If I were American, I would have voted for Trump, although my heart beats for Harris. What could be more symbolic than a black woman at the head of the United States to break this famous glass ceiling?
Why choose reason over heart? For world peace, that’s why!
Trump is a non-conformist and he only follows his instincts as a businessman. His priority is solely the economic and security interests of his country. America first!
With this kind of vision, protectionism, the expulsion of undocumented immigrants and the cessation of financing of wars are implacably logical.
Concretely, what does this mean? The return of peace to Ukraine and the Middle East, reconciliation with Russia and China, and the abolition of NATO (Trump is rather skeptical about the relevance of this organization).
In short, it is about repairing the damage of the Biden administration.
Now, for Canada, Trump’s victory is far from happy, especially with Justin Trudeau as prime minister.
Customs tariffs increased by 10%
For ages, Canada, and de facto Quebec, has maintained a special relationship with the United States. We would share a “unique relationship”.
To describe it, we often hear words like partners, friends, allies.
In reality, we are their minions.
States have no friends, they only have interests. And Trump is a believer in this principle.
Should we blame him?
Our leaders should instead follow his example by prioritizing our interests.
Do you really believe that Trudeau’s team will succeed in standing up to Trump when the time comes to negotiate his plan to increase customs tariffs? If the past is a guarantor of the future, we are in trouble.
Remember that this same team was outplayed by Trump during the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which became the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in 2020 .
He then isolated Canada by putting Mexico in his pocket. The “divide and conquer” strategy.
In this regard, this agreement will have to be renegotiated in 2026 and guess who will still be president…
Quebec first!
Faced with the American economic threat, what will our government do?
You should know that Quebec exports nearly 75% of its goods to the United States. The balance is notably held by China (3%), Japan (1.9%), the United Kingdom (1.7%) and Mexico (1.6%).
You will understand that it becomes difficult to bite the hand that feeds you. But if there were several helping hands, the game would become more playable. No?
China is a huge market where we should perform much better.
Quebec’s international and economic policy should not follow Ottawa’s errors and polarize the world stage between our friends and our enemies.
There are no friends in politics, there are only interests, which often change.
And there is no worse enemy than a friend who takes us for his lackey (smile).
