Trump’s Threats Lift Canada’s Liberals

“Canada was set to hold an election this year that was going to be a referendum on the unpopular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Now it’s all about President Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Before Trudeau resigned in January, Canada’s right-leaning Conservatives were headed for an election-day romp, having led Trudeau’s Liberals by 20 points for more than a year. But since Trudeau stepped aside and President Trump threatened steep tariffs to use what he called ‘economic force’ to make Canada the 51st state, the Liberals have made a dramatic turnaround.”