Threats, coercion & pushback

Promising to confront the US, Carney said, 'We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves'. — AP

IN the opening weeks of his second term, President Donald Trump has used threats, intimidation and coercion against both America’s friends and adversaries to try to bend them to his will.

His unilateralist “America First” worldview has led to measures and pronouncements that have reversed decades of US foreign policy, antagonised allies and alienated friends.