Leave Canada Alone
Antagonizing a close ally for no good reason is as stupid and senseless as it gets, but that seems to be what this administration prefers doing.
The Trump administration is considering more unhinged bullying of our Canadian neighbors. The Financial Times reports:
A top White House official has proposed expelling Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network as Donald Trump increases pressure on the country he talks about turning into the 51st US state.
Peter Navarro, one of the US president’s closest advisers, is pushing for the US to remove Canada from the Five Eyes — which also includes the UK, Australia and New Zealand — according to people familiar with his efforts inside the administration.
The administration’s hostile actions against our biggest trading partner and one of our closest allies have already been absurd and destructive. The economic war that Trump threatened at the start of his term is still on its way and will do significant harm to both countries if it is not stopped. Cutting Canada out of the Five Eyes network would be a spiteful punishment without the slightest justification. It obviously gains the U.S. nothing to expel Canada from the network, and it will further poison an already strained relationship with our neighbor. Antagonizing a close ally for no good reason is as stupid and senseless as it gets, but that seems to be what this administration prefers doing.