Trumpism may survive so Canada needs a new dance partner

Ottawa shouldn’t enable the U.S. president. That includes not being slavish about trade with our southern neighbour.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Every country in the world that does business with America should register their unhappiness with Trumpian ego-politics, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok and The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

September 7, 2026

HALIFAX—When it comes to the calamitous tenure of the worst president in United States history, all the world is facing the same question: is Donald Trump an aberration or the new reality? Will Trumpism end when he leaves the presidency, or will it survive his much antici...

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