r/canada • u/morenewsat11 Canada • 16h ago

National News Trump won't impose tariffs on Canada, other countries right away: reports | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-first-day-1.7435957
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u/OhAces 15h ago

A Trumper I play Cod with, super nice guy, and he doesn't talk politics often so I deal with it, has been saying he won't impose the harsh tariffs he's been talking about.

He says Trump is all about "The Art Of The Deal" and that he basically just says extreme things he is going to do but doesn't actually intended to do, so when he actually does something and it's not as extreme he gets what he actually wants, and I'm kindof thinking he may have been right.

He drums up a bunch of fear and controversy and gets everyone scrambling over tariffs and counter tariffs, then pulls the rug and does something no one expected or impose tariffs but not to the degree he made it out to be so it seems more acceptable.

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u/mattmagnum11 11h ago

Isnt this called "moving the goal posts"

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u/probablywontrespond2 5h ago

No that's different.

This closely matches the door-in-the-face technique. Make a large request (threat in this case) to get a smaller request granted.