Why did the United States want to send troops to the
Canadian border?
Allan
I am pretty sure the US did not want to send troops to the Canadian border. Rather some people in the Trump White House decided that making such an announcement might help the current office holder in some way. Perhaps someone from CBP (border patrol)proposed it. The idea presumably was to make the White House look equally tough on the Canadian border as Trump had threatened on the southern border with Mexico. Apparently many rational voices spoke up opposing this plan including those from Homeland Security and National Intelligence. Trump decided to make the announcement anyway.
A spokesperson for the Canadian Government, our Foreign Minister, Chrystia Freeland forcefully pushed back against this positioning of troops on our border and stated that Canada regarded it as a hostile and unfriendly act that was harmful to long term Canada-US relations. Trump at first did not respond but later and much more quietly killed this idea allegedly to “ satisfy” Canada. You can just imagine how joyously satisfying this was for Canadians.
So why did this happen at all?
As others have more eloquently answered, when Trump is under pressure he loves to do a “Don’t point at me, look at what is going on over there” style of diversion. If he can’t find a diversion he will create one no matter how ridiculous.
Of course there is a chance that the irregular immigrants coming from the US into Canada could be coming here to pick up Chinese steel and deliver it on their backs into the US in contravention of Trumps steel Tariffs.
Gregg Goodfellow
This cartoon was lifted from another great post but I loved it so had to share.
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