{"id":93617,"date":"2025-03-10T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=93617"},"modified":"2025-03-10T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T23:51:18","slug":"hurting-feelings-of-foreigners-an-unintended-consequence-of-donald-trumps-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/prophecy\/hurting-feelings-of-foreigners-an-unintended-consequence-of-donald-trumps-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada’s new PM & hurting feelings of foreigners via Donald Trump’s presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s new Prime Minister designee has concerns about the USA and Donald Trump:<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s only one thing in Mark Carney\u2019s in-tray: Trump<\/h2>\n

10 March 2025<\/p>\n

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When\u00a0Mark Carney becomes Canada\u2019s prime minister<\/a>\u00a0later this week, a list of simmering crises across the country will demand his attention: housing is unaffordable, healthcare is breaking, living costs keep rising and the climate crisis is ransacking livelihoods.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But most \u2013 if not all \u2013 of those concerns will be pushed aside, supplanted by a far greater threat to the country: the US president,\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The potential effects of Trump\u2019s economic attack on\u00a0Canada<\/a>\u00a0are so wide-ranging and so damaging that they are likely to overshadow all other issues in Carney\u2019s in-tray.\u00a0US trade tariffs<\/a>, if held in place for an extended period of time, could push Canada\u2019s fragile economy into a recession and unleash a cascading chain of knock-on upheavals. …<\/p>\n

Carney,\u00a0who won an overwhelming majority in the Liberal leadership race<\/a>, used his victory speech on Sunday evening to warn the \u201cgreatest crisis of our generation\u201d came in the form of Trump, leader of Canada\u2019s closest ally and largest trading partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country. Think about that for a moment. If they succeed, they will destroy our way of life,\u201d he said, pledging to supporters that Canada would remain unbowed to US threats.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmerica is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape, or form. We didn\u2019t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney\u2019s predilection for a hockey metaphor was in full view on Sunday as he promised to keep Canada\u2019s retaliatory tariffs in place until the American ones were fully removed, adding the country\u2019s southern neighbor needed to show \u201crespect\u201d to one of its largest trading partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Americans should make no mistake \u2026 In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win.\u201d https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/10\/canada-mark-carney-trump<\/a><\/p>\n

March 10 2025<\/p>\n

Canada will soon have a new prime minister in\u00a0Mark Carney<\/a>\u00a0as the country grapples with a\u00a0trade war<\/a>\u00a0launched by U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

\"\"Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor,\u00a0was selected<\/a> to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday night. …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his first speech<\/a> after winning the Liberal leadership contest Sunday night, Carney called the U.S. a \u201ccountry we can no longer trust\u201d and had a warning for Trump. … Carney said Trump is trying to weaken the Canadian economy with \u201cunjustified tariffs\u201d as he warned about \u201cdark days\u201d brought on by the U.S. move. …<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Canadian government has rightly retaliated with our own tariffs that will have maximum impact in the United States and minimum impact here in Canada,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd my government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect and until they can join us in making credible and reliable commitments to free and fair trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

He praised the provinces, which have issued their own suite of retaliatory measures, for \u201cstepping up to the fight.\u201d https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11074431\/donald-trump-tariffs-mark-carney-plan\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Canada is in a precarious position these days and Donald Trump seems willing to try to cause Canada a lot of economic pain to get it to accede to his demands. Canada’s economy is highly dependent upon the USA’s economy, not the other way around.\u00a0 Some American’s see Donald Trump’s actions as overdue, whereas others see bullying and other unsavory tactics being used.<\/p>\n

Someone, other than myself, who has advised caution about Donald Trump, sent me an article by Nick Catoggio. Here are portions of it:<\/p>\n

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Foreigners Have Feelings Too<\/h2>\n

March 6, 2025<\/p>\n

Imagine you\u2019re the leader of a (rapidly imploding) global superpower.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a large, resource-rich, strategically important island off your northeast coast. The bad news is that enemies are angling to gain access to it, which would place them on your doorstep militarily.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the island happens to belong to a close ally, one that\u2019s willing to prioritize your strategic interests.<\/p>\n

Question: How should you go about increasing your country\u2019s presence in and around the island? Maybe you dial up that ally and ask?<\/p>\n

Or should you\u00a0berate them<\/a>, demand that they\u00a0cede their sovereignty over the island<\/a>\u00a0to you, and threaten them with\u00a0severe economic penalties<\/a> if they resist? …<\/p>\n

But browbeating plainly isn\u2019t the right way to go. That\u2019s because\u00a0foreigners are patriotic too.<\/em><\/p>\n

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One would think Donald Trump and his nationalist lackeys, of all people, would understand that. …<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s strange that since Election Day he\u2019s proceeded to insult one American ally after another, seemingly oblivious to the predictable effect doing so would have on nationalist sentiment in those countries and how that sentiment would limit their ability to work with him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Take Denmark. Soon after Trump grabbed that nation by the lapels and demanded that it fork over Greenland, the Danish king\u00a0changed the royal coat of arms<\/a>\u00a0to feature his country\u2019s claim to the island more prominently. A subsequent\u00a0poll found<\/a>\u00a078 percent of Danes opposed selling the island to the U.S. and 46 percent said they considered America a \u201cfairly big threat\u201d\u2014higher than the share who said so of North Korea or Iran.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, with a little diplomatic charm and a very big check, Trump might have persuaded the Danish government to sell Greenland. (Although it remains unclear why American ownership, not merely American access, is so important to him.) But once he undertook to bully Denmark into doing his bidding, the Danes\u2019 national pride swelled. To accept that check and sign away the island now would be seen as a dishonorable capitulation, not a mutually beneficial exchange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n