In a Trump world, Canada’s Baltic force less protected

The U.S. cavalry will not be riding in to save the day if the countries Trump calls NATO freeloaders don’t pay.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alongside Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, meet with Latvian President Raimonds Vējonis and his officials during the NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland, July 9. Canada is set to lead a NATO troop deployment in Latvia.PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

July 27, 2016

OTTAWA—Now that the dust has settled in Cleveland following the United States Republican Party National Convention, it is time for the world to start bracing for the all-too-frightening prospect of Donald Trump actually becoming the next American president. For Mexicans, this means they should st...

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