It's not just Canada that's looking on the USA as a total no-go zone. Over here where I live in the Southern Hemisphere nobody in their right mind would ever consider visiting Trash Fire USA unless they particularly want to find themselves in an ICE cell; - which has happened to some of our citizens. We have enough problems with the wantabe copycat fascists in our present coalition government trying to do their best to change the law so they can suppress anybody with a brown skin or spread lies about Transgender folk and suppress them too.
Many banks here won't accept transactions to buy anything from a US company or even independent small traders living in the US.
I am not even sure if "Trumpism" will even disappear in my lifetime. If they play their cards correctly, it could be as durable as North Korea.
If Trumpism DOES disappear - it will likely get VIOLENT. MAGA voters are white supremacists and Trumpism was a symptom. This has been going on even longer than Nazism.
The US will probably always be known as a place of hate.
A very stark point my young friend. There will be no going back anymore. The United States is forever changed and not for the good. We're just starting to see the first ripples in the global pond. I'm watching more and more economists predict a major recession/depression on the way by this summer, and that's if they reopen Hormuz within the next week. I listened to one this morning and he says that once the oil tanks run dry around the world (at different paces), the oil shock will bring the global economy to its knees. He is predicting the tanks will all be nearly dry in the west and Asia by June or July and no amount of oil tankers finally transiting the straits now will stop that. It's already too late.
Canada and China may be a some of the few who will have the resources to ride this out better than everyone else, due to the leaders foresight in hedging their bets on diversity. Everyone will take a big hit but some less than others. The United States will never recover and it may even drive the federal reserve into near insolvency by next year. If anything, Canada is going to have to tighten its borders even more to keep out the economic refugees from the U.S.
In Australia, we have a government that is paralysed in terms of offering direction in the current situation. The leadership offers their "we are very concerned" message in the most worried face they can fake, but do nothing and don't condemn the errant stupidity of the USA under Trump. Their usual mode of governing through pronouncements made via focus group results (that are often head-in-the-sand status quo oriented) are at variance with what a large section of the populace either wants or feels at this time. As a spectator, it is like watching a dead man walking. unfortunately, there is no decent alternative yet...but hopefully, it's coming.
I do have hope that we can start a dialogue again when a saner government is in charge. I hope a new bridge can be built. As you stated it will generational the damage. The building of a good relationship between the U.S. and many other countries besides Canada is going to be a long haul.
It's not just Canada that's looking on the USA as a total no-go zone. Over here where I live in the Southern Hemisphere nobody in their right mind would ever consider visiting Trash Fire USA unless they particularly want to find themselves in an ICE cell; - which has happened to some of our citizens. We have enough problems with the wantabe copycat fascists in our present coalition government trying to do their best to change the law so they can suppress anybody with a brown skin or spread lies about Transgender folk and suppress them too.
Many banks here won't accept transactions to buy anything from a US company or even independent small traders living in the US.
"When Trump is gone"
I am not even sure if "Trumpism" will even disappear in my lifetime. If they play their cards correctly, it could be as durable as North Korea.
If Trumpism DOES disappear - it will likely get VIOLENT. MAGA voters are white supremacists and Trumpism was a symptom. This has been going on even longer than Nazism.
The US will probably always be known as a place of hate.
A very stark point my young friend. There will be no going back anymore. The United States is forever changed and not for the good. We're just starting to see the first ripples in the global pond. I'm watching more and more economists predict a major recession/depression on the way by this summer, and that's if they reopen Hormuz within the next week. I listened to one this morning and he says that once the oil tanks run dry around the world (at different paces), the oil shock will bring the global economy to its knees. He is predicting the tanks will all be nearly dry in the west and Asia by June or July and no amount of oil tankers finally transiting the straits now will stop that. It's already too late.
Canada and China may be a some of the few who will have the resources to ride this out better than everyone else, due to the leaders foresight in hedging their bets on diversity. Everyone will take a big hit but some less than others. The United States will never recover and it may even drive the federal reserve into near insolvency by next year. If anything, Canada is going to have to tighten its borders even more to keep out the economic refugees from the U.S.
In Australia, we have a government that is paralysed in terms of offering direction in the current situation. The leadership offers their "we are very concerned" message in the most worried face they can fake, but do nothing and don't condemn the errant stupidity of the USA under Trump. Their usual mode of governing through pronouncements made via focus group results (that are often head-in-the-sand status quo oriented) are at variance with what a large section of the populace either wants or feels at this time. As a spectator, it is like watching a dead man walking. unfortunately, there is no decent alternative yet...but hopefully, it's coming.
How I wish we were more like Canada!
I do have hope that we can start a dialogue again when a saner government is in charge. I hope a new bridge can be built. As you stated it will generational the damage. The building of a good relationship between the U.S. and many other countries besides Canada is going to be a long haul.
You mean like the Gordie Howe bridge!? Hmmm…