12/18/2025
🚨Joseph Stiglitz | T.r.u.m.p Came for Canada’s Economy — Canadians Sent the Blowback Right Back
If you only skimmed the headlines, this looked like another T.r.u.m.p moment—mocking Canada, threatening tariffs, even joking that it should become the 51st state. But beneath the noise, something far more serious unfolded.
Washington assumed size meant leverage. Talk tough, apply pressure, and Canada would fall in line. Instead, Canadians responded without rallies, laws, or boycotts. They simply changed their behavior.
Millions chose not to vacation in Florida. Not to shop in U.S. border towns. Not to buy American brands when Canadian ones were available. Tourism dropped. Retail slowed. Airlines, hotels, universities, and even sports teams felt it.
At home, those same dollars stayed in Canada—supporting local travel, local factories, local jobs. Businesses adjusted. Supply chains shifted. Investment flowed elsewhere.
The lesson is simple but powerful: in an interconnected economy, humiliation is expensive. Consumers now hold quiet veto power. When trust breaks, money moves.
And once habits change, they don’t easily change back 👇
