Investors Respond to Trump Uncertainty

Jeffrey Sachs and Warren Buffet comment on the danger of loss of confidence and stability for investors in Canada on Wall Street. 

Canada Just Made A New Trade Move — Trump LOSES Control | Jeffery Sachs

In this video, economist Jeffrey Sachs explains why Trump’s confrontation with Canada is quietly changing how US markets are being evaluated. This isn’t about tariffs or headlines, but about capital, confidence, and what happens when long‑standing financial relationships start to look less stable.

Sachs breaks down how institutional investors respond to uncertainty, why Canada’s role in US markets matters far more than most realize, and how Wall Street becomes the transmission mechanism for higher costs, tighter credit, and slower growth.

In this video, economist Jeffrey Sachs explains why Canada’s new trade move is not a confrontation with Donald Trump, but a quiet structural shift that reduces exposure to U.S. political volatility. Rather than escalating tensions, Canada has adjusted how leverage works inside the trade system itself.

Sachs breaks down how diversification, patience, and long-term planning can weaken traditional pressure tactics without retaliation, and why this approach reflects a broader global shift toward resilience over efficiency. (Canada Just Made A New Trade Move — Trump LOSES Control | Jeffery Sachs, n.d.)

Warren Buffet makes the case for the necessity of stability to make trade between the US and Canada continue to be mutually beneficial and why Canada is walking away from investing in the United States. 

(WARREN BUFFETT EXPLAINS WHY CANADA IS WALKING AWAY FROM THE US IT JUST HAPPENED, n.d.)

The Stock Market demands stability and predictability.

References

WARREN BUFFETT EXPLAINS WHY CANADA IS WALKING AWAY FROM THE US IT JUST HAPPENED. (n.d.). https://youtu.be/prllSJYOI48?si=CRN-U-N1UVfmkaQt 

You Tube. (n.d.). Canada Just Made A New Trade Move — Trump LOSES Control | Jeffery Sachs. https://youtu.be/QSGbWvTvREU?si=CH4TUmAY3J3Bw3yv 

Moral Collapse in DHS/ICE Killings

Lawrence Powell reflects on The Moral Collapse That Killed Renee Good and we contemplate the immorality in the killing of Alex Pretti. What we are witnessing is something deeper and more disturbing: the surrender of moral agency in exchange for belonging.

Bystander video captured from multiple angles appears to show another fatal confrontation between U.S. federal agents and an individual in Minneapolis on Saturday. Federal officials said the man was armed and that agents fired at him in self-defence. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized the Trump administration and its immigration enforcement campaign, saying it is creating 'chaos' in his state.

History does not judge people only by what they do with their own hands, but by what they permit, excuse, and normalize. And it is unforgiving to those who confuse obedience with virtue and cruelty with order. (Powell, n.d.)

The Incident Management Intervention Model (IMIM) is what RCMP officers use to assess and manage risk in all encounters with the public. It helps to determine what intervention is needed, such as verbal de-escalation or the use of another method. 

Police officers must also clearly explain what happened before, during and after the incident. This process is called "legal articulation." This articulation will include the officer's risk assessment, helping people who were not there understand what the officer saw, what it meant to them, as well as how it made them feel.

An officer's intervention is measured against what a reasonable, trained, prudent police officer would do faced with a similar set of circumstances.

In April 2021, the RCMP updated the Incident Management Intervention Model (IMIM) annual re-certification training as well as the Incident Management Intervention Model graphic to place more emphasis on communication and crisis intervention and de-escalation. Crisis intervention and de-escalation now surrounds the graphic, emphasizing de-escalation as the preferred result of any interaction. Crisis intervention and de-escalation provides police with tools that can often be used instead of physical intervention options.

Six basic principles underlie the Incident Management Intervention Model:

 

• The primary duty of a peace officer is to preserve and protect life

• The primary objective of any intervention is public safety

• Peace officer safety is essential to public safety

• The Incident Management Intervention Model is consistent with federal statute law and common law authorities and in no way replaces or augments the law

• The intervention model must always be applied in the context of a careful assessment of risk, taking into account the likelihood and extent of life loss, injury, and damage to property as a result of the intervention

• Risk assessment is a continuous process and risk management must evolve as situations change (RCMP Incident Management Intervention Model, 2026)

Perhaps the DHS and ICE officers require more intense training in situational awareness, communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation. The requirement to demonstrate these steps in the investigation of action in cases where lethal force was applied or face prosecution under the Law is very likely to reduce killing as the result of interactions with the public.

References

Powell, L. (n.d.). The Moral Collapse That Killed Renee Good. Facebook. Retrieved January 26, 2026, from https://www.facebook.com/HLawrencePowell/photos/the-moral-collapse-that-killed-renee-good-by-lawrence-powell-to-understand-why-m/10162282889168388/ 

RCMP Incident Management Intervention Model. (2026, January 19). Royal Canadian Mounted Police | Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Retrieved January 26, 2026, from https://rcmp.ca/en/police-intervention/incident-management-intervention-model 

Outside Scope of Authority

Former law enforcement officer, Kramer Hammy has posted to “Threads” a discussion that proposes that ICE agents involved acted outside their “Scope of Authority” during the events involving Renee Nicole Good, the mom killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

ICE agents stand outside an ICE facility during a protest on Oct. 4 in Portland, Ore. The shooting of a Minneapolis woman has raised questions about ICE's rules for use of force. (Jenny Kane/The Associated Press)

"As a former officer, let me make something clear: ICE agents ARE NOT police officers, deputy sheriffs, or troopers. They are not local/state law enforcement. They are not federal criminal law enforcement. They have an INCREDIBLY limited scope of authority, and that scope of authority exists in detaining and arresting with probable cause and/or SIGNED WARRANTS those investigated and suspected of being in the US illegally. ("This ENTIRE Situation in Minnesota Was Outside of the Scope of Legal Authority, n.d.)

The use of lethal force by law enforcement officers has a controversial history in Western Society. Some of the guidelines that I recall expressed in Canada include:

• Preservation of human life is the highest priority of law enforcement.

• Lethal Force is justified to counter Lethal Threat

• When the RCMP activate a lethal weapon it is used to apply lethal force.

Many people have concerns that the training of ICE agents has neglected emphasis on the consequences of action outside of their scope of authority and in neglect of the moral and human respect that is required to prevent tragic outcomes from an ill considered and possibly illegal use of Lethal Force.

References

"This ENTIRE situation in Minnesota was outside of the scope of legal authority. (n.d.). Threads. Retrieved January 12, 2026, from https://www.threads.com/@bertwoodphotography/post/DTavZRije7V/this-entire-situation-in-minnesota-was-outside-of-the-scope-of-legal-authority