Quiet observation and polite commentary no longer cut it. Writing columns, recording videos, and nodding along with people who already agree has run its course. Anger has a purpose. Democracy depends on it. Citizens across democratic nations, including those inside the United States, need to raise their voices and disrupt what has become a dangerous political movement. Silence only feeds it. Accountability is overdue for the lies, the intimidation, the violence, and the manipulation inflicted on Americans and exported to the rest of the world by this Republican regime.

The latest threat from Trump aimed at Canada is yet another example of his reckless posturing. A 100 percent tariff threat tied to an alleged trade deal with China is fiction. Canada has no intention of entering trade agreements with non-democratic nations. What actually happened this past week was straightforward and responsible. Our Prime Minister negotiated tariff adjustments with China to ease pressure on Canadian farmers who rely on canola and grain exports to survive. That is the job of a government. Negotiations involve exchange. Canada reduced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and agreed to allow a capped number of vehicles into the country each year. The number agreed to was already close to what already existed in practice. The agreement simply formalized reality. There is no sweeping trade pact. No grand alignment. No secret deal. Canola and electric vehicles. End of story. It had nothing to do with the United States.

The threat of a 100 percent tariff is nothing but a distraction. It’s a headline for Trump to stay on the front page. It is smoke and mirrors, nothing more.

Such a move would be economically impossible. Energy prices in the United States would spike almost immediately. Electricity shortages would hit eastern cities during peak demand, especially in winter. Blackouts and brownouts would follow. Lumber, potash, and critical minerals that fuel American industry would suddenly cost double or vanish from supply chains. Corporations would panic. Consumers would feel the shock. Markets would lose confidence in leadership. The U.S. dollar would continue its slide. That erosion has already begun.

International reaction is no longer theoretical. Britain, Denmark, and Germany have begun reducing exposure by selling U.S. debt and gold reserves held in American institutions. The United States carries enormous debt to countries now being insulted, threatened, or openly alienated. No nation carries that kind of leverage without consequences. Momentum is building. Without a serious shift in leadership and policy, the United States is steering toward isolation, diminished influence, and long term economic decline. Great power status does not survive arrogance unchecked.

Back home, the mood in Canada has shifted in ways few would have predicted. Conversations about sovereignty, national security, and defense are no longer abstract. Public patience has worn thin. Calls to boycott American goods, services, and travel are growing louder. Canadians are actively reconsidering relationships that once felt permanent. New partnerships are being explored. New alliances are being discussed. The public is driving this shift, not politicians.

Trump started this mess and Canada is responding. Canadians have woken up and are now leading the narrative.

It is impossible to ignore that the actions of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, are raising serious and widespread concerns about age, judgment, and mental acuity. Concerns many believe are being minimized or avoided by his administration. For the leader of the most powerful country on earth this situation is untenable and must end through resignation or removal from office.

Don’t even get me started on his health issue.