoy]

Counterpoint: build a wall to hold back the smoke and make Canada pay for said wall.

Checkmate! 206-D chess.

[u/philthehippy → u/SEGAGameBoy]

Have the penguins paid their tariffs yet? We never had any update on whether they accepted his terms.

[u/StatementOk470 → u/adamjfish]

I thought Mexico was going to pay for the tariffs.

[u/Zahrukai → u/StatementOk470]

No no, Mexico paid for the wall the smoke is floating over, and that’s Canada’s fault!

…/s

[u/Z0mbiejay → u/adamjfish]

Don't forget that this is after they were already ruled illegal

[u/Aggressive-Will-4500 → u/GlassFlamingo71]

I don't know... there are actually people who think he's a genius.

THAT'S the bottom tier.

[u/Dotcaprachiappa → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

..like him

[u/yeetgodmcnechass → u/Aggressive-Will-4500]

I know people who still think he's playing 4d chess

I know others who are unironically blaming Canada and calling us bad neighbors

[u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA → u/yeetgodmcnechass]

When Americans experience fires, we send volunteers to help.

When we have fires, Americans send complaints.

But ya, we're the bad neighbours.

[u/Aggravating_Duck_192 → u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA]

I live in California, and you guys and Mexico help us every time we have fires we cannot contain. I hate that we are like this to some of the best neighbors a country ever had.

[u/CLCchampion → u/GlassFlamingo71]

He put a tariff on Canadian timber.

So if they cut the trees down and try to sell them, they're screwed. And if they don't cut the trees down and they burn, they're screwed.

[u/JonWoo89 → u/CLCchampion]

A tariff on Canadian timber so he could open up our national forests for logging.

I’ve never hated anyone more than this man and the people behind and under him in my life.

[u/whenitsTimeyoullknow → u/JonWoo89]

Thank you for mentioning the people behind him. Trump is being sleep walked through most days towards policies his handlers are unfurling in front of him. For every deeply disturbing distraction he articulates, we need to also look at what he and his kith want to tear our eyes away from. 

God I hate it. 

[u/SocksOnHands → u/JonWoo89]

We don't need to be cutting the trees of national forests. The forestry industry doesn't have a shortage of trees - the problem is that shipping lumber in from China is somehow cheaper than cutting them down here.

[u/iuffxguy → u/GlassFlamingo71]

No. It’s because his base is the dumbest people alive and love headlines like this. “At least we have a president that does something about these problems instead of just sitting around! This is why he is the best president in the world!!”

[u/banzaizach → u/GlassFlamingo71]

So he perfectly represents America!

(am American)

[u/Leptonshavenocolor → u/banzaizach]

::looks at those around me::

Yeah that’s fair. 

[u/GlitteringLychee803 → u/Leptonshavenocolor]

Honestly though, I feel like the Confederacy never really left. There is a part of the country that is doing great in innovation and technology, leading the world in science. And then the other part of the country where people are religious and want to live in the 1500's where they can own people, but with the conveniences of the 21st century. The latter is holding up the advances that the other half is trying to make, and they keep making those kinds of people. I'm not saying we should join Canada, there are some things that I am proud of being an American. But it would be great if we can strive to be a bit closer to how they govern, and have more of a population that's not proud to be stupid.

[u/Leptonshavenocolor → u/GlitteringLychee803]

Growing up in the 80/90 and into the 2000s I genuinely thought we were improving, getting better, recycling, reusing, more inclusiveness, less fascism and racism… and now I just think back to my ignorance and how it’s all just bullshit. 

[u/Googlebright → u/Leptonshavenocolor]

I'm Canadian and still remember the night Obama got elected. I was hanging out with a friend who was originally from America and we were talking about how cool it was that America had elected a Black man as President for the first time. She was so proud of her home country. We thought things were finally getting better.

Seems a bit silly in hindsight.

[u/CombatTechSupport → u/Googlebright]

Unfortunately the combination of 9/11 and Obama getting elected have broken the country. 9/11 allowed the authoritarians in the States to begin building the blocks of a total surveillance state and start curtailing human rights. Obama's election allowed them to tap into the deep well of racism and fear still present in many older Americans, allowing them to attain electoral success. The rot was already there, arguably it's been there, festering, since the end of WW2, but those two events allowed it to finally bloom and move into the open.

