The Death of Europe, with Douglas Murray

Amidst the cold northern winds that swept across the land of Canada, there arose a great commotion, a stirring among the people, for beyond the southern border, a man of singular temperament and formidable will—one Donald J. Trump—had once more loomed large over the affairs of the nation. His pronouncements, oftentimes unbidden and yet undeniably potent, had sent ripples through the Dominion, rousing both fervent admiration and resolute opposition, much as a tempest does when it rattles the shutters of an otherwise tranquil town.

It was with a flourish and a voice of thunder that the former President had declared his intent to impose tariffs, those metallic shackles upon trade, a move which sent the statesmen of Canada into a flurry of recalibrations, their electoral calculations now entangled in the knots of nationalism. The Liberals and the Conservatives, each with their own ambitions, found themselves pressed upon by the urgency of the hour, forced to weave new narratives of patriotism, for the people would have it so—Canada, proud and unyielding, would not be made to kneel beneath the yoke of foreign decree.

Indeed, it was a curious turn of fate, for while Trump's influence had so often been decried as a force of division within his own republic, it seemed, paradoxically, to have forged an uncommon unity among those dwelling north of the 49th parallel. The populace, stirred by both indignation and necessity, rallied beneath the maple leaf, their voices rising in defense of sovereignty, their leaders compelled to echo the same, lest they be cast aside as weak in the face of foreign aggression.

And yet, the ripples of Trump’s influence did not cease at the shores of economic policy. No, his shadow extended even into the realm of municipal governance, where in the great city of Toronto, an act of defiance was staged within the chamber of its council. With words of unwavering resolve and a unity seldom witnessed, its members affirmed their dedication to the cause of Canadian independence—not through the bearing of arms, nor the raising of barricades, but through speeches that rang with the weight of history and with a plan, unanimously approved, to stand unbowed.

Thus, as the seasons turned and the discourse of the nation swayed upon the gusts of external pressures, the legacy of Trump’s tenure—though no longer bound to the halls of Washington—continued to shape the politics of a nation that, by all appearances, had found in his provocations a newfound determination to assert its own identity. And so, as the tale of history unfurled, it became clear that even in his absence, the man from Mar-a-Lago had left his mark upon the North, indelible as the tracks left by a storm upon the snow-laden earth.