Smoot-Hawley reprised

The devastation Trumpty Dumpty's wrought
to implement Navarro's crackpot scheme,
discounts the human traits that can't be bought;
he's never built a friendship, nor a team.
America Alone! Like Mao TseTeng
determined to hold all the world at bay
at once, the global commerce web's unstrung.
And voters Red and Blue are gonna pay.
A grownup might concede he'd got it wrong,
but Cohn had trained him always to attack.
Determined to present himself as "strong",
what once he's said, he helpless to take back.
As if the universe ends at our shore
the orange dotard lists towards civil war.

Canadian spine

Mark Carney hears the threats, but doesn't flinch;
abusive partnerships must duly end.
He'll trade with someone farther, in a pinch;
most Europeans won't extort a friend.
A life in banking's steeled him for this role;
he's taught the bitter tale of Hawley-Smoot.
A lesser man who'd dreamt he'd wield control
stands poised to learn what Canada's about.
A New World Order like we haven't known,
since Herbert Hoover crashed us in that ditch.
Surpassing BREXIT for the worst self-own
to advertise who's Putin's eager bitch.
Our neighbors to the North will have to lead
until the MAGATs man up, and secede.