
‘We stand with Canada’: Americans who live here show solidarity amid Trump’s threats
Kimberly Waletich isn’t Canadian.
But when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on fellow citizens to “proudly wave our flag” on national flag day last month, she hung the Maple Leaf outside her Ottawa home in a show of solidarity as Canada’s economy and sovereignty faced an existential threat from her own country.
“We put out a flag just to let our neighbours, who we like very much, know … we stand with Canada,” the Virginia native said in an interview.
Since his return to the White House, U.S. President Donald Trump has not spared opportunities to attack Canada. He started a trade war with America’s closest ally by implementing tariffs on Canadian goods, and has said that he wants to use economic force to annex Canada and make it the “51st state.”