COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS
Trudeau says Canada
will not be 'bowled over' by U.S. in NAFTA talks
I have no idea what Trudeau is trying to say.
He has been so ineffective in so many things, and, in
general, when people brag or bluster about what they are going to do, it is
unconvincing,
Trump blusters constantly - and the truth be told he has
demonstrated himself a coward many times as well as frequently incompetent -
but in this matter, he automatically commands a strong position, leader of the
world's most powerful economy, and it doesn't take someone of exceptional
abilities to prevail.
Indeed, his very unpleasant qualities of ignoring other
people and what they say, of rudely making fun of them, and of being fixed and
contented in a fairly rigid identity as hyper-patriot are here sources of
strength for the American side.
Trump's whole point in opening any of this up was to say
America was getting cheated, and he wanted to grab back a good deal of the
benefits he sees as taken from American workers through the treaty. It is a
trailer-park, NASCAR, gun-meet gut level of argument, not a set of rational
arguments.
I am not terribly hopeful.
Why I describe Trudeau as I do, despite his clear charms, you
may see summarized succinctly here:
