listen: i'm no fan of nafta. i'd like to see the isds thrown out, specifically. and, canada has huge natural resources, some of which should not be for sale at all. we'd be better off falling back to the fta and rebuilding.

we'd be better off. they wouldn't.

so, it was the tactic that pissed me off. they were offering us a benefit in the form of a threat. great - let's take advantage of it.

...except that the whole fucking world knew he was bluffing.

so, i'll ruefully respect the president's decision to not pull out of nafta for right now.

(*snickers*)