[u/0neek → u/Googlebright]

It is actually fascinating to me how a country the scale of America is entirely controlled by whoever is in charge.

I mean, maybe that's a naive way of thinking but I always assumed the states largely ran themselves and the Pres was more of an 'upper management' kind of role.

Now I've learned that every last one of them is practically mindless and just thinks what the Pres thinks. If they have a good person in charge they're a great country full of friendly people. If they have a maniac in charge they're maniacs.

Americans are Lemmings. I would never have believed it without the massive shift from Obama->Trump

[u/SafeForTwerking → u/GlassFlamingo71]

I'm not so sure, actually. It is a close tie between him vs the people that voted for him vs the people that still support him, they're all fucking idiots as far as I'm concerned.

[u/watchitbend → u/GlassFlamingo71]

Whilst there is absolutely no doubt he is a stupid mother fucker in many regards, this is deliberate messaging and all a part of their strategy, which is more calculated than a lot of people give credit. 

[u/Undoubtably_me → u/GlassFlamingo71]

Nah one of the most stupidest and evil person that has ever lived

[u/BrainEatingAmoeba01 → u/GlassFlamingo71]

He's playing to his base. There are still millions of Americans nodding along. He's far from the dumbest but he is king.

[u/ncopp → u/BrainEatingAmoeba01]

I'm starting to get some hope that a lot of his base is eroding based purely on Facebook comments.

A lot of the republicans running for office in MI are posting dumb shit about their "final warnings" to Canada and regurgitating Trump talking points. While those comment sections are usually full of Trump butthole lickers, they are now full of people actually calling out how dumb this rhetoric is and that we should be helping them contain the fires.

It's a small (and arguably naive) glimmer of hope, but I'm holding onto it.

[u/frontdoorajar]

This is literally "old man yells at cloud"

[u/istrebitjel → u/frontdoorajar]

"old man yells at smoke cloud"

But seriously, check out the satellite smoke later on this map - it's crazy. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/

That didn't justify his behavior at all. Nobody can control where smoke goes. The US has a lot of fires burning right now and is going no better than Canada at all. Also, Canada is one of the US' closest allies (see 911 and many wildfire help offers when America is burning). Every American should loudly distance themselves from that crazy man.

[u/Lison52 → u/istrebitjel]

This map doesn't seem to work on mobile

[u/QueenMotherOfSneezes → u/Lison52]

Doesn't work on my browser either, it appears to be a template with no layers, data, or legend added yet.

[u/i_wap_to_warcraft → u/frontdoorajar]

Kiddie diddler says what?!?!

[u/jorgepolak]

In related news, a Canadian firefighter just died while volunteering to fight a forest fire in Wyoming.

Fuck Trump, fuck MAGA.

[u/Bigdaddybear519 → u/jorgepolak]

These assholes would probably call him a wimp or some shit

[u/sexual_informatics → u/Bigdaddybear519]

Having to do work makes you a wimp. Dying while doing a dangerous job, including being in the military, makes you a "loser" and a "sucker". That's what they think of you blue-collar America!

[u/Big-Compote-5483 → u/Bigdaddybear519]

He calls soldiers who fought and died "suckers and losers." How that statement alone didn't cast him into obscurity and public shame is one of the main reasons I gave up on the US.

The entire male side of my father's family fought for the US; my great grandfather was Big Red One and put down enough Nazis to earn him a pile of medals. From Sicily to Berlin, including the Africa theatre and liberation of a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.

I spend most days now surrounded by soldiers fighting and often dying for their country.

Those words are some of the most abhorrent that I could imagine a human saying.

The country is toast with this regime running it straight into the ashes of history.

[u/jaunonymous → u/Bigdaddybear519]

"I prefer firefighters who don't get killed."

[u/RigidAcrylic4821 → u/Bigdaddybear519]

A “loser” or a “coward.”

Like Trump did to John McCain before he passed away.

[u/MidRoundOldFashioned → u/jorgepolak]

My girlfriend’s brother is a wildfire firefighter in Canada.

Definitely a scary time.

[u/RubixRube → u/jorgepolak]

Canada sends support just every year to assist with American wildfires.

