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Canadian airline cancels all US-bound flights for summer season

Air Transat — a Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec — will now no longer fly passengers to the United States, according to a new report.

Canadian news outlet Globe and Mail reported Friday that Air Transat is planning to wind down flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando, Florida beginning in Spring 2026, and will eventually eliminate flights to those destinations altogether ahead of the summer travel season. The airline said the decision to do so was based on a desire to "better manage its resources," per the Globe and Mail.

Air Transat currently flies to 67 destinations in approximately 25 different countries, though Fort Lauderdale and Orlando are the only two U.S. cities it serves. The airline has not said whether it will eventually restore service to the United States.

The decision comes as President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up its rhetoric toward Canada. Earlier this week, Trump threatened to block the planned opening of the new Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan unless Canada made significant concessions.

Trump demanded Canada allow the U.S. to have 50 percent ownership of the bridge, even though Canada shouldered the full $5.7 billion cost of the bridge's construction. Canada plans to recoup its investment through toll fees. The Atlantic's Jonathan Chait recently argued that Trump's planned blockade may be due to billionaire Republican donor Matthew Moroun owning the Ambassador Bridge, which is currently the only way trucks can cross the U.S.-Canada border from Windsor to Detroit.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney promised the "situation will be resolved," saying in French that Trump's threats would not stop the bridge from opening.

"I explained that Canada paid for the construction of the bridge … that the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the government of Canada, and that in the construction of the bridge, obviously there’s Canadian steel and Canadian workers, but also US steel, US workers that were involved," Carney said. "This is a great example of cooperation between our countries."

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The real reason Trump is attacking Canada over a bridge

On Monday, President Donald Trump learned a new bridge between Michigan and Ontario was set to save U.S. and Canadian residents the cost of using one aging toll bridge owned by one of his billionaire GOP donors.

Atlantic writer Janathan Chait reports Trump “decided this could not stand.”

Trump attacked Canada over the new bridge, which would give drivers an alternative to the $10 to $20 Ambassador Bridge, announcing on social media: “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve.”

“On the surface, this looked to be just one more Trumpian tantrum, the kind that regularly pops up when he sees something distressing on television or is spoken to by a woman without the self-abasement he demands,” Chait wrote. “But subsequent reporting suggests that this was something even worse: an episode that sums up Trumpian economics in all its stupidity and atavistic sleaze.”

Hours before Trump’s post, according to The New York Times, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (an outed associate of convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein) met with competing bridge owner Matthew Moroun. He then called Trump.

“You might wonder why a major international bridge has an owner when such things are ordinarily in public hands. The answer is that the Ambassador Bridge was privately constructed, and for decades has stood as the sole trucking link from Detroit to Windsor,” said Chait, adding that the Ambassador Bridge gets clogged with traffic but is still the sole connection to Canada because “Moroun’s family has spent decades and millions of dollars trying to keep things that way, relentlessly lobbying to block construction of a second bridge desired by drivers and merchants on both sides of the Detroit River.”

The new Gordie Howe International Bridge, unlike Moroun’s bridge, has a dedicated lane for bicycles and pedestrians. And Chait says the new bridge would “unlock billions of dollars in savings for consumers and businesses,” but the sole loser is Moroun, “a billionaire whose fortune rests on rent seeking.”

“Now that the bridge construction is essentially complete and set to finally open, Moroun has gone to the administration, and Trump has shut down his competition,” Chait said.

“This episode is a prototypical demonstration of Trump’s economic worldview. Faced with a policy choice that pits the interests of millions of people against the wealth of a single rent seeker, Trump has intervened in a way that benefits the billionaire,” Chait continued. “The insight that the free exchange of goods and services has positive-sum benefits — a core tenet of market economics — has always eluded Trump. His instincts are not capitalistic but pre-capitalistic. He has the mentality of a Renaissance baron, hoarding power and collecting tribute rather than innovating and creating wealth.”

The president, he said, “is shrinking the pie, while delivering a larger slice of it to a Trumpian oligarch.”

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'Clown car presidency': Trump mocked after threatening Canada in social media meltdown

President Donald Trump recently issued a new threat to Canada, declaring that he would refuse to allow a new bridge between Canada and the U.S. to open unless Canada's government made significant concessions.

In a Monday post to his Truth Social account, Trump complained that the United States' northern neighbor has treated the U.S. "very unfairly for decades," and complained that Canada was no longer buying American-made goods. He then pledged to prevent the new Gordie Howe bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan from opening unless Canada agreed to give the U.S. partial ownership. He even baselessly claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping would "terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup" if Prime Minister Mark Carney finalized a trade deal with China.

