This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

After President Donald Trump's tariffs went into effect,

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered an extraordinary and heartfelt plea to the American people.

He ran through all the awful impacts this will have and then said this to Americans. Your government has chosen to do this to you.

This comes as anxiety is clearly rising in Republican ranks about the tariffs, and we're not

sure people yet appreciate what a disaster this could become

for the GOP. Even as they're expressing trepidation, they're also feeling forced to keep defending

the tariffs because in today's GOP, daring to utter the mildest criticism of the Maga God King

is akin to a political death sentence. Columnist E.J. Dion has a useful new piece that

parses through a lot of data to illustrate just how unpopular the tariffs truly are. So we're

talking to him today about all this. E.J., it's good to have you back on. It's great to be with one of

my favorite political writers going way back.

Thank you, E.J.

Well, a lot of economists are now predicting dramatic rises and prices of potential trade war,

and in one case, a global depression from these tariffs,

which are 25% across the board for imports from Canada and Mexico and new levies on China.

Here's what Prime Minister Chudeau had to say about all this.

I want to speak first directly to the American people.

We don't want this.

We want to work with you as a friend and ally.

And we don't want to see you hurt either.

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