We sent crews when Texas got snow and their grid failed. The Canadian red cross has been boots on the ground after a major disaster before FEMA on more than one occasion.

Trump is doing irreparable damage to a relationship which has largely benefitted Americans because time and time again, their own country fails them.

Canadian kindness is not infinite and the well is already running pretty dry these days.

So sure, bring on the tariffs. Damage the relationship further. Hurt your American businesses, cause further financial strain to the American people because instead of saying how can we help, this dumbass administration is mad at Canada for not controlling the weather.

[u/PortalWombat → u/RubixRube]

Seriously. Y'all should pull all your people today.

[u/worthing0101 → u/PortalWombat]

Canada sends support just every year to assist with American wildfires.

American here. Not just to help with wildfires either.

When 9/11 happened they commenced Operation Yellow Ribbon to help us clear our skies of air traffic as quickly as possible. A total of 224 flights carrying 30,000+ passengers and crew were diverted to Canadian airports and given assistance (food, housing, etc.).

https://www.tyndall.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/669731/canada-unsung-heroes-of-911/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Yellow_Ribbon

After hurricane Katrina Canada once again rushed to help us out. They sent personnel, naval and coast guard vessels, aid, etc. Not only did they also send money but they even accepted evacuees who needed a place to go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina

There's a long history of Canada sending help when the US needs it and past presidents expressed their gratitude. Bush even went to Halifax in person to thank them for the help they provided after 9/11.

It's fucking shameful that Trump's response to their ongoing disaster is to threaten to bill them. He is a vile scumbag and so is anyone who agrees with his response to Canada.

[u/Transposer → u/jorgepolak]

‘I like firefighters who dont die in fires.’

RIP, hero.

[u/mlody11 → u/jorgepolak]

That's actually Colorado, near Ouray. As a Coloradan, thank you and we're sorry for the moron in the WH, this State wanted Bernie.

[u/thebookman21 → u/jorgepolak]

Bring all Canadian wildfire fighters home and kick American military personal off Canadian bases

[u/Specific-Yam-2166 → u/jorgepolak]

Remember last year when border patrol detained firefighters from Mexico who were helping fight the wildfires in Washington?

Fuck Trump

[u/_Do_The_Needful_]

I guess this moron doesn't remember Canada helping in the California wildfires last year, or our Canadian pilot who died this past week fighting fires in Colorado. Next time we should just not help and let them figure it out on their own.

[u/WestyCanadian → u/_Do_The_Needful_]

You give this man too much credit. In his mind he doesn't see California as part of US.

[u/Jops817 → u/WestyCanadian]

Or Colorado, for that matter.

[u/seeking_hope → u/Jops817]

I was going to say the same thing. Colorado has been on his shit list for a while and he was holding disaster funding hostage for quite a while until Polis capitulated.

[u/Bigdaddybear519 → u/WestyCanadian]

Exactly. The same people who hate Canada all of a sudden have already hated California for a long time. They're told who to hate and the follow accordingly

[u/imaloony8 → u/_Do_The_Needful_]

He also doesn’t seem to remember Canada helping all the time with everything. Canada was receiving US flights in the aftermath of 9/11 too. Canada has always been one of our closest allies, not just geographically. And Trump is doing his best to burn that relationship to the ground.

[u/apfejes → u/imaloony8]

It's already burned. Ripping up the signed Agreement and forcing Canada to renegotiate on the Gordie Howe bridge was pretty much the last straw. We're done.

[u/Effective_Jello9731 → u/imaloony8]

Having US flights landing at YVR was no small risk to us given the airport's central location in a densely populated area; there was definitely the potential for catastrophe had one of those planes been packed full of explosives. But considering the only other option was letting 34 planes run out of fuel over the Pacific Ocean I'd say we made the right call.

[u/lapetitthrowaway → u/imaloony8]

We don't care about Trump anymore, we know its mostly meaningless threats... but we do care about what happens when hes gone. Screw that up and the relationship will be forever ruined.

[u/TheAngryGoat → u/lapetitthrowaway]

Why do so many people think that the state of the republican party and their voter base will change in any meaningful way after trump's decaying corpse is buried? He's not the cause of the deep systemic rot, just an especially visible symptom.

