Jen Gerson

Co-founder of @the_lineca. Chaotic Neutral. National Treasure. One-time trash cake ambassador.
You know I'm right.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@stphnmaher No we don't.
Also, he has to maintain the trust of Canadian voters. I don't care if the US thinks he's sneaky.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@sarobertson_ His poker face is terrible. I'd take the table.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@sarobertson_ His poker face is very bad.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@cselley I was making a crack about the State dept. report issued a few days ago.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

I mean, it is extremely funny though.
Next, the Journal's resident McScoop will be claiming I'm funded by Cuba.

[Terry McConnell @TerryMac2]

@DavidStaplesYEG David, for you to even hint @jengerson is promoting "foreign radical left nonsense," is beyond the pale, even for you. C'mon man, she needs not prove her credentials as a clear-eyed observer to anyone. Moreover, Jen recognizes an existential threat to Canada when she sees one.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

My only dispute is with point 5. The goodwill of Americans in toto hasn't proven to be worth preserving.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

Canada’s oil should be used as a carrot, not a stick, in trade negotiations. We would never cut off flows to USA for the following reasons:
1. We have nowhere to store it and nowhere else to ship it (bc of lack of pipelines). So we would just have to stop production, losing revenues, royalties and taxes, and probably damage wells. It would be as economically painful for us as for them.
2. There are already three global oil crises happening right now (Hormuz, Russia and Bab el-Mandab). Curtailing millions of barrels of Canadian crude would compound that and be very bad for everyone that uses oil, ie. everyone in the world.
3. This is a geopolitical moment for Canada to lean into its reliability and trustworthiness as a trade partner, and we will reap rewards from that reputation. Weaponizing our oil and minerals - as our adversaries do - would have all sorts of negative repercussions for future trade. Even floating it creates risk. That’s why Smith and Moe kiboshed it immediately.
4. Cutting off oil is about 1000x more serious than taking booze off of shelves. Right now Canada has the moral high ground in this dispute. Cut off energy (and fertilizer) and all the good will we have earned from the majority of Americans would evaporate.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Better.
Yeah.

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

Canada PM Carney: 'Could have I explained the US-Canada bridge deal better, on a Sunday morning at Stampede? Yeah.'

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Oh he just misspoke, did he?

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

Canada PM Carney: There is no splitting of tolls under the Canada-Michigan bridge agreement, "which is what I was referring to, perhaps imperfectly."

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

*aren't, sorry.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Americans who can't (or won't) stand up for their own interests and values vis a vis the Trump administration certainly isn't going to defend foreigners.

I appreciate the sentiment, but that's not reality. There's no cavalry of Good Americans coming to save us.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

The worst thing America ever did to Canada wasn't Donald Trump.

The worst thing they did was to lull us into believing that we could trust them.

We can't. Interdependence was a trap -- one we might not survive intact.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Americans who can't (or won't) stand up for their own interests and values vis a vis the Trump administration certainly isn't going to defend foreigners.

I appreciate the sentiment, but that's not reality. There's no cavalry of Good Americans coming to save us.

[Bruce A. Heyman @BruceAHeyman]

To my fellow Americans: Please listen.

Despite the attacks, distractions, and false narratives, Canada 🇨🇦 remains one of America’s closest and most faithful friends.

Canadians have stood with us in our darkest hours—from helping Americans escape during the Iran hostage crisis, to responding to natural disasters, to opening their homes and airports to us after 9/11.

Canada is not only our neighbor. It is one of our most important trading partners, our ally, and our friend.

If Americans could choose any country in the world to share our longest border with, we would choose Canada every time.

That is the truth—and it is time we stood up for our friends.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@BruceAHeyman We're not holding our breath.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Nobody can be expected to come to a rational deal with a partner like that.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Rubio: "Every day I get a text or a call from a foreign minister, 'The Iranians want to talk.' But the problem with these guys is they make a deal, they agree to something, and then they decide, 'Oh, let's change it.' Or they decide, 'Oh, we're going to violate it.' These people, unfortunately, aren't ready for a deal. I think they'll be ready soon, though."

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@TerryMac2 I'm sorry to you and your wife, though. Incredibly shitty and tough for the both of you.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Why would it be? What American President -- D or R -- is going to give back a concession to Canada once it's granted?

They don't care, guys.

[Peter Easton 🇺🇦 🍁 @peter102746]

@jengerson Any bets on whether this agreement will be renegotiated when Trump is out of office and replaced with a normal human being?

[Jeff Thompson @thomjeff]

𝗝𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻: 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀
"Carney came to power 18 months ago with an explicit “Elbows Up” promise that is deteriorating into a punch line." All of what @jengerson writes here: https://t.co/vMxqpUEihD

p.s.: subscribe to The Line. #cdnpoli

[Eric Merkley @EricMerkley]

🔥Everyone needs to read this 👇

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

@wickdchiq I won't tell anyone.

[Jen Gerson @jengerson]

Stop palliating Canadian anger via costless symbolic nonsense. Either submit to American demands with dignity, or start extracting penalties and accept the financial sacrifice this will entail.
https://t.co/pORUocdGG9

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

More from @jengerson: Canada's response to Trump 2.0 has been "angry polls, Mike Myers cameos, chippy slogans, pissy tweets, a Cathal Kelly column about the boorishness of US hockey players, Heinz ketchup, pulled bourbon... Jesus f%%%. Pack it in." https://t.co/8uvQ2vvDDa

[Paul Vieira @paulvieira]

.@jengerson on Canada's 'Elbows Up' mentality: The Trump administration "has calculated — correctly — that they can tolerate our anger because we’re not willing to engage in anything other than superficial expressions of that anger." https://t.co/8uvQ2vvDDa