In 15 months, the U.S., Canada and Mexico will share a World Cup, the first to be hosted by an entire continent. For the time being, however, the three countries share mostly animosity, anxiety and suspicion.
Since taking office two months ago, President Trump has enacted, repealed, then reenacted a series of punishing tariffs on America’s two neighborhoods. The president has also called repeatedly for the annexation of Canada, disparaging it as the 51st state and addressing its prime minister as governor.
At the southern border, Trump has deployed about 9,000 soldiers to reinforce the nearly 17,000 Border Patrol agents already there.