I'll start by saying that, obviously, the U.S.-Canada relationship will probably remain tense as long as Trump is in office, so for the next 3 1/2 years. However, I wonder what will happen after Trump's time as President.

A friend of mine was just up in Canada for a week. Now given, they were in Quebec, specifically Montreal and Quebec City. Of course even by Canadian standards Quebec is liberal, especially compared to other provinces like Alberta.

While everyone was genuinely nice to him, and harbored no hostility towards him individually as an American, he did ask several of them about their views of the U.S. All of them did not hesitate to say they hate Trump, with several of them using the "Elbows Up" saying towards the U.S. and advising they will not vacation in the U.S. or buy any U.S. products if possible. Many of them are saying they think the U.S.-Canada relationship is damaged beyond repair, or at least for a generation.

I looked up several sources, and sure enough the "Elbows Up" saying has become very popular with Canadians, basically implying they are willing to fight the U.S. if necessary and as a sign of a complete boycott of the U.S.

With all the rhetoric from a lot of Canadians, I'm really surprised it hasn't been a bigger topic here.

I live in Florida, and there has been regular news here about Canadian tourism being down at least 50% and really hurting tourism in the state. I know many border states like New York and Michigan are also saying the same thing.

With that said, going down the rabbit hole, including on some Canadian Reddits, the arrogance from Canadians is pretty crazy. They truly think they can bring the U.S. to its knees. Some fully consider the two countries to already be at war.

My personal feelings is that it escalates. I think Canadians need to be careful with their rhetoric. As much as Trump caused this, I think Canadians have done nothing but escalate. And as far as I'm concerned, as a conservative, Canada needs the U.S. far more than the U.S. needs Canada. Canada can maybe hurt the U.S., but the U.S. can utterly destroy Canada economically.

While Trump hasn't gone beyond rhetoric, if the Canadians continue to boycott the U.S. in terms of travel, do you see any type of response? Do you see Americans responding in kind and cutting back on travel with Canada? While dramatic, I could easily see Trump banning all non-essential personal travel to Canada. Now obviously that would start off a complete economic war between the two countries, if not even a Cold War type situation.

While Americans could also boycott Canadians products, in general there really aren't many every day products from Canada that Americans use. Travel is probably the biggest way that Americans interact with Canada.

I can also see Trump pulling back the military. Canada, like most of Europe, only has a small military, a lot of it truly being for show. With the U.S. military essentially acting as Canada's military, Canada would become a fairly easy and enticing target.

What do you think? Do you think the tensions between the U.S. and Canada continue to escalate, even after Trump leaves office? Or you think they stay tense during the Trump years and then calm down long term?