Editorial: Madmen diplomacy

This week’s searing failure of leadership on the part of U.S. President Donald Trump after the brazen neo-Nazi display of muscle in Charlottesville, Virginia prompts a spate of worrying questions. One of which is: Does Canada have the relationship right with this U.S. administration?
Media reports of a “friendship” between Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary, Gerry Butts, and Trump’s now ousted alt-right adviser Steve Bannon raised brief speculation that we might b