Incoming US President-elect Donald Trump keeps threatening to dropkick countries like Canada that don’t meet their defense spending obligations as members of the transatlantic weapons lobby known as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) out of its protection racket.

A government official says Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is returning home after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the majo