"The Tariffs Canada charges us for our Dairy products have, for many years, been unacceptable, putting our Farmers at great financial risk. I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness and Respect that we deserve," Trump posted. "We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset. The revenues generated because of the U.S. Market will be astronomical. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

According to the Detroit Free Press, the Gordie Howe Bridge (named for the legendary Canadian-born player for the Detroit Red Wings) is already jointly owned by both Canada and the United States. Canada shouldered the entire $5.7 billion construction cost, and will recoup its costs through toll fees. Trump's tirade was roundly mocked on social media, with elected officials, journalists and others all picking apart the president's post. Catherine McKenna, who is Canada's former minister of environment and climate change, tweeted: "We paid for it in full. It's all a grift."

"Canada owns the Gordie Howe Bridge because Canadians paid for its construction," former broadcaster Michael Leach tweeted. "... The clown car presidency continues. At what point does congress throw these crooks out."

"Trump negates our trade pacts with Canada and is now upset that it is making deals with other countries," economist Dean Baker wrote. "It's sort of like the guy who breaks up with his girlfriend and then gets upset that she starts going out with a much cooler dude."

"he Gordie Howe Bridge is an incredibly important infrastructure project for Michigan. President Trump's threat tonight to tank it is awful for our state's economy. Canceling this project will have serious repercussions. Higher costs for Michigan businesses, less secure supply chains, and ultimately, fewer jobs," Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) wrote on X. "With this threat, the President is punishing Michiganders for a trade war he started. The only reason Canada is on the verge of a trade deal with China is because President Trump has kicked them in the teeth for a year."

"The Gordie Howe Bridge was built by union workers on both sides of the border. This border is the busiest crossing between our two countries, and has been critical for not only Michigan jobs but also American jobs. Not to mention Canada paid for this bridge," Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) tweeted. "This bridge was negotiated by a Republican Governor, and in 2017 Trump endorsed the bridge calling it a 'vital economic link between our two countries.' Nothing has changed. We cannot forget Canada is our friend and ally. We have to stop these cheap shots. It helps no one, and it especially hurts our economy."

"At this point, this kind of rambling nonsense is expected," former journalist Chris Hofley wrote. "But come on. A constant, global embarrassment. Hard to imagine stepping foot in that country anytime soon. Or ever again."

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'I meant what I said': Canadian PM accuses Trump admin of lying about phone call

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling out a top official in President Donald Trump's administration and dismissing the claim that he had walked back some of his incendiary Davos speech in a phone call with the president, according to The New Republic.

During a Monday evening appearance on Fox News, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Carney and Trump had spoken over the phone earlier in the day, and that the prime minister had been "very aggressively walking back some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos." This came as the president had been ramping up tariff threats against Canada in the wake of Carney's head-turning speech.

In an address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Carney argued that the era of American hegemony over the world order was at an end, owing to Trump's antagonistic treatment of allies since returning to the White House and his demand to take over Greenland from Denmark. He further argued that the middle power nations of the world must now band together to pursue their goals, rather than counting on the backing of the U.S.

The speech instantly became a hot-button topic, with a recent New York Times Opinion headline from Ezra Klein proclaiming it as the "most important foreign policy speech in years." It seemed to ruffle Trump's feathers as well, as he later went off on Canada in his own Davos speech, suggesting that Canada ought to be "grateful” for the “freebies" it gets from the U.S. and claiming that "Canada lives because of the United States."

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Carney rebuked Bessent for mischaracterizing his phone call with the phone call with the president. While the prime minister called the conversation a positive one, he also stressed that he did not back down from the points made in his speech.

"To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos," Carney said. "It was clear it was a broader set of issues that Canada was the first country to understand the change in U.S. trade policy that he had initiated. And we’re responding to that."

"We had a very good conversation on a wide range of subjects, ranging from the situation in Ukraine, in Venezuela, Arctic security," he added. "We discussed as well what Canada is doing, positively, and this is the context of our discussion, what Canada is doing positively to build new partnerships around the world."

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Trump official backs Canadian secessionists amid feud with prime minister

A key official in Donald Trump's Cabinet backed a separatist movement in one of Canada's provinces, according to CTV News, amid an escalating feud between the president and Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on the right-wing news channel Real America's Voice on Friday, where he touched on the Canadian government blocking the construction of an oil pipeline in Alberta. The secretary suggested that the province ought to leave Canada and either partner with or fully join the U.S. CTV News noted that Bessent is seemingly the most high-ranking American official to back Alberta's separatist movement.

