Remember the days of The Three Amigos? (No, not the Steve Martin movie, but the trilateral North American Leaders' Summit.) Considering what's going on these days, you probably won't be surprised to be reminded that from 2017 through 2020, no summit was held. Justin Trudeau hosted the 2016 event in Ottawa, and then it was crickets until Joe Biden convened it again in Washington in 2021.
We don't have high hopes for another summit any time soon, what with Benedict Donald calling Canada "our 51st state" and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum threatening to sue Google for bending to Trump's idiocy and labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America." Yes, Donald has managed to annoy Mexico again — a country we haven't been on the serious outs with since 1836. Incredible.
As for Canada, things haven't been this bad since 1812. And here's another reason to root for the True North in the Four Nations Face Off, which will face the US again in the final after defeating Finland yesterday. Team USA's general manager has called for Benedict Donald to attend Thursday's game. "We would love it," he burbled. Barf.
The final will be held in Boston, so it's unclear whether either national anthem will get booed as the Star-Spangled Whatsitz did on Saturday in Montreal. But seeing as how Boston is a short plane ride from Canada, and that Trump was roundly jeered by the crowd at the Super Bowl, it could get interesting. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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