justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.iotoCanada@lemmy.ca•Trump says U.S. doesn't need Canada's oil, gas, vehicle or lumber imports
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5 days agoIt is a political statement when the problem is framed as one of market access.
The problem is not market access. The problem is that WCS is very high density and very high sulphur content. Those result in it always selling at a severe discount to WTI.
He is currently working on breaking the back of the constitution.
The whole “stopping funding” thing is a ploy to create a case that let him ask the supreme court to let his handlers ignore congress and remove the separation of powers that is one of the cornerstones of that entire document.