U.S.-Canada tensions may not change, despite U.S. midterm results
www.ctvnews.ca
Democrats are hoping Tuesday’s midterm elections will give them the power to rein in U.S. President Donald Trump — but Canadians hoping for an outcome that stabilizes the rocky bilateral relationship may be disappointed.

“What Canadians have learned in the last few years is we don’t trust Americans to correct course when they can in terms of the presidency,” Lebo said.

  • Clambake0351@piefed.zipEnglish
    241·
    14 days ago

    As long as Trump retains veto power and the ability to issue executive orders, all Democrats can do is slow the bleeding, unless Republicans grow a spine.

    Even the most useless Democratic agenda is less harmful to our society than the burning and pillaging of our communities and social liberties carried out by Republicans over the last two years.

      • Clambake0351@piefed.zipEnglish
        6·
        14 days ago

        I don’t think the damage done by the current US administration is limited to the borders of any single country, but society at large.

        • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
          31·
          14 days ago

          Oh I see, I made an assumption about what “our” meant, my bad.

          I’m not saying things haven’t gotten worse for the world this term, but the article talks about how foreign trade policy wasn’t really modified by the dems in the last admin:

          President Joe Biden brought more stability to the Canada-U.S. relationship but not much change. He kept many of Trump’s first term tariffs in place, despite promises to reverse them, and expanded other protectionist policies.

          And that there aren’t necessarily plans to do so next time:

          California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is considering a run for president, told CTV in August that he couldn’t guarantee Trump’s tariff policies would be reversed under Democratic leadership.

          One factor Democrats likely are considering is how to deal with the United States’ $40-trillion debt problem. Trump has argued tariffs bring in much-needed revenue — although they have yet to make much of a dent in the U.S. balance sheet. Democrats have not said how they plan to deal with the problem.