‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada

The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada's former UN ambassador Bob Rae.

Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

January 12, 2026

Given the United States has used military force to remove Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president, and U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to claim Greenland, to annex Canada, and to break up global alliances and treaties, former top federal cabinet ministers are w...

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