KEYSTONE
In his first term he wanted to buy Greenland from Denmark. Now he would like Canada to be the 51st American state. Donald Trump continues to target his ally country and undermine his increasingly shaky Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after the threat of 25% tariffs if Ottawa does not block drug and immigrant trafficking at the border.
In the meantime, he intimidates one of his main enemies, the former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, warning her that she “risks a lot of trouble” for her behavior in the Commission on the assault on Capitol Hill because, according to a Republican sub-committee of the House, she would have bribed witnesses.
«No one can answer why we subsidize Canada with over 100,000,000 dollars a year? It doesn’t make sense! Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state. They would save a lot on taxes and military protection. I think it’s an excellent idea. 51st State!!!», a sleepless Trump in an annexationist-imperialist version wrote on Truth at three in the morning.
The tycoon had already evoked this hypothesis when Trudeau rushed to Mar-a-Lago to face the threat of tariffs but the Canadian authorities had dismissed it as a joke. Now Trump publicly provokes, after having several times offensively downgraded Trudeau to ‘governor’ of Canada, as if it were a US state.
And after having rejoiced at the resignation of the Canadian vice prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland, in disagreement with Trudeau on how to respond to the threat of tariffs announced by the tycoon: a move that risks bringing down after nine years a prime minister also criticized by his party and in free fall in the polls less than a year before the elections.
Furthermore, Trump’s attack comes the day after Ottawa’s announcement of a billion-dollar package of measures to strengthen – as he requests – border controls, including with helicopters and drones.
Trump fuels political chaos in Canada
The tycoon then fuels political chaos in the neighboring country with what CNN defines as “acts of bullying towards a political opponent” and “a preview of a belligerent strategy” exhibited before even taking office.
“His propensity to meddle in an ally’s internal politics must be a warning to other governments in trouble, in places like France, Germany and South Korea, where political chaos and internal divisions could make a response difficult,” he warns. the broadcaster commenting on Trump’s “extraordinarily aggressive approach” against a country like Canada which “has deep diplomatic, cultural and family ties with the USA” and which “sent its troops to die in defense of its ally after the September 11 attacks.”
With a warning for the old continent: «Trump will probably try his divide and conquer strategy among European nations, trying to copy his success in creating discord in Canada». In the meantime, he continues to disconcerte with some of his appointments, such as former football star Herschel Walker destined to be ambassador to the Bahamas for his “sporting merits”.
