Trump never uttered one word implying an aggressive act against the independence of Canada. He said that he thought the Canadians would do better as Americans after a voluntary federal union, and it was refreshing to hear him repeat this past week that if Canadians were Americans they would not only benefit from lower taxes but better health care, as well as being able to dispense with the defence budget altogether, since it has come so close to eliminating it anyway. Two whole generations of Canadians have been force-fed the fraud that Canada’s health-care system is superior to that of the United States; 80 per cent of Americans receive a level of health care beyond the dreams of any Canadian who does not go to the United States for medical treatment.

Conrad Black can go fuck himself with these misleading statistics.

My brother living in North Carolina needs to pay $1400 a month for health insurance coverage for his family, and that gets paid whether it's needed or not; and we've all heard the horror stories of actually trying to claim health insurance; there's a reason that Luigi is being seen as more of a folk hero than the "terrorist" that some paint him as.

And as for "Trump is just making a sales pitch for a united North America", Black framing it as a friendly offer sharply contrasts with how Trump himself has been framing it; all vinegar and no honey. We'll be "cherished", huh? The same way he cherishes current states with budget cuts and reckless firings?

Conrad Black is disingenuous at least and a dishonest and unreliable narrator at best.