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Canada is leading the U.K. and France in boycotting American goods due to Trump’s tariffs
(theconversation.com)
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The article gets a few points right but it is yet another news outlet that missed the really big point: Trump threatened to invade Canada. There was a period of time when it was becoming increasingly clear that he was going to use fentanyl as a manufactured crisis and as context for a military occupation or at the very least placing military on the Canadian border. Nearly every time Trump talked about Canada he had to drop some sort of line where he mentioned annexing Canada.
I'm not sure why this detail always slips through the cracks whenever news agencies talk about the souring Canada/US relations. Threatening war on your neighbour is a great way to destroy generations of built-up trust in an instant.
He has already used that as a so-called 'emergency' to add tariffs to Canadian imports and strong-arm Carney into increasing border security
Trump never threatened invasion or war with Canada. He threatened and started a TRADE war over the bs fentynal crisis, but there was never a discussion of military action. Hell, when he was specifically asked if he was considering military action, he responded, "No."
He left it open ended, which is a perceived threat. He should have said NO, not highly unlikely.