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Donald Trump was a joke, a fluke, a loser and a convict. Now he is the American mainstream, Jan. 23 I’m old.
I don’t mind dying in penury after a prosperous life. But I’m terrified for my children and grandchildren, who will have to live alongside (or within) President Donald Trump’s evil empire, perhaps for generations. I wish to remind certain premiers who may be considering reducing or cutting off power supplies to New York, for example, that that state voted Democratic.
Trump would cheerfully let it freeze in the dark, just as he’s made California deal with its acres of ashes without federal help. Noel Cooper, Brechin Referring to the U.S.
, the late Pierre Trudeau once said “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.” If Canadians were offered the chance to become the tail that wags the dog — or, in this case, the elephant — would they? Make Trump put up or shut up with a counter-offer.
Canada has 10 provinces. Tell Trump that if each province were to come in as a state, we might have something to talk about. The U.
S. Senate currently has 100 members. Each province would be entitled to two additional seats in the Senate, far more than enough to determine whether the Democrats or Republicans control the upper chamber — and far more than enough to demand a Canadian-style health-care system and a few other things Canadians might like.
What would be better? Sleeping next to the elephant whose movements you can’t control, or sleeping next to an elephant who has to ask permission to move? Ray Metcalfe, Anchorage (AK) Our relationship with the U.S. needs to change.
America is an increasingly fractured society, unsure of its way forward and obsessed with the idea that it’s constantly being taken advantage of when, in fact, it’s the bully pushing other countries around. Yes, we will continue to trade, negotiate and do business with the U.S.
, but we had best not delude ourselves into believing that it has our interests at heart. On the contrary, it’s always America first. We must strengthen our trading relations and friendships with other countries in regions such as South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, while also eliminating trade barriers between our provinces, finding common ground with one another, and developing an investment strategy to boost our economy for years to come.
Let’s get real, Canada, and recognize the threat we face. Desmond Pouyat, Toronto Trump apparently doesn’t appreciate the nature of the manufacturing relationship that exists between Canada and the U.S.
His threatened tariffs will be devastating to consumers on both sides of the border for the foreseeable future. Yet Trump seems hell-bent on destroying the Canadian economy, and he has repeatedly said that America does not need our goods. Perhaps Canada’s best reaction should be to halt all cross-border trading cold turkey, allowing only for humanitarian exceptions (medicine, medical supplies and equipment, etc.
). Within days, North America’s auto manufacturing industry would start to slow down. Within weeks, owing to a lack of certain Canadian-made components, entire production lines would shutter.
Building American factories to permanently replace Canadian products could take years. With the vast majority of trade with the U.S.
halted, there would be no meaningful revenue generated from tariffs. Until the rules are fair, perhaps the only way to win is not to play. Ian Alter, Toronto.
