Trumpy and Carney up in the tree

(When I was in grade three we had a playground ditty - "Someone and someone up in a tree k . i . s . s. i. n. g." We would sing it to tease young love, doubt it is a thing now.)

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Strange world.

Politics is full of irony, but few twists are as unexpected as Donald Trump’s recent tariff threats, his musings on Canada becoming the 51st state, his petulant ramblings about how Canada isn’t his bestie anymore and his huffy proclamation that he never liked having us over to play on his Nintendo—even if we brought poutine and Canada Dry Ginger Ale—have thrown a lifeline to Canada’s embattled Lib…