Opinion | Why You Cant Capitulate to Trump

This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.No country right now better reveals the transformation in the way the world sees America — the way we’ve turned from ally and partner to bully and predator — than Canada.In late August, Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada, walked away from trade talks with the Trump administration.He did so knowing that the retaliation could be ruinous for the Canadian economy.But it’s also ruinous and revealing about the shambles of Donald Trump’s foreign policy — how what Trump is doing is not getting America what Trump wanted.

I mean, Trump wanted Canada to be the 51st state.Instead, it might become an associate member of the European Union.Trump wanted to weaken China in the global sphere.

Now Carney and Canada are negotiating deals and agreements with all manner of other countries, including China, in an effort to diversify away from America.America and Canada are hurtling toward a January deadline when massive new tariffs will go into effect.So who is this helping?We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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