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Donald Trump didn’t mince words this week, publicly warning that Canada’s recent flirtation with China will leave Ottawa vulnerable to Beijing’s predatory economic tactics — even using the blunt phrase that “China will eat them up” after Canada balked at his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense plan over Greenland. The president doubled down on the message on his social feed and in remarks around the World Economic Forum, arguing that a U.S.-led shield over the Arctic would protect North America while Canada pursues risky deals with Beijing.
The Golden Dome proposal is exactly the kind of ambitious, forward-looking defense investment Americans have been told we can’t afford — except when the threat is real and the alternative is strategic surrender. The plan envisions space-based sensors and interceptors centered on Greenland to detect and neutralize missile and hypersonic threats, a capability Washington argues is essential to deter both Beijing and Moscow as Arctic competition intensifies. Estimates of the program’s price tag have been high, which is why allies must be honest about contributions and strategic priorities.
Ottawa’s pushback and the public sniping from Canadian leaders — including blunt rebukes to Washington at Davos — show how badly traditional alliances have frayed when political elites cozy up to economic partners that are geopolitical rivals. Canada’s insistence on carving out independent trade and diplomatic pathways, even while expecting American protection, prompted sharp responses from U.S. officials and rightly raised questions about reciprocity and burden-sharing. This isn’t mere chest-thumping; it’s a sober debate about who pays for security and who undermines it.
Conservative patriots should cheer Trump for calling out the obvious: you cannot embrace the regimes that threaten your security and expect the country next door to come to your rescue without cost. If Ottawa chooses cheap trade deals with Communist China over collective defense, don’t be surprised when Canadian industry finds itself dependent and compromised. Our elites warned us for years that economic interdependence would make Western democracies soft in a crisis; now we see the consequences in real time.
It’s time for clear-headed leadership, not diplomatic platitudes. The American people deserve a strategy that defends our citizens and deters our adversaries — and that strategy must insist that allies who benefit from American security make meaningful contributions and align on who is a true friend versus a rival power. Weakness and moralizing won’t keep missiles out of North American airspace; capability and resolve will.
If Ottawa wants protection, then Canada should commit to the plan or, at minimum, pay its fair share and stop undermining a collective defense posture by cozying up with Beijing. Treasury and defense officials have already signaled that allies were invited to participate if they’re willing to shoulder the expense and strategic burden; that’s a reasonable ask from taxpayers who already carry an outsized share of NATO and North American defense.
America-first conservatives should stand with any leader who puts American security ahead of globalist indulgence and calls out the hypocrisy of partners who expect protection while pursuing partnerships that endanger it. This isn’t about insults or ego; it’s about survival, sovereignty, and the commonsense principle that allies must be allies in word and deed. Hardworking Americans know the score: defend the homeland, demand fairness, and never let adversaries pick us off one by one.
