' It's sad, but true' Canada can no longer rely on the U.S.
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's ousting of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his increased rhetoric about annexing Greenland, how worried should Canadians be about entering Trump's crosshairs?
In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ousting of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his increased rhetoric about annexing Greenland, how worried should Canadians be about entering Trump’s crosshairs?
If you ask former Quebec premier Jean Charest, Canada should act urgently to reduce economic and military dependence on the U.S.
Two Americans living in Montreal — Jacob Blanc, associate professor, McGill University, and Graham G. Dodds, PhD, Political Science professor, Concordia University — joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli to discuss how Trump’s latest actions spell more uncertainty for Canada.
“As a historian, it’s hard for us to say everything is ever unprecedented, right?” Blanc said. “We always have some precedents, but what Trump is doing right now is probably verging on us being able to say: ‘This hasn’t happened before, to this type of an extent.'”
Dodds referenced an interview Trump did with the New York Times where the president said he was bound by his own morality.
“God help us all when the most powerful person on the planet is constrained only by the morality of Donald Trump.” Dodds said. “This thrice married, twice impeached person who has been indicted multiple times. If that’s the only limit on what this guy’s doing, I just don’t know.”
The next collision course between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Trump is likely the mandatory review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
Which stance will Carney take? Canada has tried playing both good cop and bad cop with Trump, and neither have proved particularly effective.
“ I don’t think you want to provoke the guy,” Dodds said. “You don’t want to poke Trump because he has very thin skin and he will respond.”
[Source: The Montreal Gazette]
