You know the craziest thing about watching this as an outsider in Canada is that we as a nation are losing one reliable trading partner (and obviously losing an ally but that’s another conversation). Germany — losing a trade partner. Japan? And so on. But the US has lost 180 reliable trading partners. You’re already seeing in the first week burgeoning trade alliances between nations who wouldn’t have cooperated before, and the amount of resentment against America from this is going to take a generation to heal.
Of course I’m sure some people would claim this is 4D chess or what not but.. sometimes the person doing something crazy is just crazy at the end of the day.