Trump The Disrupter
I want to look at a secondary example of Trump's role as a disrupter, which he clearly relishes. Most of the attention in recent news cycles has gone to Ukraine and DOGE, but it's important to remember what is almost a side project, Canada. As of late November last year, a few weeks after the election and almost two months before his inauguration, he singlehandedly caused a crisis in the Canadian government , not just the US: The US president-elect said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, after being inaugurated on 20 January 2025. . . . Last year, more than 80% of Mexico's exports went to the US, while around 75% of Canada's went to its southern neighbour. By early January, the threat alone, with Prime Minister Trudeau's flaccid response, forced Trudeau to announce his resignation : Trudeau, 53, had faced growing calls to quit from inside his Liberal Party, which ramped up in Decembe...