donnieTunes And Merry Melodies

I asked Copilot some questions about donnie's new trade war with Canada.

A couple of her answers to my questions pretty much tell the tale of how amok things are in donnieLand.

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If a pre–trade‑war truck costs $50,000…

A 50% tariff applied at the border means:

Import value: $50,000

Tariff: $25,000

New landed cost: $75,000

Then add:

dealer overhead

transport

state taxes

margin

Realistically, the sticker price ends up $78,000–$82,000.

So yes: a $50,000 Canadian‑built truck becomes a $75–80k truck in the U.S.  

That’s not inflation — that’s a structural price shock.

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The deeper problem

The U.S.–Canada auto system isn’t “trade” in the classic sense — it’s a shared factory floor.

So a tariff doesn’t just raise prices:

It breaks supply chains

It forces plant retooling

It disrupts U.S. jobs tied to Canadian components

It raises U.S. prices even for vehicles built entirely in America

Because U.S. plants rely on Canadian parts that would also be tariffed.

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I guess donnie has gotten tired of throwing tantrums, moving aircraft carriers around randomly and pissing away our inventory of defensive weapons, so he has decided to dismantle the North American auto industry now.

I hear he's gonna fix health care next.

He's a brilliant bidnessman, you know.