cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44213933
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44213932
Pete Hoekstra thumbs through an imaginary document, and pauses for effect: “This is a serious proposal — pile one.” Then he raises a second document. “I can’t believe this,” he guffaws. “This is a joke.” Straight to the discard pile.
That, says President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, is how it will go — one way or another — when newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney submits a proposal on a revamped economic and security agreement with the United States
What the hell? Who on Earth sees America as a reliable partner you want for the long term? Did he just forget about trump ripping up the trade deal he himself signed his last term? What kind of a goof would place their trust in America nowadays?
We want to be in a mutually beneficial relationship, not an abusive one.