Meanwhile, just as fast yesterday, the BBC ran a story headlined, “
Trudeau says he will work with Trump amid tariff threats.” The news was Canadian Prime Minister and Fidel Castro lookalike Justin Trudeau said he called Trump within hours after Trump’s tariff announcement, and plans to meet with provincial leaders
today to discuss a response.
CLIP: Justin Trudeau’s “good call” with President Trump (1:01).
Trudeau told reporters he and Trump discussed trade (tariffs) and border security. Trudeau complained that the number of migrants crossing the Canadian border was much smaller compared with the US-Mexico border. Maybe, but
still. Trudeau said Canada is ready to work with the US in "constructive ways.” He told reporters, “This is a relationship that we know takes a certain amount of working on, and that's what we'll do.”
The conservative Premier of Ontario (kind of like a governor), Doug Ford, obviously a racist, felt insulted that Trump lumped Canada in with Mexico. The Beeb reported Ford said, “To compare us to Mexico is the most insulting thing I’ve
ever heard.” No bueno! Qué lástima! Completely not panicking, Ford tweeted within 30 minutes after Trump’s threat, calling for an urgent meeting with all Premiers:
Meanwhile, Alberta’s anti-mandate Premier Danielle Smith tweeted that Trump has “valid concerns related to illegal activities at our shared border.”
Trump’s singular social media post was literally all the Canadian Broadcast Company could talk about this morning. Behold:
In an address yesterday to Canada’s House of Commons, the Canadian president begged lawmakers not to “panic” and tried to reassure them saying, "the idea of going to war with the United States isn’t what anyone wants.” There was a good reason Canadian ministers were panicky as women on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Canada’s dollar is, for some reason, called
the Loonie. I am not making that up. It’s something to do with birds or lunatic asylums, we don’t know yet. Anyway, the Loonie (don’t laugh, this is serious) immediately
plunged in value after Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian imports come January:
In any case, it does not look like Canada has any appetite for a trade war. It will probably get its border secured. Honestly, the idea of a porous Canadian border is ridiculous. It should be one of the easiest to secure borders in the world, and we’ve never had this problem
before this year.
Consider this: Trump promptly got both Mexico and Canada scrambling to cooperate with
two tweets, and he’s only the President-
Elect. He’s making it look
easy. Yes, it’s gratifying and yes, it confirms the trust we placed in him. But there’s an even bigger picture:
Trump isn’t waiting. Meaning, he’s already started solving the nation’s biggest problems, even though he lacks the power to issue a single executive order yet.
Behold,
Donald Trump Version Two, the grizzled veteran of a frustrating first term and the scarred survivor of eight years of Marxist lawfare. This version of Trump knows what buttons to press, he knows where the bodies are buried, he’s absorbed their worst and now he is about to throw it right back at them.
What a great week! And it's only Wednesday. Trump's triumphant nomination; Middle East peace deal; Trump tweets solving border problems in real time; a Cal. high-rise signals doom for Democrats; more.
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