US is now Canada's 'unreliable boyfriend'

“Unreliable Boyfriend” by Chrystia Freeland Courtesy image Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ouch. That book cover really hurts.Portrayed against a sky-blue background is a drawing of a figure that is unmistakably Uncle Sam. He’s costumed in red-and-white-striped trousers and a sleeveless blue undershirt that used to be called — boy, did I ever hesitate to type this, and do so only because the phrase is unavoidable in this instance — a “wifebeater.” The choice of that tank top could not have been a mistake. Nor was the inevitable inference involved. Nor the swirling image of timber rattlesnakes tattooed on the visible arm muscle.As for the snakes, they’re likely from the Gadsden flag, dating to 1775.

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