The former Canadian defense official becomes real about Trump’s threats: “We are under attack”

Vicmiral Vicmiraral Retired Canadian Norman issued a marked warning On Canada’s relationship with the United States when he urged his country to seriously rethink his dependence on his neighbor.

Write to The national positionThe former Chief of Defense Personnel of Canada argued that the recent statements of the president of the United States Donald Trump – Who has spoken that Canada became the state 51, repeatedly referred to his outgoing prime minister, Justin Trudeau, as “Governor. Trudeau” and imposed and then temporarily suspended a 25% tariff over all imports of the country, They were a “real threat,” not just rhetoric.

“When the leader of our nearest neighbor, ally and commercial partner says that he can destroy us with the blow of a pen, and repeats his willingness to do so, it is more than an expression of superiority or real hyperbole, it is a true threat,” he said Norman.

“Discarding it as something less would be irresponsible and naive,” he added.

Norman suggested a series of possible retaliation measures, such as cutting oil, gas and electricity supplies to the United States. He also talked about gathering other nations to stop with Canada to counteract US aggression.

“In this growing fog of rhetoric and posture, it is difficult to decipher the thin line between the threat and the attack,” said Norman, who in 2019 received an official apology of the Chamber of the Commons of Canada after a prosecution failed by an accusation of breach of trust.

“Faced with such ambiguity, we can continue waiting and responding incremental or we can act decisively,” he added. “I present that we are under attack and more significantly, so is the global system on which our security and prosperity are based.”

Trump has spoken for months that he absorbs Canada in the United States, along with his other comments on trusting the control of the Panama Canal, buying Greenland and taking care of Gaza to develop the war zone in the “Riviera del del Rivie Middle East”.

Critics have criticized Trump’s apparent expansionist perspective as counteracting his “America First” agenda. The commentators have also predicted how their desire for Canada You can end up spectacularly delay In itself and the Republican Party.

Read Norman’s full essay here.