POTUS NOT A FRIEND OF OURS
Received this from someone via email, it sure hit home how Canadians feel.
And then along came Donald Trump. Despite formal treaties and agreements, including NAFTA, Trump slapped tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum on the excuse that we were a “security risk”. Give me a break. He insulted our country, personally insulted our Prime Minister, and told lies about us. Canada is taking it on the chin from China because we are detaining one of their citizens pending extradition to the US over an American complaint, and Trump is doing nada to help us out.
Like many Canadians, over the years I have made many great friends in the US, and can’t understand the rabid support some of them have for Trump. I live very close to the border and used to visit the US at least a dozen times a year to shop and otherwise spend money (restaurants, hotels, etc.), but thanks to Trump I visited only a couple of times last year.
Is the United States drifting away from Canada? Hell yes. And Canada is not unique. Virtually every long-time American ally and trading partner has been insulted and p*ssed on by Trump. The whole world is doing what they can to re-align their trading relationships away from the US and towards each other and China. The United States isn’t even being invited to some international trade and security meetings. Even Great Britain in the middle of their Brexit bozo eruption is turning away from America. Foreign companies like Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, BMW, etc. that are manufacturing in the US are starting to shift away. Hell, even GM, Ford, Chrysler and Harley-Davidson are moving some operations out of the US.
Canada, like many of America’s friends, is sad to see what America has become because of Donald Trump. It’s sort of like seeing your favorite aunt deteriorating from Alzheimer’s.
And then along came Donald Trump. Despite formal treaties and agreements, including NAFTA, Trump slapped tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum on the excuse that we were a “security risk”. Give me a break. He insulted our country, personally insulted our Prime Minister, and told lies about us. Canada is taking it on the chin from China because we are detaining one of their citizens pending extradition to the US over an American complaint, and Trump is doing nada to help us out.
Like many Canadians, over the years I have made many great friends in the US, and can’t understand the rabid support some of them have for Trump. I live very close to the border and used to visit the US at least a dozen times a year to shop and otherwise spend money (restaurants, hotels, etc.), but thanks to Trump I visited only a couple of times last year.
Is the United States drifting away from Canada? Hell yes. And Canada is not unique. Virtually every long-time American ally and trading partner has been insulted and p*ssed on by Trump. The whole world is doing what they can to re-align their trading relationships away from the US and towards each other and China. The United States isn’t even being invited to some international trade and security meetings. Even Great Britain in the middle of their Brexit bozo eruption is turning away from America. Foreign companies like Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mercedes, BMW, etc. that are manufacturing in the US are starting to shift away. Hell, even GM, Ford, Chrysler and Harley-Davidson are moving some operations out of the US.
Canada, like many of America’s friends, is sad to see what America has become because of Donald Trump. It’s sort of like seeing your favorite aunt deteriorating from Alzheimer’s.
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