# Retaliatory tariffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 24, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322 "2025-01-24T04:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 54
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322/54 "2025-01-25T06:36:28Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Well, the Economist has an article out on Trump’s admiration of McKinley, and how he was the last president to expand U.S. territory (Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, V.I.). It’s possible that those ridiculous claims about annexing Canada (“51st state”) and Panama and Greenland really are his ultimate goal. Nitpick (but that’s what we do here in the Dope): Reagan was actually the last president to expand US territory.† Understandable that the Economist would miss that factoid, since the expansion was small and flew under most people’s radar. Also, the previous expansion was under Wilson. Again, a very small expansion, but you gave credit for it to McKinley. As far as Canadian response: someone (preferably a Canadian) should write a parody of _American Woman_ titled _American Fascist_‡. That way you’ll have something to sing when the jackbooted American stormtroopers come goosestepping down your street. † It’s unlikely Reagan had anything to do with this expansion other than to sign the enabling legislation and perhaps send congratulatory messages. ‡ Please be a bit more creative than just taking the original lyrics and substituting “fascist” for “woman”. Also, you lose points for getting an AI to do the writing. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retaliatory-tariffs/1013322)._