Bourbon banned, bridges empty: Border towns paying for Trump’s Canada feud
The collapse in American-Canadian relations since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is usually measured by tariffs, trade agreements, and diplomatic insults. But the real cost is being paid in border towns.Nowhere is this more apparent than in Michigan, where deteriorating relations between Washington and Ottawa are hurting communities. Recommended Stories RFK Jr. promised not to take your vaccines.
- ▪The collapse in American-Canadian relations since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is usually measured by tariffs, trade agreements, and diplomatic insults.
- ▪But the real cost is being paid in border towns.Nowhere is this more apparent than in Michigan, where deteriorating relations between Washington and Ottawa are hurting communities.
- ▪Recommended Stories RFK Jr. promised not to take your vaccines.
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| Publication time | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 |
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The collapse in American-Canadian relations since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is usually measured by tariffs, trade agreements, and diplomatic insults. But the real cost is being paid in border towns.Nowhere is this more apparent than in Michigan, where deteriorating relations between Washington and Ottawa are hurting communities. Recommended Stories RFK Jr. promised not to take your vaccines. He’s making them unaffordable instead We guarded China’s oil for free.
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