Trump's pursuit of Canada risks losing what we do have [View all]
By Nia-Malika Henderson / Bloomberg Opinion
It is perhaps fitting that President Trump refers to the annexation of Canada as a marriage, because at times Trump sounds like a desperate suitor who can’t take no for an answer.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who rode to power on a wave of anti-Trump nationalism, was having none of it on Tuesday, letting Trump down easy in a sometimes tense Oval Office meeting. The whole display was embarrassing for Trump, who has set his sights on Canada, and it was a disservice to Americans who have benefitted from a respectful relationship with their Northern neighbors.
“When you get rid of that artificially drawn line … somebody drew that line many years ago with like a ruler, just a straight line right across the top of the country,” Trump said, speaking of the 5,525-mile U.S.-Canada border, the world’s longest land border. “When you look at that beautiful formation, when it’s together … I’m a very artistic person. But when I looked at that beauty, I said, that’s the way it was meant to be.”
Trump has repeatedly talked about acquiring Canada (and Greenland and the Panama Canal and Gaza) with little to show for his musings. Those comments took on new meaning yesterday, when Trump sat side by side with Carney, who has met Trump’s bullying with a succinct defense of Canada’s sovereignty.
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