Canada

President Donald Trump issued his 2025 National Security Strategy for the United States on Friday. It’s a remarkable document, something like the Rescript of Honorius, when the emperor Honorius in the year 410 told the cities of Roman Britain that he was withdrawing Rome’s legions and they’d have to defend themselves hereafter.

From now on, Trump says, America will look after itself and leave Europe and Asia to their fates. But the countries of the Western Hemisphere are now to be firmly in America’s sphere of influence. And that includes Canada.

The strategy says: “Our goals for the Western Hemisphere can be summarized as ‘Enlist and Expand.’ We will enlist established friends in the Hemisphere to control migration, stop drug flows, and strengthen stability and security on land and sea. We will expand by cultivating and strengthening new partners while bolstering our own nation’s appeal as the Hemisphere’s economic and security partner of choice.”

Canada could expect similar interference with our domestic affairs, including our immigration policy. The United States would explicitly support far-right parties like the Conservatives and the People’s Party of Canada and their provincial equivalents like Alberta’s United Conservative Party. Any party or government endorsing immigration and multiculturalism could expect a barrage of disinformation attacks in social media and U.S. mainstream media (which are increasingly owned by a few tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk).