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After I pushed back on the passport request, they offered the option of posting my Bluesky handle to Twitter and now the "imposter" label is gone. So you can be certain this isn't nearly funny enough to be a parody account.

...and they apparently want a copy of my passport (!) to take the impersonation label off. I dunno man. Maybe I should just wait for the next Twitter clone (maybe even one that gets the domain suffix down to a single dot.)

So Bluesky has slapped an "impersonation" label on my account. While I'm flattered they think I'm important enough that someone would impersonate me, I can assure you this is the real thing. Trust me -- a parody account would have *way* more exciting content.

Tougher Canadian border security may not appease Trump’s tariff threat, John Bolton says Trump views the tariffs as good U.S. economic policy, former White House national security adviser warns

Canada cracking down on fentanyl and migration at the U.S. border may not spare the country from Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs, John Bolton tells me. "This desire to use tariffs in an aggressive way against allies is something he really believes in." www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...

The one thing everyone agreed on was crediting Freeland for pushing Canada's concede-nothing-until-the-end approach to negotiations. Which ultimately left most of NAFTA intact.

There was also a weird sub-debate about which category Bob Lighthizer was in. In his own memoirs, he says he and Freeland had a "friendly" rapport even though they clashed at the bargaining table. He also subsequently had dinner with her entire family at her house, so.

A few people seemed pretty determined to downplay her role in the talks. Others were even more determined to affirm that she really was Canada's point person. At least some of this appears to be purely personality-based: people who felt put off vs. others who really got along with her.

One thing that stood out in reporting this is how polarised people who worked with her in the negotiations seem to be about her. There is a fair-enough debate about whether Freeland/Team Canada's hardball strategy was correct. But this seemed to go beyond that.

Behind Chrystia Freeland’s tactical toughness as the America whisperer The former finance minister’s managing of bilateral relations at one of their most difficult points is the centrepiece of her record

Whether Chrystia Freeland is at the end of her political career or preparing to run for Justin Trudeau's job, her handling of the first Trump administration is at the centre of her record. I looked this week at her legacy. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...