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OPINION: How an orange man may have just united the nation

Thank you. Merci. Vive le Canada. If you paid attention to Donald Trump’s insane ramblings during his cultish rallies, you might have picked up on an actual policy promise. Shocking, I know, but something the President constantly harped about was his plans to tariff the U.S.’s closest trade partners. Besides the asinine idea to make easy trade hard, there’s also the fact that another Trump presidency has soured relations with nations they should be attached at the hip with.  So, who are the main nations Trump is targeting?  A country that already despises him in Mexico, a country that loves his incompetence in China, and a country that is supposed to be his best friend. Canada.  25 per cent tariffs on your closest ally might...

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