David Staples: Danielle Smith in damage control to stop sell-out of Alberta’s interests in Trump tariff crisis

Between Justin Trudeau’s inability to refrain from Trump-bashing and the horrendous ideas coming out of Ontario that will cripple Alberta’s economy, the Trump tariff crisis is starting to feel like a disaster for this province, possibly an unprecedented selling out of Alberta’s interests in favour of Eastern Canada.

It was no surprise then to see Premier Danielle Smith engaging in furious damage control on Thursday, criticizing Trudeau’s ongoing snipes at president-elect Donald Trump while also lashing out against proposals from Ontario leaders to either ban or tax oil exports to the U.S. in retaliation of Trump’s proposed 25 per cent tariffs.

“It’s not helpful,” Smith said of Trudeau’s public statements this week, evidently doing her best to sound diplomatic in a situation where Trudeau himself has dropped diplomacy in the dumpster.

Instead of addressing Trump’s long-standing concerns about illegal migrants and fentanyl crossing the Canada-U.S. border, Trudeau scolded American voters for failing to elect progressive left female candidate Kamala Harris…