Collected Item: “Elon Musk Compares Justin Trudeau To Hitler In Bizarre Response To Canadian Trucker Protests”
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Elon Musk Compares Justin Trudeau To Hitler In Bizarre Response To Canadian Trucker Protests
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This is a news story from Your Tango by Isaac Serna-Diez. This is about a Twitter rant, where Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, compares Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Adolf Hitler over the Canadian Trucker Protests. In January, both the United States and Canada imposed vaccine mandates. According to the American Trucking Association, only 50-60% of all truckers are vaccinated. The truckers have created a convoy that blocks traffic across the US-Canada border in response to the mandates. Trudeau's response to this was to invoke the Emergencies Act, which has't been used since 1988. The Emergencies Act allows for freezing of bank accounts and funds in order to take money away from those protesting. These freezes would also impact things like GoFundMe and the ability to raise funds from that site. It also allows for military involvement, but Trudeau says that he has no plans of doing so. Musk's response to what Trudeau imposed economically on protesters prompted him to promote cryptocurrency more.
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Canada, United States, HST580, ASU, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, The Emergencies Act, cryptocurrency, protest, trucking, labor, Twitter, Adolf Hitler, Elon Musk, social issue
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https://www.yourtango.com/news/elon-musk-compares-justin-trudeau-hitler-over-canadian-trucker-protest
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Isaac Serna-Diez
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2022-02-17