Trump is no buffoon when it comes to NATO and NAFTA

Parts of Donald Trump's critique are correct. Globalization and free trade, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, have left too many stranded.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, pictured Nov. 9, on CNN after winning the U.S. presidential election.Photograph screen capture of CNN

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

November 28, 2016

Two things should be kept in mind about Donald Trump. First, the U.S. president-elect is not going away. Second, his critique of free trade and NATO is not entirely wrong. If the polls are right, most Canadians find Trump repugnant. So do a majority of Americans. In his campaign for the presidency,...

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