Starting a trade war against the world’s most pro-American democracy does not Make America Great Again

If Trump goes through with what The Wall Street Journal has called the 'dumbest trade war in history,' there’s no telling where that road will take us. But the meaning of America’s word and the value of America's signature will never be the same again.

Without U.S. president Harry Truman’s leadership, pictured, my grandparents might not have held out during the Greek Civil War, let alone made it to Canada. Their lives, and mine, would have been totally different without America’s commitment to anti-communist movements in Europe, writes George Monastiriakos. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GEORGE MONASTIRIAKOS

February 13, 2025

A few days ago, one of my American friends told me that he couldn’t believe we would have to fight against each other after being conscripted for the Canadian-American War of 2027. Though I laughed at his joke, shedding a tear might have been a more appropriate response. S...

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