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First Trump presidency holds lessons for the second

Published: 21 November 2024

The first presidency of Donald Trump was nothing if not unpredictable, and as Canada prepares for a second go-around, it needs to expect the unexpected. The U.S. president-elect regularly uses exaggerated rhetoric about the country鈥檚 trading relationships, writes Vivek Astvansh in The Conversation. But the first Trump presidency taught us that the most effective way for foreign leaders to respond to Trump鈥檚 political theatre is to retaliate with countermeasures, be muted in one鈥檚 rhetoric, and hope for a truce. While the second Trump presidency won鈥檛 be exactly like the first, Canada鈥檚 political leadership would do well to take note of the lessons learned last time around.

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