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Treating Canada as an enemy leaves the U.S. weaker in every way

August 30, 2026 /

It’s not difficult to see why Trump would want a trade war with Canada.

He has lost his war with Iran, but the depth of his humiliation of our country has not yet set in. Best to change the subject while possible to a conflict that he thinks he can win by the midterms.

Except that he can’t.

As Trump proves again and again, it is entirely possible to be both morally wrong and geopolitically weak. And his weakness becomes our weakness, his nihilism our national embarrassment, or really tragedy.

Read Timothy Snyder‘s post: Our Trade War Against Ourselves

Paul Krugman: Why Canada will win the trade war

Trump fumes: ‘I don’t want Canadian cars, I don’t want Canadian parts, I don’t want Canadian anything.’

August 30, 2026 /

Trump escalated his trade war with Canada on Sunday by declaring he wants the US to reject all products coming from Canada — unless those companies are willing to relocate from Canada to the U.S.

“They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop. This should have happened long ago with other Presidents, just as stopping Iran should have happened long ago. They want to be treated like a State, but they aren’t one. I deal with the Leadership of many Countries, but I find Canada to be the worst. They are entitled no longer!”

Mediaite:‘I Don’t Want Canadian Anything!’ Trump Fumes at Neighbours from the North as Tariff Feud Ratchets Up

‘If it’s made in the US, I don’t buy it’

August 29, 2026 /

The ABUS (Anything but US) or ABUSA (Anywhere but USA) acronyms and “Elbows Up!” slogan – a hockey term for offering a stiff defence – began appearing in Canada last year, writes Jane Clinton at The Guardian.

“I think you need to be in Canada to understand how deep the animosity to the US is … even across the political spectrum,” said Denise from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

“‘Elbows up’ is a real thing. We don’t fly US airlines, we stay in locally owned hotels, we won’t even connect in a US airport … we’ve moved investments to Canadian companies, and we actively avoid USA products, produce and groceries. It can be pretty inconvenient to do the research and read signs and labels, and often more costly, but BDS [boycott, divestment, sanction] is the only tool ordinary people have to stand up for our values.”

Canada is carving out a new identity

August 29, 2026 /

Stephen Marche: Canada is not, by its nature, a revolutionary country. A series of crises have forced our evolution, from colonies to Confederation to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Slowly but surely, bit by bit, we’ve become a little more Canadian over time. Now, the global position we used to hold – sidekick to America in the liberal world order – has fallen apart.

Canada is changing, fundamentally and permanently – partly because of outside events, but also because of choices we are making in how we react to those events. Canada’s refusal last week to be vassalized by the United States is one such small, vital choice.

It is not Canada who has turned away from America. It is America that has become less like us. […] Crisis shapes people and countries, and Canada has been in crisis since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

Read the whole opinion at The Globe and Mail

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