Donald Trump has clearly gotten into the heads of Canadians, leading the country towards a near insane alliance with a stagnating Europe and the Chinese authoritarian super state.
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Trump → get → Europe
Trump may strut like a would-be dictator, but he will be gone in two years and his imprint, if anything, will bring on a government that, if anything, will be much closer to Canadian values and norms.
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that → strut → values
Trump, and disdain for the U.S., has provided the impetus for Prime Minister Mark Carney, the quintessential globalist advised by individuals connected to the Democratic Party back in the states, to adopt a faux nationalism that has proved a big winner among Canadians.
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that → provide → Canadians
Carney claims Canada has been “attacked” and is “at war” with its neighbor, and the rhetoric has even been adopted by some conservatives hailing Ottawa’s “contagious courage’ in what Carney has bragged is a battle for “democracy.”
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Carney → claim → democracy
But is becoming an associate member of the European Union really going to be good for Canada or democracy in the upcoming decade?
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becoming → become → decade
Why join a club that most of its own members think is in serious decline?
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most → join → decline
Trump is on the way out, becoming what we call “a lame duck.”
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we → become → what
Already more outrageous moves, like his pathetic press ban, get knocked down by the courts and sometimes by a Supreme Court dominated by conservatives.
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moves → knock → conservatives
He is at the nadir of his popularity — and seems certain to face a House, and possibly a Senate, that is utterly hostile.
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that → seem → House
Canadians need to know that Trump was never popular — even in 2024 most Americans did not widely welcome his candidacy.
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Americans → need → candidacy
They voted for him against a senile Joe Biden and the blundering Kamala Harris.
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They → vote → Biden
His approval rating rarely even reached 50 per cent, and now he is lucky to break 40 per cent.
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he → reach → cent
Nor has he been able, as asserted by The Nation and the New York Times, to kill off the old constitutional Republic.
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he → assert → Republic
He may have had fantasies of being a dictator, but his control of the Grand Old Party Congress (GOP) is increasingly fraught as party members look to retain their seats.
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members → have → seats
More blame Trump than Carney for the trade disputes and almost two in three oppose the renaming of Lake Ontario.
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three → blame → Ontario
The Canadian tariffs have little support in the U.S., including in GOP leaning states along the border such as crucial Michigan, which is hostile to the disruptive tariffs, and Maine, where Senator Susan Collins has denounced Trump’s tariff policies against Canada.
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Collins → have → Canada
But the long amity of our countries cannot be restored until Canadians expel Trump from their heads, as Americans are beginning to do.
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Americans → restore → heads
The fixation on Dr. Demento, even as his power fades, is leading Canadians to adopt a doomed strategy that could condemn it to the fate now so obvious in stagnant Europe.
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that → fade → Europe
A European alliance dooms Canada by forcing the usual EU embrace of high taxes, green energy, a growing public sector, as well as more social welfare and regulations, including censorship.
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alliance → doom → censorship
On the one hand, you can line up with a continent that, with few exceptions, is stagnating economically.
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that → line → exceptions
In once vibrant Germany, one in seven plan to migrate in the next five years, while the country loses 15,000 industrial jobs a month.
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country → plan → jobs
And adopting Europe’s green energy program will not do much for Canada’s biggest export, oil and gas.
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adopting → adopt → export
Is this what Canada needs?
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Canada → need → what
For many years, our two countries were fairly close in competitiveness, but now on a per capita basis, no Canadian province would be richer than any of the leading U.S. States; only Alberta, which continues to grow its population, would be middle of the pack.
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which → lead → pack
Ontario and Quebec would rank near the bottom.
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Ontario → rank → bottom
Such unproductive policy approaches, which Canada may seek to emulate, are mana for China, with whom Carney craves “a strategic partnership.”
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Carney → seek → partnership
It will step in and leave you with an economy into screwdriver plants, tourist haunts, reducing Canada to a semi-colonial resource provider.
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It → step → provider
For China, Canada is the perfect perch to monitor the military of largest obstacle to the creation of a Chinese Century.
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Canada → monitor → Century
You, of course, have a choice.
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You → have → choice
Now is the time to prepare for Trump’s weakness and eventual disappearance.
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time → prepare → weakness
Canada needs America, not only for defence but as a rich market, a country growing much faster than any major European country.
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Canada → need → country
America needs Canada as well for defensive purposes, and as an industrial and resource partner, one that competes broadly with similar regulations and without Chinese-style state dominance, and it should push for access to Canada’s market.
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it → need → market
Here is the choice: ally with a fading Europe and kowtow to China, or link to the most innovative major economy in the world.
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choice → ally → world
Now enjoying both a tech boom and a modest but promising manufacturing revival, the U.S. is ever more dominant economically, particularly compared to declining Europe.
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U.S. → enjoy → Europe
These trends pre-dated Trump’s second term and will likely continue in the near future.
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trends → pre → future
During the 2026 midterms, Trump will be hemmed in by the Democrats.
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Trump → hem → Democrats
When he leaves office, most of his most ludicrous renamings — Gulf of America, Lake America, and New America (once known as New Mexico) — will be reversed.
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most → leave → Mexico
Trump will be remembered something like Nero, who wanted to turn Rome into Neropolis, but like his classical soulmate, he will never see a Trumpopolis.
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he → remember → Trumpopolis
Even U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance would not likely repeat the foolishness of his mentor, Dr. Demento.
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Vance → repeat → mentor
A Marco Rubio or any Democrat to the right of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, seems a more likely scenario in the White House’s future.
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Rubio → seem → future
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