Trump’s most despised adversary has an election

It’s beyond troubling that Canada is always being singled out for its supposedly nasty negotiating stance, and alleged unfair trading relationship with Americans.

U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely to soon give up on his promise to wreck the economy of the land he now deems his country's worst enemy, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 26, 2025

OTTAWA—With threats from the United States central to our federal election, Canadians would have been intrigued a few days ago when a Fox News interviewer asked President Donald Trump how come he’s tougher on Canada than on America’s “biggest adversaries.” Without ...

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