In a moment that speaks to the fracturing of the postwar Atlantic order, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed this week that Canada become the EU's first 'associate member'—a status that does not yet exist—as both blocs seek new anchors amid American pressure and collapsing trade talks. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, present in the European Parliament chamber as she spoke, has watched negotiations with Washington unravel while Donald Trump muses openly about absorbing Canada as a fifty-first state. Trump responded to the proposal with threats of severe tariffs, fra