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Feb 4, 2024
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Joel Kotkin

‘America First’ Can’t Be ‘America Alone'

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Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin
Senior Research Fellow
Joel Kotkin
Summary
Trump's 'new golden age' will require the U.S. to build bridges, even as they seek to raise tolls.
Summary
Trump's 'new golden age' will require the U.S. to build bridges, even as they seek to raise tolls.

Like others, Canadians now know there’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s neither polite nor gentle. The question is how to co-exist with a raging bully whose economy absorbs nearly three-quarters of Canada’s exports and one trillion in two-way trade.

What his fans call Donald Trump’s drive for “muscular pax Americana” is not exactly warming hearts around the world. In December, Britain sent an ambassador with a well-expressed disdain for the new president to Washington. The Guardian predictably calls for Europeans and Brits to fight to preserve the continent’s disastrous welfare and climate regime. Trump’s alienated not just Canada’s New Democrats, but also Conservatives who share something of a common agenda with Trumpism.

Ironically, this is occurring when many citizens in Europe are already voting for anti-migrant, nationalism and culturally conservative candidates, producing leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni who already has an amicable relationship with Trump. Canadians and other foreigners need to understand that, for Trump, everything is about making a deal, starting with outrageous demands and threats.

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