The Dark Alliance of Putin and Trump

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The Dark Alliance of Putin and Trump

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The Kremlin has backed the president for years. The brutal outcome poses a huge risk for Canada.

Michael Harris - March 20, 2025 - The Tyee

Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly-awarded journalist and documentary maker. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.

EXCERPT: "After President Trump and Vice-President JD Vance “ambushed” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on live television, there could be no doubt. The United States has abandoned an ally and supported the Russian dictator who invaded Ukraine.

Canada and other nations now know that America cannot be trusted to keep its word.

This unthinkable turn of events raises a question that goes to the heart of Canada’s own national security: Why has Trump upended over 60 years of U.S. foreign policy that positioned democratic states as allies and Russia as adversary?

The day of the ambush, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau starkly mapped the fork in the road by pledging Canada would “continue to stand with Ukraine.” He wrote on X: “Russia illegally and unjustifiably invaded Ukraine. For three years now, Ukrainians have fought with courage and resilience. Their fight for democracy, freedom, and sovereignty is a fight that matters to us all.”

The observation resonates powerfully in this country as we watch a close friend and ally turn on us with ruinous tariffs and threats of annexation. . . . .

Global relations are based on earned trust and assessed risk. In a world turned upside down by Donald Trump, knowing who we can depend upon when meshing our economies, militaries and intelligence will be a paramount question for whoever leads the next government.

And that raises the unimaginable question. Is the president of the United States still the leader of the free world? Or a tawdry puppet whose strings are being pulled from far away in the Kremlin?

Canada’s strategy for survival in a brave new world may hinge on the answer."

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