U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to assert U.S. dominance—marked by trade tensions and uncertainty—should not be viewed simply by the “chaos” those actions appear to create, says Brian Lee Crowley, managing director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Canadian think tank.
Instead, he argues, they reflect Trump’s broader goals, his negotiating style, and Canada’s role in U.S. strategy.
Brian Lee Crowley Courtesy of Brian Lee Crowley
Trump’s election last November and his repeated tariff threats shaped much of the Canadian political landscape in recent months, becoming one of the top federal election issues, and quickly reversing the fortunes of the governing Liberal party after it had become “deeply unpopular,” said Crowley in a recent interview with Jan Jekielek, host of The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders” program.
In addition, he said, Trump’s ideas of wanting Canada to become the 51st U.S. state made many Canadians “deeply anxious,” prompting calls to reduce economic dependency on the United States or even join the European Union—a possibility Crowley says is unfeasible due to the deep economic integration between Canada and the…
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