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The shortage of any important news over the weekend was highlighted by the fact that the story of Trump’s Lake Ontario stunt grabbed the headlines even as polls emerged to show that two-thirds of Americans do not approve of his tariff policy, with the midterms around the corner.
This is in stark contrast to Canada where the more that Prime Minister Carney sticks it back to the US, the more popular he becomes with his electorate. These opposing political dynamics will definitely have an impact on the short term trajectory of the US/Canada relationship.
A resumption of US strikes in the Strait…
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