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Damaging US Relationships for Nothing

And: You Can Tell Now Which Parts of the US Press Have Been Crushed.

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Feb 04, 2025
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What is the best way to say the opposite of “A Mouse that Roared”. Is it “An Elephant that Burped”, “A Lion that Swooned”, or even “A Dinosaur that Gently Lamented”?. Because that’ is what we have really seen over the last few days from the USA. If anything, it was even worse.

What Happened?

Lets start with what has happened. Donald Trump talked big—really big—about how he was going to unleash the mother of all trade wars on Canada and Mexico. The reasons according to the official statement on the White House were two specific problems that demanded immediate actions:

“Illegal aliens and drugs, including deadly fentanyl”

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