One of the world’s most durable and amicable alliances is broken. Canadians are absorbing U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state.
Canadians are feeling an undeniable sense of betrayal after Trump declared a trade war against America’s northern neighbor and longtime ally. Trump keeps threatening Canada’s sovereignty and and vowing to put sweeping 25% tariffs on Canadian products, though Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday afternoon the tariffs will be postponed by at least 30 days after he promised more cooperation on the border.
In Canada, discussion and disapproval are everywhere. Canadian hockey fans have even been booing the American national anthem at recent National Hockey League games. Addressing the nation this past weekend, Trudeau channeled the betrayal that many Canadians are feeling, reminding Americans that Canadian troops fought alongside them in Afghanistan and helped respond to myriad crises from wildfires in California to Hurricane Katrina. “We were always there standing with you, grieving with you, the American people,” he said.
The Canadian jitters, some worry, could go beyond the moment. “The damage is going to be long-lasting,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto. “The Americans won’t be trusted anymore. The 51st state stuff is just contemptuous. It treats Canada like we don’t even exist.”
No one came out on top from this tiny dink measuring contest aside from Trump himself because he has idiots like you that love drinking the Kool aid because at least then you’re part of something, no matter how fucking horrible and morally bankrupt that something is, you’re part of it and I guess that’s a plus somehow.
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No one came out on top from this tiny dink measuring contest aside from Trump himself because he has idiots like you that love drinking the Kool aid because at least then you’re part of something, no matter how fucking horrible and morally bankrupt that something is, you’re part of it and I guess that’s a plus somehow.
Trump has negative dick. There’s actually a black hole where he would have a dick. It’s just expanding and swallowing the whole world into it.
Unfortunately we all gotta be there when it happens I guess lol