From hockey games to Saturday Night Live commentary, Canada is increasingly focused on the direct threats made by United States President Donald Trump against its national sovereignty.
Context matters. These events are even more unsettling given the recent U.S. vote with Russia in the United Nations and the pause in aid to Ukraine. While it was subsequently restarted following Ukraine’s acceptance of a U.S. 30-day ceasefire proposal, Russia’s Vladimir Putin seems to be playing Trump to the detriment of Ukrainian interests.
Whiplashed by these events, Canadians are rightly concerned that their principal security threat now comes from their closest neighbour.
