Braid: The big ballot question — what leader can handle the lying president who wants Canada?
'Wouldn't mind,' said Donald Trump, when asked by Time magazine if he wants to be known for expanding the American empire.
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The U.S. president then unloaded another pack of lies about Canada. Every single thing he said was wrong, as ex-premier Jason Kenney quickly pointed out in a brilliant fact-check post on X.
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Like it or not, the biggest issue in this election campaign is Trump's desire to consume Canada.
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Trump is deadly serious about taking over our vast country. This isn't just some campaign issue that will magically fade away after the votes are counted.
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Early on, he said he'd achieve dominance through 'economic force.' He's already applying it with tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos, with the threat of more to come.
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His tariffs have severely weakened Ontario's economy. In Alberta, the pause in the Dow Path2Zero chemical project outside Edmonton — the biggest capital work in provincial history — is an indirect result of tariff uncertainty.
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And he hasn't even begun. The damage is setting in despite the current exemption from general tariffs.
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Trump is at economic war with half the world, but he seeks to own Canada. Big difference.
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To the extent that Trump knows anything about history, he grasps the centuries-old doctrine of Manifest Destiny, the belief that America has the divine right and duty to govern North America.
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