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I agree to some extent, but also bear in mind, Canadians are not all that convinced that Trump is worse for Canada’s interests than Biden. We tend to associate liberal democrats with protectionist tendencies and Republicans with free trade which tends to benefit Canada as a resource exporter.

I never really experienced much anti-Trump sentiment up here in his first term. People seemed to think that by and large, our two governments were getting along about as well as before, and in western Canada the reaction was generally more positive.

Probably what Trudeau means by “unpredictable” is a kind of recognition of Trump’s “art of the deal” approach, which to work well needs to have some aspect of unpredictability. It is easier to read the Biden agenda and so meetings between the two governments are probably quite scripted.

There are probably some even in Liberal cabinet positions who would actually prefer Trump to Biden. The unstable southern border is no benefit to Canada, it creates a sort of domino effect, as some might keep going north and figure, well Canada has the better social welfare so let’s keep going across that border too. By the way, we don’t have the same unguarded southern border, our asylum seekers are arriving by plane not on the ground (two feet of snow and ten below will tend to make a plane look like a good option).