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Canada, Lost (Update)

Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood. After Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he opined that Canada would certainly lose because it doesn't have a military.

Canada, Lost (Update)

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Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood.

After Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he opined that Canada would certainly lose...

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Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood. After Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he opined that Canada would certainly lose because it doesn't have a military.

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After Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected tariff negotiations that would lead to a trade war, he thought he meant a real war with guns and bombs, and so he opined that Canada would certainly lose because it doesn't have a military.

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Reality TV star cum Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy misunderstood.

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