Trump's Beef With Canadian Milk
Why pick a fight with Canada, of all places?
by Krishnadev Calamur
Jun 11, 2018
4 minutes
President Trump’s Twitter jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—in which he publicly called the leader of an allied country “meek and mild,” plus “dishonest & weak”—spawned a mini–cottage industry of articles (including my own) on the fate of the U.S.-led Western world order. And at first glance it’s puzzling why Trump would pick a fight with Canada, of all places, just as he was departing a summit meeting there.
But in the same tweet he was pretty explicit about the source of his beef: It’s dairy. Referring to steel and aluminum tariffs he has imposed on Canada, : “Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!” He has a point. But Trump’s complaint
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