Canada Comes to Terms With Trump

Faced with the threat of tariffs, our neighbor to the north folds like a cheap suit.

Riley Smith/The Canadian Press via AP
Prime Minister Trudeau on December 9, 2024. Riley Smith/The Canadian Press via AP

President-elect Trump has yet to take the oath of office, but his strategy of using the threat of tariffs already appears to be yielding dividends. Feature the news that our neighbor to the north is folding like a cheap suit in response to the president-elect’s demands that Canada toughen its border controls to prevent the flow of fentanyl and migrants into America. Or Trump threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports to America.

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