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This is economic recklessness. The WSJ is right to condemn these tariffs. The "fentanyl" justification is a transparent pretext—Canada has already strengthened border security as requested, with only 29 pounds of fentanyl seized at the northern border (less than 1% of total seizures). Canada kept its word. We didn't. We're sabotaging a decades-long partnership with our closest ally over a manufactured crisis. This undermines the very trade agreement Trump himself negotiated five years ago. The consequences will be severe: lost American jobs, higher consumer prices, threatened supply chains for critical resources (including oil and 90% of our potash), and declining markets. History teaches a clear lesson: trade wars have no winners. The Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930 triggered retaliatory measures that collapsed global trade and deepened the Great Depression.