A Brewing Storm 3

    Trump's objective has always been to "Make America Great". In order to do this, he has to correct the direction of what happens in both the inside and the outside of the USA. His domestic policies are designed to return America to common sense, economic freedom, and freedom from the corruption of big government. 

   But the USA cannot survive as an isolated entity in the world so he has envisioned a Western Hemisphere alliance as protection against the potential enemies of China, Russia, and radical Islamists. Call it a battle of Globalism versus Sovereign Nations. He wants and needs Canada to be on board for protection from the northern threats via the Arctic. He wants and needs Canada to cease and desist alliances with China because China creeps onto the USA via Canada. (For example, cheap, inferior China steel rebranded and exported from Canada into the USA)

    He needs defenses on Greenland and he now has them. He needs Mexico and is getting cooperation from them in their trade talks. He needs Cuba, which is capitulating due to the elimination of oil from Venezuela. He needs Venezuela to stop sending oil to China and routing finances to Iran and that was achieved through the capture of Maduro. He needs most of South American on board and that is happening now that USAID funds have been cut off to leftist influences in most S. American countries. 

    But Canada, under Mark Carney is his big stumbling block. Trump needs Canada to stop cheating on their CUSMA agreements. He needs Canada to make greater attempts to stop the free flow of illicit drugs into the USA via Canada. Of the 10's of thousands of containers coming into our country from abroad, only 1% of them are inspected. Trump is demanding things that are not unreasonable. 

    We (Canada) are the envy of the world, living right next door to the largest economic engine on the globe. And Carney is not seeming to want a trade deal. Instead, he is 'sleeping with the enemy' as ties with China are becoming insidious. With the lopsided levels of trade between our two countries, if Carney thinks he is going to win a fight with Trump, he is delusional. 

     I am reminded of Trumps words regarding "taking over Green land". Everyone was shocked and offended, but it was only a hint of how things were going to be. Now everyone involved is very happy with the outcome, which was not a takeover but a mutual agreement. Is Trump's continual talk about Canada being a 51st state and referring to Carney as "Governor Carney" just talk, like his threats against Greenland were? Or is it a hint of things to come? Time will tell but I know who I would bet on in this dogfight. 

     I love my country and am a loyal Canadian, but, right now, Canada needs rescuing. If help comes from within or from without, I am for it. I am not going to be played by the "Elbows up" campaign which is designed to keep Canadians in fear, fear of the enemy a.k.a. Donald Trump. The real enemy to be feared here is not Trump, but our own Liberal Government, who, over the last 11 years, by every metric, have led us down a path to mediocrity and imminent destruction.