Donald Trump torn the relationship between Canada and the United States. What end? What comes after that?

In the risk of both Canadians and the Americans on Saturday night, in one of the most designed moments in the history of relations between Canada and the United States, Justin Trudeau reminded the listeners of the words of John F. Kennedy when The late US President addressed Parliament in May 1961.

The Prime Minister said: “We have made geography neighbors. History has made friends. We have made the economy partners. It is necessary to make us allies,” the Prime Minister said.

Trudeau did not repeat the next sentence in Kennedy’s comments: “Those who joined nature together, let any man puts a bender.”

This line may have looked at this moment as a direct attack on the current American president. But Kennedy’s feelings may be implicit with Trudeau’s law to re -tell all the occasions in which the Canadians and the Americans fought all the moments when the Canadians were there to help their neighbor.

Trudeau said that Canada and the United States have built the most successful economic, military and security partnership that the world witnessed and the relationship is the envy of the world.

“Unfortunately, the measures it took today by the White House divided us instead of combining us,” said Trudeau, as he announced how Canada will return to the US tariff.

The depth and duration of the division remains. In the short term, it may be very difficult – not the least for those whose functions and ways of living are now threatened. At a moment of anxiety for the country, Trudeau seemed to be determined to all of the Canadians together and prepare them for a great conflict: “There are many ways to do your role.”

But even if this rupture is corrected in one way or another quickly, it is easy to imagine how this can leave the type of permanent scars that change in the long term the relationship between two countries that nature has joined together.

How did we get here?

The United States has now started a trade war against its closest business partner. There is a lot to look at what comes after that. But it is also worth a review of how we got here.

On November 5, Americans, Donald Trump, chose to be their next president. Twenty days later, Trump DeclareThrough a post to its social media platform, it will apply a 25 percent tariff to all imported products to the United States from Canada and Mexico-Jordan, who claimed, the fact that illegal people and drugs were entering the United States from these two countries.

At least in the case of Canada, this was an irrational justification. Vinatanil attacks are on the northern American border 0.08 per cent of all fentanels seized by US officials in the last fiscal year. The number of people entering the United States through Canada was also Part of the total number of people who enter via Mexico.

Regardless, preventing unwanted people and things from entering the United States is first and foremost the responsibility of the United States. If the United States believes that it is justified in imposing a customs tariff in this case, it is assumed that Canadian officials have reasons for imposing customs duties in response to The flow of illegal firearms that enter this country through the United States.

However, Canadian officials – both political and practical – were forced to take Trump’s declared concerns seriously. And so they did. New resources have been organized and new obligations were offered in border cooperation. According to the federal government, the total package will cost $ 1.3 billion.

But either it was not enough or was not important.

Paul Crowgman, Nobel Economist and Commentator, Nobel, Proposal This week, the use of fentanel to justify this trade war was closer to the allegations of the former US administration than “weapons of mass destruction” as an excuse to launch the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

“It is just a reasonable reason for the president to do what he wants to do for other reasons-George W. Bush wanted a wonderful little war, and Donald Trump only wants to impose a tariff on hegemony,” Crowgman wrote.

Why does Trump wants to put definitions on Canada?

It cannot be said that Trump responds to some great desire by Americans to become difficult for Canadian -made products. A Reuters/IPSOS poll In January, only 37 percent of Americans support a new tax on Canadian goods. Abacus data Likewise, I found that only 28 percent of Americans believe that the customs tariff by 25 percent is a “good idea”.

The White House referred to the definitions as a “crane” on Saturday. But it is not clear what the United States wants more. Whatever his declared fears about Fintanel, Trump may look deeper into the customs tariff as a way to increase the revenues of the federal government, which already runs a deficit of $ 1.8 trillion, and as a way to force companies to manufacture products within the United States.

“We were in our richest from 1870 to 1913,” Trump He said Friday. “This is when we were a tariff country.”

At least as GDP is measuredIt is difficult to see how the United States was richer at the dawn of the twentieth century. But returning to the world of 1913 means reflection Almost a century of increased economic integration between Canada and the United States -Integration has been adding

At least, Trump has now sent a message to Canadian leaders – and leaders in many other countries – that America is no longer considered a reliable ally or a commercial partner. It seems that it believes that America’s economic power exists against others, both enemies and friends, without any concern for either American international relations or the welfare of citizens in other countries.

What will this do for Canadian psychology?

Trudeau said he trusts the American people and does not think they wake up and want to choose a battle with Canada. Perhaps the constant concentration of the president on fentanel provides a way out. Canadian officials may continue to implement the border measures, then Trump can demand victory and everyone can return to their corners. At least until the following tariff is threatened.

But what about the Canadian political soul? The Canadians had largely overcome the concerns of previous contracts and win comfortable with the exact economic integration of the United States. Fears of the American cultural influence also declined. At least so far.

Fans in Ottawa game in Senate members on Saturday night pale American national anthem. In addition to an amount of 155 billion dollars in the counter -Events announced by Trudeau on Saturday evening, Nova Scotia Declare These highways will be increased on American trucks and American alcohol will be withdrawn from the boycott of the province store. British Colombia Declare The boycott no longer sells alcohol from “red countries” – that is, the American states that voted for Trump last November.

Trudeau talked about maintaining the relationship between Canada and the United States, “necessity” and “economics” may carry today. But Trudeau also called on the Canadians to “choose Canada”-in daily purchases and even in their choice of vacation.

If there is nothing else, Trump’s aggression may be He shot in the arm of Canadian patriotism.

“Canada is home to abundant resources, amazing beauty, and a proud people from every corner of the world to photograph a nation with a unique identity that deserves to be embraced and celebrated,” Trudeau said on Saturday night.

Trudeau has ended his prepared statements with “Vive Le Canada”, a brand at the gathering of former Prime Minister Jean Cretan.

Chrétien lived in some sperm moments in making modern Canada – restoring the constitution, and Quebec referendums in 1980 and 1995 – and the last major political action as prime minister who refused to keep pace with the American invasion of Iraq.

For Canadians, it may be to go to our own way in fashion.