This has been on my mind just after Donald Trump has retaken the office of President, and he and Elon Musk have been gutting consumer, worker, and safety programs right and left. The U.S. has gone from close ally and our best trading partner to a corporate raider, threatening us with 25% tariffs on imports!
Tomorrow, February 28th, is Buy Nothing American day and I fully intend to participate in that, as anyone who cares anything about Canada and Canadians should. However, I intend to restrict my diet to nothing American produced permanently, but of course, I cannot do it all at once. That will require some research on my part. I have nothing against Americans personally (I have a dear friend who is American, and she just passed her Canadian citizenship test. Kudos!), but it is basically for the same reason that the standard advice on vacationing in Mexico is "don't drink the water."
This video by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow explains why, quite clearly.
Trump is replacing the Cavalry with The Four Horsemen.
