The New Yorker Radio Hour · 2026-10-09 · 32 min · 4,668 words

Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump

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The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and the New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Ramnick. When Donald Trump started calling Canada the fifty first day. And referring to the Prime Minister as Governor

It seemed like his usual trolling sessions. More serious than renaming the Gulf of Mexico. maybe less serious than the threat to take Greenland by force. Trump has said that Canada, quote, doesn't make sense.

Which even by his standards. doesn't make any sense. It turns out though that the president wasn't joking. His tariffs are punishing Canada's economy. He compared Canada unfavorably to China.

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