This is another weekly 2025 federal election edition of Doorstep Postings, the political column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. (Stay tuned for more reporting on hot riding races, and conversations on The CJN Daily podcast with Ellin Bessner.)

What did it for me was the repeated asking of the question, “Is Donald Trump serious?”

Not about the tariffs, not the inconsistent application thereof, not the annexation threats or the rapid about-face from ‘We live in a fake and genocidal country’ to ‘#ElbowsUp!’ It was the failure to accept that all of this was really happening, the result of magical, delusional, terminally optimistic thinking. As if Canada was so beyond reproach that the notion of the Americans actually turning their guns on us could ever actually happen.

BREAKING: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that if America doesn’t want to lead anymore, Canada will take that role. pic.twitter.com/uo72tjUACC

Prime Minister Mark Carney is right about one thing: we are never going back to the way things were. It would be great if he were prepared in the slightest for what comes next, but we can’t have everything, I guess. What is coming next, by the way? Well, the world will be divided into those who fully accept the gravity of the problem, and those who think posting selfies with their elbows out and Buying Canadian will get us back to some form of normalcy and ease. If you’re still shocked or surprised at the latest outrage from the Trump administration, if you’re still triggered by Elon’s latest X emission, if uncertainty makes your tummy hurt—well, it’s nothing personal, but you might want to sit the next little or long while out.

Israel has ZERO tariffs on the US.

The US imposed new tariffs on Israel.

That isn’t “reciprocal.” It’s unilateral.

It’s no way to treat an ally or build a global ecosystem that supports America.

There is a lot of talk about how Carney is the better choice to deal with Trump, which is as much of a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation as anything we’ve heard in the last six months. Saying Mark Carney is qualified to deal with Trump is the same thing as........

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