[u/SuedeLopez → u/lapetitthrowaway]

It's forever ruined. They can't be trusted, they'll just elect another Trump later on.

[u/invisiblebyday → u/lapetitthrowaway]

I'm in the 'it's forever ruined' camp. A large number of 'em agree with everything he does and would cheerfully vote for him again.

[u/Terrible_Children → u/invisiblebyday]

Same here.

Trump is not the disease, he's a symptom.

Screw the United States.

[u/K24Z3 → u/_Do_The_Needful_]

For what it’s worth, we Californians are deeply grateful for the aid we regularly receive from Canadians and other states.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump is upset because of our cooperation.

Edit: Trudeau last year: "California’s always had our back when we battle wildfires up north. Now, Canada’s got yours."

Cal Fire fucking rocks, and they've been part of the team sent north to help with other Canadian fires, and I couldn't be more proud of them.

It doesn't help, but I'm confident in saying the West Coast as a whole helps where we can.

[u/theHonkiforium → u/K24Z3]

I wish California would join Canada.

Primarily just to piss trump off.

[u/XenoRyet → u/_Do_The_Needful_]

I mean, on the one hand you absolutely should keep your folks home next time. I can't imagine why anyone would want to help the US with the state we're in right now.

But on the other hand, if California burns, nothing is going to happen to Trump, and he'll just use it to blame someone else for something. There is no way he'll take any kind of responsibility for it.

[u/PickleballRee → u/XenoRyet]

California's existence irritate Trump. We must keep it healthy at all costs.

[u/Saskatchewon → u/_Do_The_Needful_]

A Canadian helicopter pilot just died helping fight a fire in Wyoming a couple days ago.

[u/Uglygypsy]

Blah blah blah. Weve heard it all before - Signed a Canadian

[u/Vortagaun → u/Uglygypsy]

I live in Western New York and drive alongside the river with Ontario on other side when I goto grocery store after work.

Recently ive been staring at it saying I need to move back

[u/Uglygypsy → u/Vortagaun]

I could never leave, I love it here too much. Beautiful country

[u/Vortagaun → u/Uglygypsy]

I only left to be closer to family and better opportunities. Now this is making me wanna go back to BC

[u/Correct_Avocado_573]

Canada routinely helps us out with wildfires i think that covers any fucking debt this stupid fucker thinks they owe us over smoke they cant control.

We really are gonna end up completely isolated if this fucker and all of his ilk arent removed from power and tried for their crimes and the following administration going out of their way to repair relationships.

Edit: sorry for the overuse of fuck but this fucking fucker has really wore out his welcome.

[u/PrettyLegitimate → u/Correct_Avocado_573]

That bastard being held legally accountable is the only thing that could convince me to support the US economy again.

I'm not holding my breath.

[u/Saskatchewon → u/Correct_Avocado_573]

A Canadian helicopter pilot just died while helping fight a fire in Wyoming a few days ago.

[u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

Why don’t they help us fight the fires instead of just throwing fire on the problem? Tariffs aren’t going to help us fight fires anytime soon. I’ve been thinking the Canadian govt needs to spend a lot more on firefighting for a long time…after Jasper it became evident that this problem is going to continue to get worse and worse every year until there is no more forest. AI companies are salivating every time there’s a fire thinking…ooh, we can build more!

[u/Heisenberg_235 → u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

Because they are dickheads

[u/SteelSparks → u/Heisenberg_235]

Imagine your neighbour coming over to complain whilst your house is selfishly on fire.

[u/Jops817 → u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

Asking why the Trump regime does anything instead of just realizing they're stupid and malicious and incompetent is an exercise in futility.

[u/Gnom3y → u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

Realtalk: US Wildfire response is already overstretched because of Trump idiocy. They made the decision to fight every fire as hard as possible regardless of danger, which has directly resulted in Hotshot deaths on fires that likely would have burned themselves out without threatening structures or lives.

A smarter administration would better manage a limited resource like wildfire management. No one has ever accused the Trump Administration of being 'too smart'.

[u/NoShitsGivin → u/Gnom3y]

Realtalk: when are Americans going to stand up?

