Though Trump didn’t spell out a reason for this move, it is easy to suppose that he intended it as a punishment for the Canadian PM’s insufficiently submissive attitude. This would lead to an arbitrary modification of the ‘decades-old North American Aerospace Defense Command deal with Canada’ and stepped-up US flights into Canadian airspace. China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life.’ The aggrieved US president then threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Canadian goods. ‘In the past few days, we have concluded new strategic partnerships with China and Qatar,’ Carney told his audience. That the Canadian pursuit of diversified trade included the removal of some restrictions on its trading relations with China, the prime rival of the US, was especially annoying to Trump and his cohorts.