Canada is one of the United States’ largest trading partners, but President Trump wants to either take it or leave it.
As Mr. Trump prepares to push ahead with a new round of tariffs on the United States’ neighbors to the north and south, he has expressed a special brand of loathing for Canada. The bullying of a country whose most prominent stereotype is that its people are “nice” has led to political upheaval in Canada and created both consternation and speculation about why Mr. Trump wants to engage in a trade war with one of America’s biggest trading partners.
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Intrigue abounds in Canada about why Mr. Trump has repeatedly belittled a neighbor and threatened to destabilize its economy with tariffs, a process that has brought relations between the two countries to a low point not seen in decades.
In contrast to the close and supportive relationship that Mr. Trudeau, who is entering his final week in office, enjoyed with another U.S. president, Barack Obama, his relationship with Mr. Trump has been fractious.
The article doesn’t offer any real evidence of the “love” side of this supposed “love-hate relationship”. The nearest thing I could find was this bit at the end, which isn’t super loving:
“I love Canada, I love the people of Canada,” Mr. Trump said at a cabinet meeting at the White House. “It’s not fair for us to be supporting Canada — If we don’t support them, they don’t subsist as a nation.”
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The article doesn’t offer any real evidence of the “love” side of this supposed “love-hate relationship”. The nearest thing I could find was this bit at the end, which isn’t super loving:
I think the only answer is: journalists write stories, editors write headlines 🤷
Well, given past history I’d say his version of “love” likely equates to assault in most sane places, so it fits