How to lose Trump’s trade war: Test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks
The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost Americans This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday Earlier this year, a survey found that Canada , along with Switzerland , was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high school popularity contest, but at least anecdotally, Canadians have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming, respectful and polite. Many people would find it difficult to dislike Canadians. But not Donald Trump, who in a “hold my beer” moment this week demonstrated that he, at least, finds it easy to resent Canadians.
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Earlier this week, Trump compared Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, unfavorably to his deceased brother Rob , the scandal-plagued former mayor of Toronto, whose time in office saw him admit to smoking crack cocaine and being “hammered” in public. My colleague Lauren Aratani reports that “the US accounts for more than 20% of global tissue consumption despite having only 4% of the world’s population”.
