In speech before D.C. crowd, Freeland spoke the truth, but were U.S. policymakers listening?

Canada's foreign affairs minister has articulated a truth that Americans would be wise to consider: Don't screw your friends, writes columnist Thomas Walkom. You might need them sometime.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, where she delivered a speech before a Foreign Policy magazine forum. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

June 15, 2018

It's not often that a Canadian foreign affairs minister says anything important. But Chrystia Freeland did Wednesday when she told Americans point blank that their days of global hegemony are numbered and that they would be wise to keep the allies they have.

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