The Imperial Presidency

[robkelk]

Allies appear to duck and cover as Trump threatens Canada and Greenland

If this were any other time, and any other country, the sort of talk we've been hearing from Trump would have drawn howls of allied and international outrage.

Canadians fought and died in Europe in two world wars, in Korea and in Afghanistan.

Our nation has been one of the most generous countries in terms of humanitarian aid, development funding and even moral support.

Yet, there has been no direct public condemnation by allied leaders and it seems — in the face of Trump — we find ourselves alone.

Why are we being left to twist in the wind, alone, after everything we as a country have done for the world?

Beyond the keep calm and carry on approach of NATO allies, there has been a deafening silence from the Commonwealth, in particular the United Kingdom, a country with which we share deep historical, social and institutional ties.

King Charles III is Canada's head of state and even he has not publicly spoken in defence of the dominion.

"The monarch would not say anything unless the Canadian government told him to say things," said Andrew Percy, a former British Conservative MP and the U.K.'s former trade envoy to Canada.

"If the government wanted him to say something, then he would."

The same argument, he said, could very well be extended to other allied nations, many of whom are looking out for their own trade relationship with the United States — or just trying to keep their head down and stay out of Trump's crosshairs.

None of them want to be next.

Oh, right.

Nice to see how our allies have got our backs. </sarcasm>


Looks like we're going to have to look out for ourselves, because nobody else is going to help us – not even people in the USA who are going to lose their jobs because of tariffs. You're all too afraid of the bully in the Big White House.