Our fight, it is no exaggeration to say, is the civilized world’s fight. It is a fight for reason and comity in the affairs of nations, against an administration whose worldview, and behaviour, is increasingly that of an aggressive dictatorship, in all its crudeness and its thuggery.
Mr. Trump, as the Prime Minister has said, aims to “break us,” a phrase with historic echoes. He has to now, or others will follow our lead. If he succeeds, then the world will be governed by nothing but force in the end, in trade as in other matters. But if we prevail, then “broad and sunlit uplands” must surely await.
I wish European politicians would finally find their balls and stop kissing Trump’s boot every time he uses it to kick the continent, and instead follow Canada’s lead.
Maybe less watching more together!
He plays devide and conquer. Let’s unite and resist!
The whole world
the whole world: Brussels, NYC and an American in Korea
EU, Japan, now do the same. It is insane to submit to Trump’s threats, he will always be back for more.
I can’t stand how we still trade with them, let alone work with them.
I don’t want to work with or finance terrorists.
As I was telling my parents last night I don’t think the average person understands how dire the most recent talks are.
I agree with you but that takes decades and realistically never match our trade with America. In the meantime many Canadians are going to lose their jobs with no hopes of another job on the horizon.
Canada needs a UBI yesterday.
I like the photo they chose to share along with the article. The look on Trump’s face is one I recognize. Its of someone faking a though attitude.
That’s the one thing people should learn about Trump. If you peel away his impulsivity, temper tantrums and complete incompetence at government, what you’re left with is a showman.
Trump is all about theatrics. The insults, the intimidation and the threats all mask the fact that he’s playing with an empty hand. The meeting with Xi, the war with Iran and now this spat with Carney, they all revealed his empty hand.
This is the beginning of the end for Trump’s foreign policy. Maybe even for Trump himself.
I never understand when people, including ones opposed to him, say Trump has charisma. Is a raging toddler charismatic? Do I just have a different definition of charisma than everyone else?
Oh he has told them how great they are and they fall for it.
He told them that their hatred was righteous
Tell an ignorant simpleton that, and they’ll love you forever, just so long as they can keep hating
Doesn’t he only drink Diet Coke anyway?
Contrast this with how other countries have responded to American threats. Japan, which relies on the U.S. for 3 per cent of its GDP, nevertheless agreed to a 15-per-cent baseline U.S. tariff – down from the 25-per-cent tariff it was facing otherwise – while committing to invest US$550-billion in the U.S., increase purchases of U.S. energy and agricultural products, and provide greater access for American cars.
The European Union, with an exposure to the U.S. similar to Japan’s and an economy two-thirds the size of the U.S.’s, likewise buckled, making a long list of concessions – no tariffs on U.S. industrial goods, wider access for U.S. agricultural products, and increased purchases of U.S. energy, AI chips, and defence equipment, in addition to US$600-billion in investment – “in return for” agreeing to U.S. tariffs of 15 per cent.
Been watching in dismay as this unfolded. Blatant betrayal of people’s interests. I expected quite a bit more from the EU especially. I expected more than from our gov given how much more exposed and infiltrated we are.
I would argue that, at the moment, Canada has more space for maneuver than Japan and the EU.
Japan has its own restrictions and is surrounded by sea on one side, china and russia on the other side with the Koreas in the middle with… complicated relationship.
The EU is (as much as I love it and hate to say it) a mess, with the economy being what is, the weather messing up harvests and shit, literal war like 7 meters away from the border and the very real threat of the war being 7 meters inside the border in the near future.
Both EU and Japan have to keep the toddler-in-chief happy, for now. Make no mistake, there is A LOT happening behind the scenes, at least in the EU, don’t know about Japan. But can’t afford to do anything major just now. The things that need to happen first take time to make happen. When they do, EU will have so much more options. And when that time comes, I’m afraid the US will be the ones standing alone, in complete shock, wondering what the hell happened.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love for the EU to start swinging right now. But that would have some major consequences, some predictable, some unforeseen.
Japan is working hard to build more connections with other countries including Canada for trade but it’s really hard for our government to disobey the “master” that is the USA for now. Like you said, our economy is highly dependent on them and so is our national security. As an Okinawan-Canadian, I could never fully trust the USA but the mainlanders just don’t seem to give a shit.
Their military presence on the island where I live scares the shit out of me. What if Diaper Hitler just suddenly said, “fuck it Okinawa is ours now,” and take over??
Yup. Its not easy to start making radical changes to relationships, when the other guy is sitting on your legs with a rifle.
What bullshit they did nothing and well do nothing. Just like last time Canada took a stand against a country.
Nuh-uh!
To paraphrase Clarence Boddicker in Robocop: " Guns, guns, guns!"
The US has them and the cannon fodder to wield them, while Japan is saddled with a constitution that prevents military ramp-up, while Europe has been sleeping under the umbrella.
And I am not in favour in any way of nuclear escalation not military arming.
But these are the most obvious causes one can point at.
Yeah, it hurts seeing how they buckle down to Trump… spineless bastards.
Europe, the UK, Asia, Africa and the rest of the planet need to just stop easing the USA with their destructive actions that affect Americans and the rest of the world.
And remember, keep yer stick on the ice.
Meanwhile, in the USA…
I would love to see Canada being a part of the EEA and schengen. I don’t know that it will happen, but more integration with Europe and less with the US would be good.
In particular as a Canadian, I would love to see membership in a mutual defense clause with the EU specifically, outside of NATO.
As long as we (europe) tolerating Trumps stupid tarrifs and invest even more in the US and letting them sell their bullshit products here, they are better without europe.
He picks a fight with random countries every week. Bets are open for the next week.
It was China, then the EU, then Spain, then Greenland, then Iran, then Italy and now Canada
Oh. I’m presure it won’t be China. In case you missed they hold american economy by the balls now (( check the las oil crisis and why it didn’t hit as hard as it should)).
Happy to see Carney make the right call. I worry that we will need to invest in missile defense systems soon…
I hope he chokes to death on maple syrup
The hell he will! He don’t deserve our delicious tree nectar…how about runoff from tar sands?
He can choke to death on fully synthetic breakfast syrup. That matches his level of sophistication.
trump’s imperialist mindset.