[u/MLeek → u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

Look, if you want to give Canada shit, the first thing you gotta know is that wildfire suppression is a provincial responsibility here. Not a federal one. Natural resources and forest management fall under provincial jurisdiction, per our constitution.

There is lots to criticize, but every time I hear this from Americans whine about "Canadian govt" I immediately stop taking them seriously. They have very little to do with it. Not nothing, but not much either. It's like whining that Trump needs to do something about the property taxes in a township in Idaho.

[u/Ok-Professor-Star]

He does not need to tariff the smoke, Canada is exporting it for free. /s

[u/Mystic_Waffles → u/Ok-Professor-Star]

Trump still needs to get his cut of it though.

[u/qdp → u/Ok-Professor-Star]

It’s undercutting the American Forest Fire industry. All the poor union arsonists are getting fired from firing fires. The fact Canada is sending smoke for free is just proof they are trying to flood the asthma market. 

[u/For_being_tall]

Release the epstein files

[u/ConsequenceNo2571 → u/For_being_tall]

Donald Trump is a pedophile 

[u/Helreaver → u/ConsequenceNo2571]

Everyone knows Donald Trump is a pedophile. More attention needs to be given to the fact that his supporters are pedophiles too. Go look up how many J6ers were arrested for child molestation after getting pardoned.

You don't look past Trump's history of statements, accusations, and relationships unless you see something in there you like.

[u/rush22 → u/Helreaver]

That's why these types of people keep buying up hotels. Trump, Epstein, Kushner, etc.

Their hotels are for money laundering and prostitution.

[u/Zaxxon_Klaxon]

Also Trump: “Burn more coal!!”

[u/CynicalPomeranian → u/Zaxxon_Klaxon]

Lift the limits on air pollution! Open the national forests for logging! The US is the only country allowed to ruin the world!

[u/Naieve]

Shouldn't we be sending wildfire fighters to help instead?

Or did I miss something?

Oh wait. I did. Trump.

[u/CaptainHaldol → u/Naieve]

The areas burning are remote with no road access and limited float plane access. The best way to get around is by canoe and portage. Even then it is slow & labor intensive and that's when you're doing it for recreation (BWCA and Quetico are beautiful). Doing all that with wildland firefighting gear is even worse. It's a better use of time & money to let the fires burn while protecting structures and people from fire.

Also, our own wilderness is on fire in MN (BWCA).

[u/MarvelousVanGlorious]

Just consistently proving himself to be the dumbest motherfucker on the planet.

[u/Kevadu]

U.S. President Donald Trump says the cost of pollution from wildfire smoke drifting south of the border “must” be added to the tariffs imposed on Canadian goods.

Then surely we should tax the sources of CO2 that are causing the climate change that is responsible for all these fires?

Right?

[u/PoliticalSasquatch]

I don’t think these folks realize just how vast and sparsely populated the Canadian north is. Hard to fight a fire when there is zero infrastructure within what can be a couple hundred kilometre radius to support it.

[u/Smitty_manjensen]

Smart man. Let’s get all Canadians to each grab a stick or twig in our forests. We can stop the fire together!

Such a shame this man will never face prosecution in his lifetime.

[u/BananaGrapeVineCat → u/Smitty_manjensen]

We can only hope. I think he will die from old age before he goes to prison. Even if he did, he would be treated like a king in there. He would probably watch Fox News all day and poop himself.

[u/Jops817 → u/BananaGrapeVineCat]

So what he does every day anyway.

[u/urban_snowshoer]

The Onion is obsolete.

[u/auradex991 → u/urban_snowshoer]

The Onion is where you go for sane news now

[u/Schism_989]

Meanwhile, America actually has about an estimated 621 active wildfires, numbering at around 994.6k acres burning as of the time of writing this comment.

It's not like Canada is the only place with wildfires at the moment, jesus christ.

Dementia Donald at it again.

[u/WildcardKH]

Thanks america for electing this pedophile twice

[u/aquestionofbalance → u/WildcardKH]

And felon and rapist

[u/No-Salt7142]

The US owes the entire world trillions for starting and continuing this hopeless Iran war with global economic fallout.

[u/davidandbrolith]

As some one that is living in LA, thank you to our friends to the North for actually helping as your C-130s personally saved a neighborhood near us.

