Canada and the New World Order
American President Donald Trump's threats of tariffs & attacks on our sovereignty in 2025 forced Canadians, Europeans, and others to reorient away from the USA. Via news, opinion, & analysis I observe the emerging world order from my home in Canada.
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Pathological Hubris (opens the original)
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Can hubris be not pathological? According to Wikipedia:Hubris is extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance….Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments, or capabilities.To lose contact with reality, to “overestimate” one’s own “competence, accomplishments, or capabilities”—all these are indicative of some level of pathology.
Thoughts on Von Der Leyen’s “Associate Membership” (opens the original)
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This was written by Barnaby Lane who lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK. He describes himself thus:Economist, writer, father of 3 and creator of Political Profile.I write mainly about UK politics, economics, Brexit, institutions, public policy and political belief. Much of my interest is in what sits underneath surface-level political disagreement: priorities, trade-offs, economic judgement, national identity, leadership, legitimacy and institutional trust.QUORA QUESTION<a href="https://
The New World Order Throughout the Months (opens the original)
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I’ve been tracking Canada and the changing world order ever since Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20 2025. One of my ways of doing this was to make info graphs of sorts based on my personal impression, which was based on reports and observations of what was happening in the real world. My first info graph of sorts was made in February after the shocking news of Trump kicking our news media in punishment for not using his preferred words and terms. That was the beginning of the end of free speec
New Yorker Ordering Canadian Aboriginals to Clean Up Canada’s Forests--makes me see red! (opens the original)
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I’m not sure I’ll submit this for posting on Quora. It’s for a Space where I am not a member and I’ve got some raw language in it. You’ve been warned. They might not like it. But I want to post it somewhere. The person who wrote the question studied at Columbia University in New York so I think they must be American. Also, the way they say “Why doesn’t Canada…” rather than “Why don’t we…”sounds like an American. Brits don’t talk like that about our forest fires. QUORA QUESTIONWhy isn’t Canada pu
US “Comfortable” With Current Trade Situation (opens the original)
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“We’re still getting what we need from them in terms of oil, gas, potash, all of these things,” [US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer] told CNBC. “There’s still a lot of strong trade between the two countries. We’re comfortable with where we are” (Trump’s trade war enters the midterms - POLITICO, Sept. 28 2026).Really? I wonder who “we” is. Politico published just a week earlier on <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/
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