On the night of January 24, Trump again issued a sharply worded article against Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, strongly criticizing Canada's policy of improving relations with China. What exactly did Trump say? And how should we understand the true attitude of Trump towards China reflected behind this?

Firstly, in this article, Trump emphasized three main points:

First, he referred to Trudeau as "governor" at the beginning, which is obviously an disrespectful way and also a common tactic used in negotiations to deliberately undermine the negotiating partner;

Second, he threatened that if Canada becomes a "transit port" for Chinese goods entering the US market, he would impose a 100% punitive tariff on all Canadian goods;

Third, Trump exaggerated the threat from China, emphasizing that China would "devour" Canada and would destroy Canada's business, communities, and basic way of life;

So how to understand this post by Trump? The US itself can reach a trade agreement with China, and Trump is also preparing to visit China in April. Why can't he accept Canada's improved relations with China? Actually, there are two very important logics behind this:

The first logic is that Trump must use threats to force Trudeau to bow down. At present, among the Western world, including the Western Hemisphere, only Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau dares to say "no" to Trump and has international influence. From Trump's personality, he will inevitably use various means to force Canada to compromise, making Trudeau personally go to the White House to apologize.

The second logic is that the US can gain benefits from China, but whether China can enter the Western Hemisphere completely depends on the US. This is also an extreme hegemonistic and power-oriented mode of thinking. Under Trump's current "Western Hemisphere First" strategy, the US wants to monopolize the dominance and various benefits of the Western Hemisphere, strictly preventing China's entry and infiltration. Therefore, not only Canada, other countries in Central and South America that cooperate with China may face great challenges in the future.

Overall, the threats on social media are just the beginning. In the future, Trump will certainly take comprehensive measures against Canada. From the example of Venezuela, we can see that Trump will never be soft on neighboring countries in the Western Hemisphere and will not tolerate them establishing contacts with other major powers outside the region. This is a typical new era of Monroe Doctrine, or in the sense of "neo-colonialism" of spheres of influence.

Original text: toutiao.com/article/1855210739753992/

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