Image, Credit Elchinator Donald Trump loves to talk about trade deficits. He’s made it a cornerstone of his economic rhetoric, repeatedly painting Canada as a country that is “ripping off” the United States through an unfair trade imbalance. But when you look beyond the big headline numbers and take a step back, the picture he paints starts to look less like a reality check and more like a creative accounting exercise to serve a political narrative. Let’s get the top-line numbers out of the way. In 2024, Canada exported approximately $596.2 billion CAD to the United Stat