"I think we should let them come down into the U.S. and Alberta's a natural partner for the U.S.," Bessent said. "They have great resources. The Albertans are very independent people... [There is a] rumor that they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not."

He later added, "People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got."

Bessent's comments come amid an escalating feud between the Trump administration and the Canadian government. Earlier this year, Carney was able to defy political gravity and lead the Liberal party to an electoral win by strongly opposing Trump's claims that Canada should become the 51st American state. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, Carney gave a speech in which he claimed that the old world order defined by American hegemony was over, and urged the "middle powers" of the world to join forces and stand up to the U.S.

“Let me be direct: We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Carney said. “I will talk today about the breaking of the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint. Every day we are reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry.That the rules-based order is fading. That the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.”

In his own Davos speech later, Trump suggested that Canada ought to be "grateful” for the “freebies" it gets from the U.S. and claimed that "Canada lives because of the United States." He also later rescinded Canada's invite from his contentious "Board of Peace" initiative, which has been poorly received by all but the most Trump-friendly nations.

Alberta's separatist movement has been active since the 20th century, basing its arguments largely on conflicts with the Canadian federal government over the province's major petroleum industry, as well as its supposedly distinct cultural identity from the rest of Canada and its major reliance on trade with the U.S. A petition is currently gathering signatures in an effort to prompt a referedum vote on formally separating from Canada.

Despite that history, separatism remains a largely unpopular position in Alberta, even if the support for it is not negligible. In a survery released earlier this month, Pollara Strategic Insights found that three-fourths of respondents in the province opposed leaving the rest of Canada, though organizers of the referendum position claim that this is not reflected in the enthusiasm they have seen in the field. Other polls suggest that while many Albertans are frustrated by their relationship with Ottawa, they do not view leaving the country entirely as a viable solution.

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'Demented' Trump mocked over angry 'toddler-esque' message to Canada

President Donald Trump officially dis-invited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to his "Board of Peace" in a post on his Truth Social platform, and is drawing mockery from both Americans and Canadians alike.

On Thursday night, Trump posted: "Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" He ended the post by signing it in all-caps: "DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."

Trump has invited countries to have a permanent seat on his board by paying $1 billion. CNN reported that the president's "Board of Peace" has so far struggled to attract leaders of Western countries. Trump has so far failed to meet his initial threshold of 35 countries, and has recruited leaders of countries like Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Hungary, Kosovo, Pakistan and Paraguay, among several others.

Canadian investigative journalist Luke LeBrun commented on the post by wryly observing that Carney was "missing out on a golden opportunity to sit at the same table as the great leaders of Belarus, Albania and Uzbekistan." Canadian film critic Di Golding poked fun at the president's Truth Social post by writing: "Demented fool breaks up with his imaginary Canadian girlfriend."

"I'm sure Carney won't be able to get out of bed in the morning," attorney Matt Szafranski wrote on Bluesky.

"This is like a preteen angrily uninviting someone to what they claim will be the party of the year," tweeted author Jennifer Erin Valent.

"The Cringe Master, with another pathetic, embarrassing, toddler-esque reveal," wrote artist and painting conservator Pauline Delin.

"Oh no, what a tragedy for us, etc," quipped Canadian writer Melissa Martin.

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Republicans beg 'important ally' to ignore Trump

After President Donald Trump attacked Canada and its prime minister, Mark Carney, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, some Republicans are urging the United States' neighbor to not listen to the president.

As Semafor reported Wednesday, Trump made repeated comments denigrating Canada and its leader, saying Canada "should be grateful" to the U.S. for getting "a lot of freebies." He also asserted that Canada "lives because of the United States." The president's comments came on the heels of Carney's speech in which he lamented "the breaking of the world order," effectively laying blame at Trump's feet (without uttering his name) for the U.S. no longer being seen as a reliable, stable democracy.

Several House Republicans told Semafor that they hope Canada won't walk away entirely to the U.S., with Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) insisting that Trump's remarks should be seen as "just a blip."

"Our relationship is inseparable — and we may have disagreement, but again, the people of Canada and the people of the United States have so much in common, it’s an understatement," Wilson said.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) also stressed that lawmakers shouldn't "be in the business of responding to every single comment [Trump] makes, and reiterated that Canada was "an important ally" to the United States. He also extended that same sentiment toward other European countries Trump has threatened.

"Generally, across the board, I think our allies should all know that we’re going to stand with them," Fitzpatrick said. "That includes Denmark; it includes NATO; it includes Greenland; it includes everybody."

