U.S. President Donald Trump revived one of his most pointed insults toward Canada on Saturday, calling Prime Minister Mark Carney 'governor' and threatening to slam the country with a 100 per cent tariff over its growing ties with China. Follow for live updates.
The “moment” is the duration of the Trump administration.
Lots of people are keen to blame everything on Trump, imagining that if he would just go away everything would go back to “normal.” But Trump is not the cause of this, he is the symptom of this. America has been trending in this direction for many decades now, with increasingly corrupt and authoritarian/isolationist governments that the electorate has been putting into power. It’s not going to suddenly reverse if Trump suffers a fatal brain clog tomorrow. There might be a moment of respite but that’s not something to depend on as a long-term change for the better, only as breathing room to further prepare for America’s continued degradation.
The “moment” is the duration of the Trump administration.
Lots of people are keen to blame everything on Trump, imagining that if he would just go away everything would go back to “normal.” But Trump is not the cause of this, he is the symptom of this. America has been trending in this direction for many decades now, with increasingly corrupt and authoritarian/isolationist governments that the electorate has been putting into power. It’s not going to suddenly reverse if Trump suffers a fatal brain clog tomorrow. There might be a moment of respite but that’s not something to depend on as a long-term change for the better, only as breathing room to further prepare for America’s continued degradation.