How Canada’s Left Won a Stunning Upset

IMO Trump screwed up big time with his 51st state comments..and..we don't need another blue state!

I have to admit, this was a HUGE screw-up by President Trump. It would have been nice to have a Conservative ally next door instead of the status quo.

This is troubling! While I generally support most of what President Trump does, his propensity to alienate those who might be our friends. I know he can generally get what he wants through behind the scenes negotiation, there doesn't seem to be any of that in the case of Canada. I really think his actions could unite our allies against us, which weakens his agenda. I hope I'm wrong!

Excuse me, Kevin Sergeant, but Canada is not the one that needs to watch their rhetoric! It is Trump's loudmouth that needs watching with his repeated rhetoric and threats and outright lies. Trump has never learned yet just all the harm that his big mouth creates. And that's exactly the problem with the relationship that he has with Canada. Go research TRUMP's past family history in Canada and then research Trump's failed business dealings in Canada. Trump is out for severe personal revenge against Canada. And to the Upward News editors, you need to honestly be real journalists and discover the real truth about the US and Canada dairy trade situation. Quit repeating Trump's continued repeatable false lies. My family has a long history of dairying in both the US and Canada. Believe me, the real situation is a 180 degree opposite of what loud mouth Trump spews. I generally support Trump on most things, but he is completely out of reality when it comes to the dairy situation!!!!!!!

So our right, caused their left?

Canada, more than China, best watch their rhetoric. China NEEDS the US trade, Canada would COLLAPSE Without it. So, threatening an escalation of ANY Kind of trade dispute is Reckless at BEST.

So it seems that Canadas leftist Political and news propaganda tricked the citizens into rallying around their flag against Right Leaning America. In the nude, by which I mean unprotected, which was Trumps main point. It makes no sense for the US to spend so much blood, sweat, and treasure protecting Canada if their not on our side ! So Canadians may be in for a rude awakening if Trump pulls back the protective umbrella that Canada has been able to depend on while spending vast amounts on Socialist style domestic benefits like free health care, rather than defense, while depending upon the US to protect them from a forceful takeover by full blown Communism. Who knows, perhaps the US will build a wall along the North border, and let Canada see how quick they can rethink the fact that their flag was never under threat, they were in fact offered a good deal of positives, the US has plenty of leftist States that rule themselves under their own flags already, as prime examples.

They only get government news over there, like North Korea, they are little kids playing in an adult world

Unorthodox sure, but a very clever move. Trump has basically set the stage to back away from Socialist ridden Canada with the annexation "threat". Nobody took this seriously and I sure as hell as an American was never interested in Canada becoming part of the U.S. as I'm sure was the consensus. But the key part of Trumps statement was how we will not be subsidizing Canada anymore which even Trudeau stated would be devastating. He's essentially putting Carney on notice that you will equalize or eliminate your tariffs on the U.S. and not lean so left or you will suffer the consequences. Canada is in a no win situation and is talking tough to save face much like paper tiger China. In the end they will all capitulate. Watch how it plays out. Unfortunately we still have far bigger fish to fry on many other fronts in this country. Get to work big Don and admin..

I have admit being a farmer and our tariffs policy has really hurt soybean/grain farmers. We never gained back the losses from first administrations’s tariff policy decisions.