Donald Trump

EDITORIAL – Like father like son, standing up to the American bully

June 11, 2018 // 6 Comments

IT WOULD BE so easy to blame Justin Trudeau for the blow-up of the G7 economic conference, to say it’s all his fault that everything fell apart after Donald Trump jumped on [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Canadians look beyond America to the outside world

April 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

FOR THE FIRST TIME in decades, Canadians are more likely to hold a negative view of the U.S. than positive. According to a survey by the Environics Institute, it’s the [Continue]

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

March 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – To Donald Trump, from all those shithole countries

January 11, 2018 // 10 Comments

U.S. President Donald Trump complained about immigration from “shithole countries” Thursday. The Washington Post, based on sources who were present at the time, [Continue]

EDITORIAL – A dozen of the most important things that happened in 2017

December 28, 2017 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger 2017 IS ALMOST over, and quite the year it was. You’ve no doubt got your opinions on the dozen or so most important things [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Banning the words ‘Merry Christmas,’ ‘chief’ and other bad ideas

October 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE ONE GOOD THING about Halloween — which has become as commercialized as any other milestone on the calendar — is [Continue]

McGARVEY – The decline of the American Republic

October 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

THE DECLINE of the U.S. and the rapid erosion of its moral authority have, under Donald Trump, reached the breaking point. Either Americans change course to renew and restore [Continue]

COLLINS – Thanks for many things, including our leaders

October 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

THIS THANKSGIVING weekend, I am thankful for much. I have been blessed with many good things. Good friends, a great family, great parents, and a pretty good life. It has not [Continue]

TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – Speaking of Rocket Man

September 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad! — Donald J. Trump [Continue]

TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘North Korea continues to be dangerous’

September 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The United States is considering, in addition to other options, stopping all trade with any country doing business with North Korea. — Donald J. Trump [Continue]

TRUMP TWEETS OF THE WEEK – ‘Sometimes you need protest to heal’

August 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen! — Donald J. Trump [Continue]

KNOX – Note to the racist right: Stop wearing my khakis

August 20, 2017 // 1 Comment

GREAT, NOW I have to burn my khaki pants. Guess I’ll use my tiki torch. This is one of the unintended consequences of the racist right running amok in Charlottesville: They [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Media have lost all objectivity in reporting on Trump

August 19, 2017 // 7 Comments

ALMOST EVERYTHING Donald Trump says and does is so utterly loathsome to me that I fear I’ve lost all sense of objectivity about the man. And that is clearly what has [Continue]

PETERS – Rage all you want; our society is changing

August 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

THERE MAY BE no stronger force known to humanity than the force of societal change. Our society will evolve in the face of all efforts to the contrary. For too many, the idea [Continue]