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EDITORIAL – It’s very hard to be friends with Donald Trump’s America

Posted on March 7, 2018 in Editorials, Page One, Rothenburger // 0 Comments

(Image: White House, Facebook)

Canada has spent 200 years being America’s best friend, and now Donald Trump insults us. It’s time to stand up to the bully in the White House

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger.

IT TAKES YEARS to build a good friendship, and a very short time to destroy one.

Friendship takes trust, loyalty, dependability and honesty. Without those things, friendships quickly wither and die.

Canada has spent 200 years being America’s best friend. Donald Trump is ruining it in one term of office.

Canadians fought side by side with Americans in two World Wars and in the Korean conflict, the Gulf War and Afghanistan.

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Mel Rothenburger’s Armchair Mayor editorials appear Mondays through Thursdays on CFJC- TV. His Armchair Mayor column is published Saturdays on ArmchairMayor.ca and CFJC Today. Contact him at mrothenburger@armchairmayor.ca.

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ArmchairMayor.ca is a forum about Kamloops and the world. It has more than one million views. Mel Rothenburger is the former Editor of The Daily News in Kamloops, B.C. (retiring in 2012), and past mayor of Kamloops (1999-2005). At ArmchairMayor.ca he is the publisher, editor, news editor, city editor, reporter, webmaster, and just about anything else you can think of. He is grateful for the contributions of several local columnists. This blog doesn't require a subscription but gratefully accepts donations to help defray costs.

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