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As Trump menaces us in Canada, we have a question for Britain: when will you stand up to him? | Jennifer Welsh

DTouch to my mother I think he was reassured by the Canadians. During his visit to Canada – to attend a meeting of the group of the Group of Seven – was asked about Donald Trump’s allegations that the country should The state becomes 51 From the United States. The UK Foreign Minister confirmed that Canada is “proud [and] The sovereign nation “, and – in his opinion – will remain so. When it was pressed more, the history of Canada and the king with the United Kingdom was required, and we worked together during World War II.

Canadians are already aware of this common history, and how Britain has long benefited from the Commonwealth. My 96 -year -old father missed the recruitment era to support Britain in the 1940s, but his two brothers, young boys from Canadian meadows, lost their lives as deliberate in the British Royal Air Force. One of them was buried in the beautiful Commonwealth war cemetery in Harugate.

King Charles maintains a role. Constitutional, it remains Head of state. So, was it useful to ask that Mr. Lammy may add a few words – something like “We support Canada in its efforts to stay a strong and leadership country?” Or, it tends further, hinting that the UK “is anxious” (a nice diplomatic speech) about the efforts made to undermine our regional safety?

It is usually said that politics revolves around words, not actions. However, words are also important, especially in President Trump’s era. In recent years, we have seen his words that were initially rejected as crazy – nothing to worry, just provokes or open Gambia in negotiation. But with the passage of time, with every repetition of provocation – Barack Obama may not be an American, Trump truly won the 2020 elections, and the European Union was prepared for the United States – those who suffer from Carrie with Trump repeats the charge, and published it in various fans (a process described as “my tongue washing”), and ultimately enabled him to act on the lower logic of his words.

So with Trump’s suggestion that Canada “only works As an American stateAnd that Canada and the United States are divided into an artificial line. How beautiful geography is if those limits disappear!

Here in CanadaHe mentioned the first Trump to include our country to be a joke. Once, the Group of Seven Allies may be forgiven in Canada for the same reaction. But no longer. If Trump can be taken seriously but not literally, then the foundations for his predatory approach in international affairs must be recognized and taken into account in the foreign policy of all national countries.

There are many scenarios actively Discussion in Canada Some are more extreme than others. The United States may not be about to invade military force, but it may implement various measures to challenge our sovereignty, unity and regional safety. This can start with the cavity from our economy to transfer production and wealth to the United States, but extends to reviewing current agreements on North America water resources (something that Trump raised in discussions with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), and forced deals to reach major resources, and sabotage of long -term mechanisms for security and defense infections. There can also be challenges to Canada’s control of the Arctic region and its interference in our democratic operations. In a conversation Wiping for foreign interventionThe Canadian respondents put the United States second in the list of countries that are likely to interfere in our upcoming elections, before Russia and India.

At the meeting of the Group last week, Foreign Minister Trump, Marco Rubio, I took “Sanwashing” to new horizons By submitting a two -sided discussion about Canada’s sovereign situation: “There is a dispute between the position of the president and the position of the Canadian government.” I suggest that we agree not to agree on this, but we are working together on a “group of other things.”

Let’s be clear at the heart of this difference in opinion. The governments of Canada and the United States not only agree to formulate the G7 environment on Ukraine (although it did it behind the closed doors), or whether the seven group should act against “shadow fleets” The defrauding penalties Against Russia (an initiative paid by Canada but failed to see the firm commitment G7). The dispute revolves around whether Canada is working as a sovereign country. While Rubio insisted that this was not the focus of the Group of Seven meeting, the boldness of the Trump administration’s predatory position on regional safety, whether with regard to Greenland, Panama or Canada, requires a clear response.

Lami repeated the Rubio line that there are areas in which the G7 allies do not agree, but they have argued that the UK’s goal is To find the unit In a troubled world. This is supposed to explain the reason for his expression of “unfortunate” and “disappointment” about the trade war, but it will not condemn the tariff, and why – unlike the foreign minister in Germany and The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Policy – It will not be drawn on the threats of the American administration of Canadian sovereignty.

After she studied and studied international relations at one of the best universities in Britain, I am not naive about the national interests of the United Kingdom or the necessity of sponsoring its “special relationship” in the United States (by the way, Canada has long believed that it had one of these). But again, the words are important. It should be talked in public places, not only behind closed diplomatic doors, with multiple masses.

The surrender to “washing hardness” over the sovereignty of Canada is not in the interest of the United Kingdom, either in the current context of the wars of customs tariffs, or long -term challenges of economic and security cooperation, or wider global stability.

The new Prime Minister in Canada, Mark Carne, who visited the United Kingdom on Monday, confirmed that the Canadians are not necessarily looking for our allies “to say nice things” about us. As “masters in our house,” he said On the day I swearWe must take our own steps to ensure our survival. Canadians are fully aware, given this Certain geography The date of interconnection with the United States, we stand alone in this new predator. But as with members of our generation in World War II, we have long memories: We will remember who stood with us at the time of great consequences for our country, with their words and actions.

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