Trump can't be trusted, Canada must be ready
It’s over. For now. Until he decides to hit us again. After a weekend of pain, Canada has 30 days before the United States decides if we’ve been good enough, or we deserve another beating. Tariffs? Takeover? Who knows what President Donald Trump has in store for us. But one thing is clear: we can never trust him again.
Back off, Donald Trump. Canada's not for the taking.
Trump wants to use tariffs to break Canada. Our GDP could drop by two to four per cent and put us in an official recession. Two and half million jobs would be at risk. People would get poorer at a time when two million of us are already using food banks. Throw in a simultaneous diet of pro-annexation propaganda pumped out by Trump’s friends on social media, and the blathering of front groups funded by vested interests, and the 13% of Canadians who favour joining the US could swell to the point where they put political pressure on Ottawa to cave to Trump’s demands. Here’s what we have to do.
Kamala Harris, Populist
Watching this week’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention, three things stood out. The first was the endless loop of Beyonce’s song Freedom (and no, despite the hype, Queen Bey did not make an apperance). The second was Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz declaring that the government should "mind (its) own damn business" on issues like reproductive rights. The third was the mind-numbing repetition of the phrase “Kamela Harris, for the people”, including by Presidential nominee Harris herself.
Trump Shooting must unite America
Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump has provoked a gamut of reactions. Shock, horror, and grief for the victims top the list. Trump was wounded and missed death by a split second; had he not turned his head, the bullet would have pierced his skull, not his ear. Corey Comperatore, former fire chief of Buffalo Township, was shot and killed as he shielded his wife and daughters from the would-be assassin’s bullets. Two other unnamed individuals were critically wounded in the attack. To all of them, the world has extended sympathy and support.
J.D. Vance heralds a tsunami of North American populism
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump had a hell of a weekend. Over the course of 48 hours, he survived an assassination attempt, saw a federal judge dismiss another criminal case against him, and picked a Vice-Presidential running mate who once compared him to Hitler. Netflix couldn’t script a wilder political rollercoaster, one which will profoundly impact not only American politics, but Canadian politics as well.
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