Tag: Canada

Die große Lüge: The Trump administration’s drumbeat of claims that Canada is a major source of fentanyl

May 19, 2025

Although US Customs and Border Patrol data reveal that only about 0.2% of all seizures of fentanyl entering the US are made at the Canadian border (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg93nn1e6go), and although Canada was not mentioned at all in the annual threat assessment of the US intelligence agencies (https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2025-Unclassified-Report.pdf), there has been a persistent drumbeat of claims from … More Die große Lüge: The Trump administration’s drumbeat of claims that Canada is a major source of fentanyl

Dreaming in Technicolor™? Donald J. Trump and the annexation of Canada

April 25, 2025

Just days after he won the 2024 election, Donald J. Trump began talking about Canada becoming America’s 51st state. He has been pressing the case for annexation ever since — in social media posts, in interviews, and in speeches. He has posted a bizarre AI-generated image of himself on a mountain range with a Canadian … More Dreaming in Technicolor™? Donald J. Trump and the annexation of Canada

Are Canadians ready for the return of America First?

November 22, 2023

Donald J. Trump is the leading contender for the Republican nomination for president in 2024. There are six other candidates who are also seeking the Republican nomination at the party’s convention in Milwaukee next July, but Trump leads the field by margins of up to 50 points. Only three of the other candidates can poll between 5 and … More Are Canadians ready for the return of America First?

Back to the past? Canada and a not-so-new world

November 16, 2019

Keynote address to the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), Montréal, 14 November 2019 Let me begin by thanking Chris Kirkey and the Centre for the Study of Canada at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, the sponsors of this ACSUS lunch, for asking me to speak to you today on Canada … More Back to the past? Canada and a not-so-new world

Complexities of foreign policy bipartisanship: Lessons from Canada

November 14, 2017

Foreign policy bipartisanship is a difficult but common theme in Westminster systems such as Australia’s; looking at the particular case of Canada reveals a complex set of outcomes, each with its own merits and disadvantages. Foreign policy bipartisanship is a deeply entrenched idea in the US. While in practice bipartisanship between Democrats and Republicans has become rarer … More Complexities of foreign policy bipartisanship: Lessons from Canada

Canada and the “war without end” in Afghanistan

September 19, 2017

On August 21, President Donald J. Trump did something unusual: he reversed himself. For years he was of the view, as he put it in a tweet in November 2013, that “we have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan…Let’s get out!” But this summer, he decided not only to keep the … More Canada and the “war without end” in Afghanistan