It’s time for brunch, and Kellie Knight is making scrambled eggs. She’s also making a statement.
“Eggs have been a symbol of a lot of changes happening in this country. Grocery prices have not gone down since [U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration day] Jan. 20, as promised,” says the mother of four and owner of Prothero’s Post Resort, in Northwest Angle, Minn.
“I think about how everything is political now. You can’t eat breakfast without thinking about politics.”
Knight is closely watching the trade war between Canada and the United States, as well as Trump’s repeated threats about making Canada the 51st state.
She and the 100 or so year-round residents of their isolated fishing community have a lot at stake.
Outside of Alaska, it’s the only part of the United States that is north of the 49th parallel, and only exists because of a surveyor’s mistake on a flawed …