Canada pulls plug on Elon Musk’s Starlink over Donald Trump’s tariffs

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Donald Trump seemed to think that the world would simply bow down to him if he implemented insanely high tariffs against the most important US trade partners. Instead those nations immediately fought back by announcing retaliatory tariffs. Now Canada is going even further.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced that he’s pulling the plug on his province’s $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, announcing that “Ontario won’t do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy.”

This evening Trump announced that he’s placing a thirty day pause on tariffs against Canada, in exchange for essentially nothing. It’s not clear how Trump’s decision to cave will impact Ontario’s Starlink deal. Our guess is that the deal is dead permanently. This isn’t just about the tariffs. It’s about Trump and Musk being psychotic criminals. What sane person would want to partner with them on anything?

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