Chris Selley: Donald Trump's library of failure

Sean Speer: Donald Trump isn’t the biggest threat to Canada—the looming national unity crisis is

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Chris Selley: Donald Trump's library of failure

The U.S. president's social vandalism shouldn't dissuade Canadians from bashing out our differences.

Trump’s tariffs and threats against Canada are reprehensible. But here’s why I’m not giving up on U.S. products just yet

While the consequences could be dire for Canada’s economy, I am heartened by what I am seeing and hearing from many observers south of the border. It gives me hope that we will overcome the challenges posed by the Trump administration’s combative position.

US President Donald Trump has welcomed possible mediation by King Charles III to resolve the open trade conflict between the United States and Canada, marked by the initial rise in tariffs by the White House and the consequent response of the Canadian government.

“You’re being tougher with Canada than with some of our great adversaries. But [Canada] has territorial advantage, we can’t let you get closer to China, can we?” In the middle of an interview – being purely descriptive – soft, complacent and pleasant for the president of the United States, Fox News host Laura Ingraham put aside her compliments and smiles this week to ask her about something she didn’t really understand and with what she didn’t s…

In times of chaos, pray

Earlier this year, prompted by the United States President Trump’s threats of tariffs and annexing Canada as a 51st state, I wrote about hope. In that column I drew on the example of James Cameron, an American Civil Rights leader, who, despite surviving a lynching, came to understand hatred leads to disappointment, whereas love enables one to “blossom like a flower in the sun every day.”