By Pepper Parr
February 10th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
They are calling it “the Great Man Theory” as what is behind all the noise coming out of the mouth of the President of the United States and his apparent desire to make Canada the 51st state.
Fulton County Mug shot of Donald Trump taken when he was arrested.
Trump is said to believe that he is a great leader and can remake America – expand its boundaries to include the provinces and territories. He still has huge support within the United States – the reckoning that Americans will eventually face when it becomes clear that Donald Trump is not going to solve the very real problems the average American faces.
Canadians, to date, haven’t been all that upset over this challenge to our sovereignty. We accept that the American are different and they are free to be whatever they choose to be.
Can you imagine a Canada with the health system the Americans have; can you imagine Canada having people walking down streets with a weapon in a holster on their hip?
Canada doesn’t have the rampant level of racism that pollutes a lot of what American’s do. We created and value the social safety net we have in place. We have two languages that are part of what we are as a country.
It is becoming clearer that Donald Trump is going to do whatever he can to make Canada part of what is now the United States if we continue to be asleep at the switch
In an interview aboard Air Force One Trump continued to threaten a country that has long been one of the U.S.‘s closest allies. He claimed that Canada is “not viable as a country” without U.S. trade, and warned that the founding NATO member can no longer depend on the U.S. for military protection.
There is a timidity to Canadians – time to thicken our skin and stand firm. Our response to whatever Trump announces today has to make it clear that Canadians see his plans to be an affront against our sovereignty.
The Prime Minister who is out of the country, somewhere in Europe, discussing Alternative Intelligence, needs to be on a plane and in the country leading the response to whatever Trump announces.
Salt with Pepper is an opinion column reflecting the observations and musings of the publisher of the Gazette, an on-line newspaper that is in its 12 th year as a news source in Burlington and is a member of the National Newsmedia Council.
If you listen to the news reports you will be aware that Prime Minister Trudeau has also been discussing the tariff issue with other leaders whilst in Europe along with possible trade negotiations with the EU. I believe that these are both issues important to Canada and Canadians and that the PM is dealing with them accordingly with the best interests of all Canadians at heart.
Believe it or not, the world does not revolve around Donald Trump….our PM should do whatever is scheduled…he was pushed into resigning so calling a halt to Parliament until there is a new leader makes perfect sense .
Editor’s note: Actually, at this point in history, the world does revolve around Donald Trump