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Not Bluffing: Donald Trump and Canada’s Role in the Defense of North America

Not Bluffing: Donald Trump and Canada’s Role in the Defense of North America
The Canadian Coast Guard's medium icebreaker Henry Larsen in Allen Bay during Operation Nanook in Canada's Arctic in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Barry Sheehy
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The Donald Trump administration appears serious about bolstering the defense of North America—ranging from Panama to the Arctic Ocean. In addition to his repeated comments about absorbing Canada into the United States, Trump has made clear he will not allow China to control the strategic Panama Canal nor tolerate the communist dictatorship’s aggressive economic intervention in Mexico as a backdoor to the United States.

Barry Sheehy
Barry Sheehy
Author
Capt. Barry Sheehy (ret.) is a military historian based in Calgary, an accomplished public speaker, and author of six published books and more than 100 papers and articles. His most recent book is “Montreal, City of Secrets: Confederate Operations in Montreal During the American Civil War.”