David Moskrop

Born in Peterborough, Ontario, and spent most of my young life in central Ontario. Although, incidentally, my late father was American, in case anyone is wondering if I might be a sleeper agent. I'm not, but I want to just get that out at the top, just in case.

Born in Peterborough, Ontario, and spent most of my young life in central Ontario. Although, incidentally, my late father was American, in case anyone is wondering if I might be a sleeper agent. I'm not, but I want to just get that out at the top, just in case.

Born in Peterborough, Ontario, and spent most of my young life in central Ontario. Although, incidentally, my late father was American, in case anyone is wondering if I might be a sleeper agent. I'm not, but I want to just get that out at the top, just in case.

Here, nobody really took it as a joke. It was at best an insult and at worst a credible threat. And I think for a lot of people, the calculus was, okay, well, this might not happen. It probably won't happen in the sense that we're going to get invaded, troops going over the border. But when the hegemon and your neighbor along the world's longest undefended border, at least for now...

Here, nobody really took it as a joke. It was at best an insult and at worst a credible threat. And I think for a lot of people, the calculus was, okay, well, this might not happen. It probably won't happen in the sense that we're going to get invaded, troops going over the border. But when the hegemon and your neighbor along the world's longest undefended border, at least for now...

Here, nobody really took it as a joke. It was at best an insult and at worst a credible threat. And I think for a lot of people, the calculus was, okay, well, this might not happen. It probably won't happen in the sense that we're going to get invaded, troops going over the border. But when the hegemon and your neighbor along the world's longest undefended border, at least for now...

starts talking about annexation, you think, okay, maybe this is something we should take seriously, you know, just in case. And of course, that accompanied real economic threats that we started to feel immediately. And so that was a real one-two punch that hit.

starts talking about annexation, you think, okay, maybe this is something we should take seriously, you know, just in case. And of course, that accompanied real economic threats that we started to feel immediately. And so that was a real one-two punch that hit.

starts talking about annexation, you think, okay, maybe this is something we should take seriously, you know, just in case. And of course, that accompanied real economic threats that we started to feel immediately. And so that was a real one-two punch that hit.

And in the meantime, there were some Americans, including people like Steve Bannon, saying China and Russia, the great powers and the United States.

And in the meantime, there were some Americans, including people like Steve Bannon, saying China and Russia, the great powers and the United States.

And in the meantime, there were some Americans, including people like Steve Bannon, saying China and Russia, the great powers and the United States.

It's like, OK, well, then we're listening.

It's like, OK, well, then we're listening.

It's like, OK, well, then we're listening.

Well, yes and no. No, we didn't send troops to the border to go defend because that would be an exercise in futility. We don't have that many troops to begin with. It's a huge problem. Yeah, they're stretched a little thin as it is. It's a long border.

Well, yes and no. No, we didn't send troops to the border to go defend because that would be an exercise in futility. We don't have that many troops to begin with. It's a huge problem. Yeah, they're stretched a little thin as it is. It's a long border.

Well, yes and no. No, we didn't send troops to the border to go defend because that would be an exercise in futility. We don't have that many troops to begin with. It's a huge problem. Yeah, they're stretched a little thin as it is. It's a long border.

But incidentally, as it happens, as Trump started in the early days said, well, you know, we're going to hit Canada with tariffs because of fentanyl and because of a lax border.

But incidentally, as it happens, as Trump started in the early days said, well, you know, we're going to hit Canada with tariffs because of fentanyl and because of a lax border.