US Canada Relations Reveal the Dangers of Unconstrained Presidential Power

Trade talks between the US and Canada broke down at the last minute late last month. The result was a temper tantrum. Apart from the tariffs President Donald Trump announced and which were matched by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. A few days earlier, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had issued a (not very) veiled threat, saying Canada is “a country that doesn’t have a military,” so America’s oldest and closest all