The recent whirlwind of Trump administration foreign policy measures―many reversing those of the Biden administration―illustrates the fact that Americans have sharply different opinions about their relationship to other nations.
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If Trump and Musk truly cared about this country, they’d roll out their policies with consideration for the impacts of their actions. From hiring freezes to federal employee layoffs to funding seizes to gaining access to sensitive data to tariff trade wars to shuttering public health websites, the wrecking ball approach has been endangering hundreds of millions of people.
Newspaper headlines will tell you that Canada is in a “Trade War” with the U.S. I hate framing things that are not war as war. The rhetoric of war normalizes it and we absolutely don’t need any more of that. We’re in a trade dispute. Canada was at war with the U.S. during the 1812 war, since then, we’ve been in a state of economic integration. We exist as national besties, in a state of cozy-peace. Perhaps too cozy.
The fable “The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs” again, only slightly raised taxpayers’ concerns about the dreaded fact that the Federal Budget is a looming crisis. Simply put, for the third time, the Goose is dead! America’s Federal Budget isn’t just struggling for revenue; it’s on life support. It’s barely being kept alive by a transfusion of perpetual budget increases. This is not a situation we can afford to ignore. Though it is painful, the time to act is now.
Musk demanded access to more than $6 trillion in US government payouts–everything from Grandma’s Social Security check and all her personal information to Medicare/Medicaid payments, government contracts, and literally tens of thousands of financial functions affecting every single American. Trump’s indentured squad had to fire a few key folks to clear the way, but now, in the name of efficiency, it’s all there for Musk.
Election Theft in the Context of Racism
America is a liberal democracy. Its greatest blessing is freedom, the right to live and act in accordance with one’s conscience. This freedom unleashes boundless energy and creativity, and, along with other western nations, liberal democracies have advanced at an astonishing pace, far surpassing autocratic and theocratic nations by every measure, especially quality of life.
While each of these actions must be subject to vigorous, sustained challenges—in the courts, through legislation, and in the streets—it is essential that at the top of the list is Mr. Trump’s decision to release violent criminals who attacked police and ransacked the Capitol. Many of them, including leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, are flaunting their newfound freedom, ominously pledging retribution against those who investigated, prosecuted, and imprisoned them.
The U.S. is the only NATO member to ever activate the defense alliance. Yet the U.S. has the audacity to lecture Canada on our domestic spending priorities while simultaneously needing support from Canadian and Mexican firefighters. Even while receiving international firefighting support, the U.S. has halted almost all aid to others.
As you recall, the fable “ The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs” was used as a metaphor to highlight the urgent and potentially catastrophic fate of America’s Federal Budget. If government officials don’t intervene to stop the budget from being gutted, we could be hurtling toward a severe economic crisis. It’s not the greedy and senseless farmer robbing the budget. It remains a platoon of clandestine thieves operating as accounts payable personnel, lobbyists, fraudsters, and complicit, wasteful executives/managers.