Even more pro-Trump Republicans made efforts to distance themselves from Trump's remarks. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) argued that the U.S. needed to "show strength but also be diplomatic, particularly when it comes to our allies." Rep. John Moolenar (R-Mich.), who chairs the House Select Committee on China, told Semafor: "The US and Canada have great opportunities to collaborate in the area of critical minerals and rare earths and lessen our dependence on China ... I’m confident our countries will work through these differences."

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'We have a guy who is not well': Ambassador blasts historic US- Canadian relations low

President Donald Trump abruptly ended trade talks with Canada over an anti-tariff ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan. A month later, the two countries have yet to resume trade negotiations.

Washington Monthly reports Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’ll restart talks “when it’s appropriate,” telling Reuters that “he did not have a pressing issue to address with President Donald Trump.” Meanwhile, Carney is making overtures to U.S. rivals like China and India to reduce Canada’s dependence on its chaotic southern neighbor.

“U.S. relations with Canada are the worst in modern history, and there’s no one who has studied it that would disagree with what I’ve said, especially the Canadians,” former U.S. Ambassador to Canada James Blanchard told the Washington Monthly. “It’s tragic. It’s not just trade disputes. It’s the rhetoric of the president — whether he wants to refer to them as the ‘51st state’ or to say they’re ‘nasty’ or Vice President Vance saying the Canadians have ‘treated us very badly these last few decades.’ He hasn’t even lived long enough to know that.”

The tone and the attitude coming from their southern border is causing Canadians to lose total faith in the U.S. and wondering what’s going on down south.

“It’s sad,” said Blanchard. “It’s humorous. It’s tragic. I tell Canadians, ‘you feel bad? What do you think we feel here in the United States?’ We have a guy who is not well. And even when he was well, he was acting crazy all the time. He doesn’t speak for us.”

Blanchard said Trump is single-handedly responsible for the elevation of Canada’s Liberal Party in elections last December, considering the party was on the path to a crushing defeat by at least 20 points.

“But then Mr. Trump started attacking Canada and making jokes, saying they’re a national security threat — which of course is baloney — and all these other stupid remarks. Then Mark Carney gets the nomination at the Liberal Convention and his numbers just skyrocket,” said Blanchard. “I don’t think there would have been a Liberal prime minister in Canada, but for Trump’s craziness.”

Blanchard added that some of Trump’s problem is the people with whom he surrounds himself.

“We have people around Trump who feed him so much misinformation. It’s crackpot economics. Trump is still out there trying to tell people that other countries pay the tariffs when of course we pay the tariffs as consumers,” said Blanchard. “He’s also still trying to act like Canada is a national security threat, which nobody believes. Or that the European Union was formed to take advantage of the U.S., which of course is not true. So, we have a problem.”

Read the Washington Monthly reports at this link.

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'Another Trump in the future': Why international allies may ditch the US for good

The global community is reportedly concerned about the potential emergence of another leader like President Donald Trump after the end of his term in 2029.

The New York Times reported that given these concerns, international allies are forging trade partnerships and security alliances independent of the United States, with the European Union and South American nations recently establishing a significant trade zone.

Ian Goldin, a professor at Oxford, told the Times that he believes Trump's MAGA following and its motivations — rooted in economic insecurity and inequality — will persist beyond Trump's presidency.

“The MAGA base and JD Vance will still be around long after Trump’s gone,” Goldin said. 'No matter who next occupies the White House, the conditions that propelled the 'Make America Great Again' movement — widening inequality and economic insecurity — remain. For the rest of the world, there is still a worry, he said, that there could be 'another Trump in the future'," he said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently suggested the development of new transportation networks to improve access to international markets beyond the U.S. Canada is in talks to become part of Europe's military expansion to lessen its dependence on the U.S.

Meanwhile, the UK and the European Union are collaborating to finalize a defense agreement.

The Times also highlighted concerns among institutions regarding a potential brain drain, as both American and international researchers seek grants, job opportunities, and academic freedom in other places.

Orville Schell, a director at the Asia Society, said: “This is a revolution dedicated to destroying not only policies but institutions."

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Canadians slash US travel as prime minister says 'old' relationship with America is 'over'

The Canadian Prime Minister and the Canadian people are expressing anger and frustration with Donald Trump, following months of attacks, and now threatened as well as actual double-digit and even triple-digit tariffs, by the U.S. President on America’s northern neighbor—one of its oldest and closest allies, both economically and geographically.

Canada’s new Prime Minister, liberal Mark Carney, has been in office for nearly two weeks but has yet to speak with President Trump. He did, however, deliver a speech on Thursday announcing that the U.S is “no longer a reliable partner”—and that the “old” Canadian-U.S. relationship has ended.

“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperations is over,” Prime Minister Carney, a banker and economist, announced (video below).

