Analysis | Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada

Fact check: Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada

By Glenn KesslerThe Washington Post · “We’re spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada.” – President Donald Trump, during remarks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, March 13 – – – As he hosted the NATO secretary general, Trump once again took the opportunity to bash NATO member Canada. “We don’t need their cars. We don’t need their energy. We don’t need their lumber. We don’t need anything that they give,” he said, arguing that Canad…

'Does not add up': Fact checker exposes Trump’s 'off-kilter' claim about Canada

Canada has long been a close ally and trading partner of the United States, but President Donald Trump's steep new tariffs are getting the U.S. into a major trade war with its neighbor to the north. And Trump's call for Canada, a fellow member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to become "the 51st state" are only adding to tensions between two countries.One of Trump's arguments for making Canada "the 51st state" is that the countr…

Analysis | Trump’s fantastical claim of a $200 billion ‘subsidy’ to Canada

No matter how we do the math, the numbers don’t add up.

Trump’s aggression against Canada disgraces America - Washington Examiner

This is a painful column to write. All my life, I have seen the United States as the repository of mankind’s loftiest hopes and ambitions, the nation that would place its flag on Mars as surely as it did on the moon. Even when the U.S. clashed with my British homeland, as when American troops invaded the Caribbean country of Grenada, a commonwealth member, in 1983, I still saw the U.S. as the good guys. So, indeed, did most Grenadians: The anniv…