Canada official issues Trump recession warning as electricity tariffs start

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

79% : " Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on NBC News' Meet the Press on Sunday: "Donald Trump is a winner.
54% : " Trump said on Sunday Morning Futures: "What I have to do is build a strong country.
50% : " Doug Ford said in an interview with CBS News at the weekend: "I'm going to put a 25% tariff on the electricity, the 1.5 million homes and businesses, as of Monday, until President Trump drops these tariffs.
44% : " Trump postponed tariffs for Mexico and Canada on products that comply with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement until April 2.
38% : Ford said that starting Monday, Ontario will charge 25 percent more for electricity it provides to Minnesota, Michigan and New York, raising bills for about 1.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Ford's comments came after Trump seemingly refused to rule out a recession in 2025 in a recent interview.
37% : " Trump also acknowledged that the U.S. is "going to have a disruption, but we're okay with that.
37% : " He added that Trump has "created more turmoil than we've seen ever, even more than the pandemic... now he's just targeting country after country.
33% : Stocks fell even after Trump said on Thursday that he would grant a one month reprieve on 25 percent tariffs on many goods from Canada and Mexico.
22% : Asked if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump said: "I hate to predict things like that.

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