Now Canada has lifted most of the retaliatory tariffs, with Carney explaining that Canada has the “best deal with the United States right now.”
Canadians may choose to follow the direction of their prime minister or they may view this as an opportunity to take more responsibility and continue to use their purchasing choices to influence trade relations.
The article gets a few points right but it is yet another news outlet that missed the really big point: Trump threatened to invade Canada. There was a period of time when it was becoming increasingly clear that he was going to use fentanyl as a manufactured crisis and as context for a military occupation or at the very least placing military on the Canadian border. Nearly every time Trump talked about Canada he had to drop some sort of line where he mentioned annexing Canada.
I’m not sure why this detail always slips through the cracks whenever news agencies talk about the souring Canada/US relations. Threatening war on your neighbour is a great way to destroy generations of built-up trust in an instant.
He has already used that as a so-called ‘emergency’ to add tariffs to Canadian imports and strong-arm Carney into increasing border security
I think it’s willful ignorance by the media companies.
It is one billion percent that.
The 51st State rhetoric is what really boiled Canadians’ blood.
The fact that he would threaten our closest ally, even in jest (which he wasn’t) just shows you the kind of trash he is.