I apologize for our Pedophile in charge and will be in the front row when our Nuremberg trials start.

[u/TrueNorthLongAndFree → u/davidandbrolith]

Let us know when those are gonna start. At the current rate of inaction, we're not holding our breath. 

[u/Liquoricezoku]

I fucking hate America

[u/rush22 → u/Liquoricezoku]

Nasty, unfair country.

[u/Azure_Omishka]

As if I'd care what a senile, deranged, terminally ill pedophile thinks.

Dude can keep ranting about the election he lost. Nobody gives a fuck anymore. By the end of his term, America is gonna be a leper on the world stage and it'll be entire his fault.

[u/chateaudebleuets]

Our Prime Minister said it best: Canadians can’t be expected to react to any unhinged remarks this man types.

[u/Auth3nticRory]

So a Carbon Tax on Americans. Did I get that right?

[u/Benbot2000]

“Canada has wildfires. I know what will help—I’ll raise taxes on Americans!”

-a moron

[u/kelephon19]

Old man yells at cloud (of smoke)

[u/BrickConnectCDN]

Pull every single Canadian Firefighter and piece of equipment out of the USA right now. If they say they don't need Canada, then why bother helping them out.

[u/Mileyman7]

We don’t care anymore. Trump is such a joke to Canadians now. I can’t wait till he shuts up permanently…

[u/Firm_Bag1060]

This stupid administration......if we really were a great country, the POS in the White House would be calling PM Carney and asking how we can help. Instead, the MF is trying to make it about monetary damages. What a....

[u/Bob_Sconce]

Canadian attitudes on 9/11, an American disaster "Please come into our homes and stay with us until you can go back to yours."

Republican attitude on a Canadian Disaster: "How dare you let smoke from your forest fires make it across the border."

This man is such an..... asshole.

[u/hamsterfolly]

On the plus side, Trump is basically admitting that air pollution crosses state lines

[u/RuleSafe6767]

Canada has special water bombing planes that have been instrumental in helping the US get a handle on some of it's biggest wild fires.

These planes are always in short supply, so I wonder what decisions might change because of these new threats?

[u/Assimulate]

The good news is Canadians have now found out how to attack the USA with minimal effort lmao.

[u/digital121hippie]

Utah is on fire too, how about he tariffs them.

[u/Smokey_tha_bear9000]

There’s a 6000 acre fire burning like 40 minutes from Mar A Lago. He should stfu

[u/throAwae-eh]

The US has far more fires burning right now than Canada. Canadian firefighters and equipement are battling those fires as we speak, including one Canadian firefighter who died in Colorado this week. Furthermore, the Thumb and Bear Trap fires have both crossed into Canada from Minnesota.

Americans can seriously get right fucked! These obnoxious cunts have absolutely no empathy whatsoever.

[u/Witty_Fall_2007]

Please do. And you can ask your state Governors to stop begging us to sell their booze.

[u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat]

There it is. If you needed final proof the sitting US president is a complete moron, this is it.

[u/ShinyGengar → u/Rock-Ski-Golf-Repeat]

This isn't the first "final proof" and it won't be the last.

[u/Noteagro]

Canada should do the same when the California/Oregon/Washington wildfire smoke gets carried north along the coast, and then cuts west to east across southern BC.

I lived in eastern Washington and the amount of smoke we get from California due to that exact weather pattern was insane. My friends up in BC told me that that same smoke would carry up into there every year.

So Trump should just sit down and STFU.

[u/No_Yesterday_3260]

Wasn't there just a post some days ago about the tariffs being illegal and government havving to pay back like 81 million or billion or something? 😅

[u/guiltyas-sin]

Oh, you mean the tariffs that were given back to the companies even though we paid for them?

This guy is such a fucking dolt.

[u/SawdustShoptalk]

They sent firefighters when we had wildfires.

Trump threatens tariffs.

See the difference?

Trump is scum.

[u/labadee]

A canadian firefighter was recently killed fighting the wildfires in Colorado. What do the Americans offer besides threats?

[u/eggnogui]

Quiet, piggy.

[u/throwitawayorsome]

This is just a symptom of American culture. The actions this last year taken by American officials that have been voted in by their citizens will never be forgotten.