Canada and the Trump Presidency: Existential Threats and Political Turmoil

Laura Macdonald

doi:10.31391/h3qbcr31

Autores/as

Laura Macdonald Carleton University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7806-0378

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31391/h3qbcr31

Palabras clave:

Donald Trump, Política canadiense, Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Aranceles

Resumen

El periodo que abarca desde las elecciones estadounidenses en noviembre de 2024 hasta la toma de posesión de Donald Trump para un segundo mandato en enero de 2025 ha dado lugar a una agitación política casi sin precedentes en Canadá. El inicio de una guerra comercial por parte de Trump contra Canadá y México, y las amenazas de anexar Canadá, creando así un estado número 51, han generado un profundo cuestionamiento del papel de Canadá en Norteamérica y sus relaciones con Estados Unidos, tradicionalmente considerado su mejor amigo y aliado. El artículo analiza la naturaleza de la crisis política en Canadá ocasionada por las amenazas de Trump. La historia canadiense se ha caracterizado por la oscilación entre dos tendencias opuestas: quienes están a favor de la integración económica con Estados Unidos y quienes desean limitarla. El artículo argumenta que las amenazas de Trump han provocado un resurgimiento de la tendencia nacionalista y podrían ocasionar profundos cambios políticos y económicos en Canadá.

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