EDITORIAL: Canadian trade war doesn’t help GOP candidates

Las Vegas Review-Journal August 24, 2026 - 9:00 pm History tells us that Republicans have an uphill climb this November to keep control of the House — and perhaps the Senate. President Donald Trump isn’t doing them a favor with his latest tariff threats against Canada, this country’s second-largest trading partner. After talks between the United States and its northern neighbor broke down over the weekend, Mr. Trump took to social media on Monday to announce a 50 percent tariff on all Canadian automotive and steel imports beginning Jan. 1. “Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years,” the president wrote. This is on top of 50 percent tariffs that went into effect over the weekend on a number of Canadian goods, amounting to about 5 percent of the nation’s exports to