You are right - Trump didn't mince his words at all.  When I read these articles, I can't help thinking of the peoples who stayed in Germany as WW2 began, rationalizing that because they were of use to the German state they would not be killed. In fact they should have accepted the reality and left - it would have saved their lives.  We in Canada need to understand that all this rationalization of how useful we are to the USA industry because of supply chain linkages will not save us either. We would be wise to get working on internalizing our economy before standing pat on principles of open trade really hurts us.