I’ve been reflecting on recent events with America. I’ve come to see that while the current direction of the American government towards Canada will hurt us, maybe greatly, we will prevail.
No matter how much we are damaged, America will be damaged more. I say this because no matter the economic harm we suffer, the greater damage is being done to the American legacy.
The American people elected a malignant narcissist to lead them. A man to whom signatures, pledges and oaths mean nothing. Narcissists only use them to bind the other party until they are no longer advantageous. Trump has shown that in every aspect of his private life. The world sees this clearly now.
Sadly, we are witnessing the decline of a once great empire. The world now sees that America cannot be trusted. Other empires have lasted for centuries, they’ve managed to blow theirs up in 80 years. They pledged to protect Ukraine in 1994 and now they want extortion minerals. They gave the canal to Panama in 1978 and now threaten to take it back. They signed CUSMA and now they throw it in the fire.
Canada will come out of this stronger for seeing that we’re in an abusive marriage with America. The only cure is distance. And while we may never totally separate we must reclaim our independence. We can’t allow ourselves to go down with the sinking ship.
While it’s true that America has the largest economy in the world, they only have 350 million people. There are another 7.8 billion people open for business.
America is in the FO stage of FAFO. The world sees you for who you’ve become and will adjust. Because that’s what the world has always done. Elections have consequences and these are yours. Hire a clown and expect a circus.
I feel a certain sympathy for the American people as they hang by their fingernails onto the delusion of “American exceptionalism”. It must be troubling to so what something to be true that you sacrifice your very existence in the hopes of getting it.
Mike Tasker
Prince George
