Windsor and Detroit are old friends. Some worry Trump’s tariff threats could change that [Video]

Many Canadians are angry at the United States over the threat of tariffs and U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated jibes about “the 51st state,” but those feelings are more complicated in Windsor, Ont., where people are deeply connected to their neighbours across the river in Detroit. 

“You’re throwing away hundreds of years of friendship and hundreds of years of connection because of the few stupid actions of one idiot,” said Rino Bortolin, a restaurant owner and former city councillor in Windsor. 

“[These tariffs are] just a really stupid idea. And we can’t take it out on the people,” he told The Current‘s Matt Galloway.

Earlier this week, Trump was set to slap 25 per cent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods, but delayed the move for 30 days after Canada agreed to increase border security and appoint a fentanyl “czar.”

Despite a temporary reprieve from the trade war, Prime Minister Justin …