Derek Thompson
The thinking is that we slap tariffs on Canadian imports until … their comics stop making fun of us? their hockey fans stop booing our national anthem? I appreciate that the president tends to see geopolitics thru a highly personal lens but “Americans pay more for lumber until Ottawa says nice things about me” is certainly a novel approach to trade.
John Ʌ Konrad V
A very senior official in the new Trump admin who’s a history savant told me this week something that had me nodding in emphatic agreement: ’What NATO doesn’t understand is that Americans don’t really care what you do. •Underspend for years. •Refuse to let our ships dock.