PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 15, 2025
For years, the United States has actively assisted Canada in growing its oil production because U.S. presidents saw an opportunity to shift oil acquisition away from OPEC countries to our more secure and trustworthy partner to the north. Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada under a tortured idea that Canada is treating us unfairly doesn’t acknowledge the enormous benefit we set up for both countries by giving Canada the assistance needed to expand its oil production. Engaging in a trade war will cost both countries dearly but also force the United States away from secure Canadian oil, back into the arms of OPEC and its Middle Eastern billionaire-supported terror networks. Far from making America great again, Donald Trump is destroying beneficial relationships with allies, enabling unfriendly regimes and driving costs up for everything: a lose, lose, lose proposition. ~ Stephen Demetriou, Waldoboro