The worst president in American history seems to be unteachable.

I don’t mention what’s his face often here for a reason: once Trump leaves office, the memory of him gets erased. Just like COVID-19. He is all hype, no substance.

He has made permanent damage to the US, economically and reputationally. The fact that a few grifters made money through some smash and grab ploys at the expense of everyone else is meaningless. Once Trump is out, the sycophants go broke because they aren’t actually capable. Easy come; easy go.

Canada isn’t the hero by default. The current government had plenty of opportunities to nip this problem in the bud. Cutting off the US from potash, nickel, electricity, water, and lumber was the way to go. If the US cannot fertilize their crops, if they can’t turn on the lights, if they can’t power their batteries, they are cut off at the knees. Tit for tat tariffs don’t go far enough.

You hit where it hurts and you hit hard.

You don’t negotiate with a lame duck president who is about to lose the House and Senate in 10 weeks because he takes advice from losers who never held a position of power and only know the US from its pop culture. You don’t answer his calls. You withhold what your abuser cannot live without, and wait until November 4th.

Tariffs are a misdirection: the war in Iran has imploded in Trump’s face, regular citizens are worse off, and the US is losing clout at an accelerated pace, not to mention that things are so bad that socialist candidates are making unprecedented in-roads. If ICE raids were supposed to blanch the political establishment, it did the opposite: it was a wake-up call to get involved by running for office before someone in power decides to target you.

This bullying stems from panic: Trump knows he is floundering and is going to not only lose the House and the Senate, the newcomers are not going to be so easy to predict and control. They may lack political experience, but that’s not a hinderance in this case. So he needs an easy win and he picked on Canada, whose people are having none of it.

There will be lawsuits over this fiasco, make no mistake. The fallout will be costly and it was better to leave Canada alone than to turn on a nation whose identity was to be a faithful advocate and ally.

This impasse will pass, and the next president should remember that being in office isn’t about flexing muscles, but having the ability to make allies and keeping them.