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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Trump is a nationalist, plain and simple. Being neighbours with a nationalist never has a positive outcome.
I really don't see Biden starting trade wars or using tariffs for political gain the way Trump did. He might be indifferent to Canada at the most, but I doubt that he is going to push us around just to try an impress people like Trump did.
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America has been isolating for a while, Trump just accelerated the path America was already on. He has also, very bluntly, called into question many of America's current quandaries.
The World Order That Donald Trump Revealed - The Atlantic
Through a combination of hubris, ignorance, instinct, and ego, he pointed at the reality and demanded to know why it was being allowed to continue. Why was America still fighting wars in the Middle East and elsewhere? Why wasn’t it partnering with Russia against Islamist jihadists? Why was China allowed to abuse the rules of the game? Why were American workers losing their jobs to poorer countries? And why were so-called allies in Europe allowed to place high tariffs on American produce while American workers paid for their defense? Were these countries even allies at all?
One doesn’t have to like Trump or believe he has been a successful president to acknowledge that each of his challenges contains a grain of truth: American leaders were naive to allow China such an easy pass into the World Trade Organization; NAFTA did help hollow out American manufacturing; Europe was allowed to free-ride on American largesse; and the U.S. has become too tied up in military commitments. More than that, though, he was correct on the most fundamental point of all: the direct link between America’s economic strength at home and its power and stature abroad.