The U.S. does not need to pick a fight with Canada

Going on attack against Canada makes as much sense as picking a fight with your best friend and neighbor, the one you share holiday meals with, the one who steps up when disaster hits the neighborhood, the one who helps make sure you and your family are safe.

Which is to say it makes no sense whatsoever.

President Donald Trump says Canada should become the 51st state. Canadians have declined. If the tiff would have ended there, no harm, no foul.

But it hasn’t ended, and the fight could soon cost Alaskans money.

Trump is throwing tariffs at Canada — and the rest of the world, for that matter —...

 
 

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