The news, met with disbelief from patrons and staff, followed a closely watched visit by the US secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, in March. Touring the library, Noem said “USA number one!” and then hopped over the black tape separating the two countries and said “51st state” when she landed in Canada. She repeated the joke – echoing Donald Trump’s recent fixation on annexing Canada – three times.
Most people get older but there’s never a magic moment they become “adults.” Many times people retain good qualities of childhood as they get older - curiosity, desire to play with others, a desire to learn. And many times they retain bad qualities of childhood - selfishness, lack of self-awareness, impulsiveness, impatience, tantrums.
This administration, led by Trump as the exemplar, is just a collection of people who got older but never stopped being children, in the worst ways. They have no self-awareness and just do whatever they feel like. Then they cloak it in the language of “adults,” lack the curiosity to investigate if they’re right, and throw a tantrum if someone tries to stop them.
If they were actually interested in coaxing Canada to be part of America, they would be all over celebrating this library as a shared space, representing unity and brotherhood where lines of nationality don’t matter.
But of course, this administration can’t help themselves but go there and say, “we’re going to annex you, teehee”, which elicits the exact opposite effect.
Most people get older but there’s never a magic moment they become “adults.” Many times people retain good qualities of childhood as they get older - curiosity, desire to play with others, a desire to learn. And many times they retain bad qualities of childhood - selfishness, lack of self-awareness, impulsiveness, impatience, tantrums.
This administration, led by Trump as the exemplar, is just a collection of people who got older but never stopped being children, in the worst ways. They have no self-awareness and just do whatever they feel like. Then they cloak it in the language of “adults,” lack the curiosity to investigate if they’re right, and throw a tantrum if someone tries to stop them.
If they were actually interested in coaxing Canada to be part of America, they would be all over celebrating this library as a shared space, representing unity and brotherhood where lines of nationality don’t matter.
But of course, this administration can’t help themselves but go there and say, “we’re going to annex you, teehee”, which elicits the exact opposite effect.