Victor Davis Hanson: Don't Blame Trump for Canada's Problems
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/10/02/victor_davis_hanson_dont_blame_trump_for_canadas_problems.html

Victor David Hanson comments on Canada's economic troubles amid a "trade war" wth the U.S.:

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: We did not say to Canada, you better let in 45% of your current population from foreign countries who were not born in Canada, or their parents weren't born, and they're not going to be assimilated and integrated in melting-pot fashion.

We did not say, forego all of the rich fossil fuels in your country. Stop pipelines to other provinces from Alberta, and stress green energy, solar power in frigid Canada, so to speak.

We did not say to you, craft your economy so, of all the 30-something industrial Western nations, you will have the least amount of per annum GDP growth.

We did not do it, much less Donald Trump.

He did not say to Canada, you can't have the same familial GDP as we are. You have to be $30,000 to $40,000 poorer per person and per family than we are.

We didn't say to the Canadians, who are a strongly moral and ethical people, you shall lead the world in assisted suicides - 5.1% of all your deaths, 19,000 people a year - ostensibly to save overwhelming healthcare costs for people who may be terminal because the economy doesn't support that.

The economy doesn't support open borders and the amount of immigrants who are coming in. The economy doesn't support fulfilling your defense needs. The economy doesn't support fair trade with the United States that's symmetric.

But we didn't do that. Your leaders did.