“What exactly the United States does next is unclear,” he said, suggesting Trump might further increase tariffs. “But what is clear, what is clear is that we, as Canadians, have agency, we have power. We are masters in our own home.”

“We can control our destiny. We can give ourselves much more than any foreign government, including the United States, can ever take away. We can deal with this crisis best by building our strength right here at home.”

“It will take hard work. It will take steady and focused determination from governments, from businesses, from labor, from Canadians,” the PM continued. “We will need to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States. We will need to pivot our trade relationship elsewhere, and we will need to do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.”

As Prime Minister Carney delivered his remarks, spreading across social media was news of a massive drop in planned trips from Canada into the United States.

OAG, which provides digital flight information, intelligence, and analytics for the aviation industry, published a report on Wednesday revealing a “striking decline” and “sharp drop” in airline flight bookings from Canada to America.

The report states that “bookings are down by over 70% in every month through to the end of September. This sharp drop suggests that travellers are holding off on making reservations, likely due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the broader trade dispute.”

OAG also warns that “the traditional ‘snowbird’ market from Canada to the US could be badly impacted next year if the situation doesn’t improve quickly.”

Canadians have been vocal about their anger at the United States and at its president.

“You’ve elected a fool, a liar and a narcissist,” a Canadian tourist told the owners of Hotel Thaxter when they “emailed to cancel a wintertime reservation at the downtown Portsmouth inn,” the Portsmouth Herald reported last week. “The visitor, a frequent Portsmouth tourist from over the northern border, left a scathing review of President Donald Trump amid tensions between the U.S. government and Canada, including a trade and tariff war.”

“Because of the absurd decision of your stupid president to impose tariffs on your closest and most trusted neighbor, Canada,” the email said, “I have no choice but to cancel my stay at your hotel.”

“My wife and I have been going to Portsmouth for the past 10 years and we would have (loved) to discover it in the winter. But we won’t return as long as that despicable human being is in power,” the decade-long visitor exclaimed.

Meanwhile, many were stunned by the Prime Minister’s remarks.

“This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we’re losing a member of the family – and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history,” commented The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols.

Trump has targeted and attacked Canada for nearly six months.

In December, before even being sworn in to office, Trump trotted out his “51st state governor” nickname for then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump has repeatedly mocked “Governor” Trudeau, and then threatened tariffs, which have since been implemented.

Trump has also repeatedly talked about annexing Canada, via various means.

Watch the video below or at this link.

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'Does not add up': Fact checker exposes Trump’s 'off-kilter' claim about Canada

Canada has long been a close ally and trading partner of the United States, but President Donald Trump's steep new tariffs are getting the U.S. into a major trade war with its neighbor to the north. And Trump's call for Canada, a fellow member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to become "the 51st state" are only adding to tensions between two countries.

One of Trump's arguments for making Canada "the 51st state" is that the country is a drain on the U.S. economically. But the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler totally debunks that claim in a fact-check column published on March 14 — the same day Mark Carney is being sworn in as Canadian prime minister.

On March 13 — when he hosted NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Netherlands' former prime minister — Trump claimed, "We're spending $200 billion a year to subsidize Canada."

"Since becoming president again," Kessler notes, "Trump has claimed more than a half-dozen times that the United States provides a $200 billion annual 'subsidy' to Canada. Never mind that a trade deficit is not a subsidy. Even if one includes various buckets of military spending, we can't figure out how Trump calculated this figure."

According to Kessler, Trump's math "does not add up."

"We were curious about Trump's math about the alleged $200 billion subsidy," Kessler writes. "Trump has a habit of exaggerating trade deficits to justify tariffs, but the $200 billion figure is so off-kilter that we suspected Trump was counting something else. Indeed, a White House official said he was also counting military expenditures allegedly spent on behalf of Canada. So does this get Trump close to $200 billion?"

The answer to Kessler's question, he says, is a firm "no."

"In 2024, the deficit in trade in goods and services was about $45 billion," Kessler explains. "The deficit in goods — which is what Trump concentrates on — was about $63 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A trade surplus in services, mainly Canadians flowing over the U.S. border for tourism and education, helped close the gap — but that surplus may fall this year because Canadians are so angry at Trump that they are canceling trips across the border. So the trade deficit only gets Trump about one-quarter of his $200 billion."

The Post columnist continues, "As for military spending, Trump has long griped that Canada does not pull its weight in NATO. The military alliance in 2014 set a goal of members spending at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense spending, and Canada only achieved 1.37 percent in 2024…. That's $13 billion short of 2 percent."

Glenn Kessler's full Washington Post column is available at this link (subscription required)

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