Recently one of my opposite numbers, a columnist up in Vancouver, B.C., announced that he couldn香蕉视频直播檛 take America anymore. He broke up with us.

香蕉视频直播淕oodbye, America,香蕉视频直播� wrote longtime Sun columnist Pete McMartin.

香蕉视频直播淕oodbye Bellingham, Seattle and Portland 香蕉视频直播� how I香蕉视频直播檒l miss my Cascadian cousins with our shared Pacific sensibilities.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淲hat was once so close has never been so far.香蕉视频直播�

McMartin, channeling the bitter mood of betrayal in Canada right now, said the heedless U.S. president is forcing all Canadians to make a choice 香蕉视频直播� between being 香蕉视频直播渧assals or enemies.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淚香蕉视频直播檓 choosing the latter,香蕉视频直播� he announced.

香蕉视频直播淪o, goodbye America, it香蕉视频直播檚 been nice knowing you, but I don香蕉视频直播檛 know you anymore. I香蕉视频直播檝e reached that point in our relationship where any admiration I have had for you has been replaced by a new, angry resolve, which is: I won香蕉视频直播檛 consort with the enemy.香蕉视频直播�

Ouch. The enemy? What can I say to that in return?

The awkward reality is I don香蕉视频直播檛 know what to say to Canadians at this juncture in our shared history. On the Peace Arch at Blaine between our two countries, the inscription reads 香蕉视频直播淐hildren of a Common Mother.香蕉视频直播� This feels then like the world香蕉视频直播檚 biggest family breakup 香蕉视频直播� with us as the cause.

Would it help, Canadians, if an American said he was embarrassed for America right now?

Would it count for anything if I pointed out that we were as blindsided as you by Donald Trump香蕉视频直播檚 suggestion of annexing your country, and making it the 51st state? That he didn香蕉视频直播檛 bring up his weird Canada animus until after he香蕉视频直播檇 won the election?

No, that probably won香蕉视频直播檛 help. The bitter truth is we knew Trump was impetuous. We knew he loves to bully his allies more than his enemies 香蕉视频直播� witness how he relishes humiliating, say, GOP senators. And we knew he would act out the Ugly American shtick on the world stage. We elected him anyway.

Still, picking on 香蕉视频直播� Canada? I think I speak for more than a few Americans when I say that the only people more baffled by this sudden choice of enemies than you, Canadians, was us.

So for what it香蕉视频直播檚 worth, Canada, let me say that I admire how you香蕉视频直播檙e rallying to our threat.

I loved how you mocked the idea of Trump requesting Canadian troops on the border by instead posting hockey sticks in the snow with googly eyes on them.

I love how everybody香蕉视频直播檚 wearing 香蕉视频直播淐anada is not for sale香蕉视频直播� hats.

I smiled at how a British Columbia coffee house has started a movement to change the name of the espresso drink 香蕉视频直播淎mericano香蕉视频直播� to 香蕉视频直播淐anadiano.香蕉视频直播� Quiet acts of resolve matter, even silly ones.

I also like that there香蕉视频直播檚 now a weekly protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, with signs like 香蕉视频直播淪top Him, Americans香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淭oque off, Trump.香蕉视频直播� And I endorse how your sports fans are lustily booing our national anthem. Atypical for you supposedly polite Canadians 香蕉视频直播� but exactly what the times demand.

All this makes me envious, Canada. You香蕉视频直播檙e behaving as we ought to be.

That we香蕉视频直播檙e not protesting or booing right along with you blameless Canadians was the most wounding part of Mr. McMartin香蕉视频直播檚 breakup note.

香蕉视频直播淕oodbye to my American friends,香蕉视频直播� he wrote.

香蕉视频直播淵our silence and the silence of all Americans in response to this aggression leaves me disheartened. That silence speaks volumes. I 香蕉视频直播� we 香蕉视频直播� have heard you loud and clear how little our friendship as a country means to you.香蕉视频直播�

How can I explain this quiescence? I cannot.

I could report to you that people here are exhausted. I have readers in Seattle who write to me daily saying they no longer read the news, because they can香蕉视频直播檛 take it anymore. It香蕉视频直播檚 their way, I guess, of also saying goodbye.

I could tell you that some people here still regard Trump as a buffoonish cartoon figure not to be taken seriously. He won香蕉视频直播檛 really try to annex Canada, they blithely say.

Or I could try to convince you that we香蕉视频直播檙e only hibernating. That you just have to be patient, Canadians, as the old America you once knew, the one that famously does the right thing only after exhausting all other options, is about to burst onto the scene.

But I can香蕉视频直播檛 honestly sell any of that right now. You got it right in your breakup note. You called us quiet cowards, which hurts because it香蕉视频直播檚 true. We kicked up a million times more fuss when a transgender celebrity drank a Bud Light, or when they asked us to wear masks, than we are right now that our bonkers boss is threatening to economically crush, and then imperialistically occupy, our closest ally and friend.

As one Canadian wrote in response to McMartin香蕉视频直播檚 goodbye:

香蕉视频直播淭he United States is not what I once thought it was. Their true character 香蕉视频直播� or lack of 香蕉视频直播� is in clear view. I can think of excuses, but in the end, Americans had a choice, and this is the one they made.香蕉视频直播�

What can one say to that?

I have a friend in Canada who insists the main difference between Canadians and Americans is the apology. Canadians apologize two or three times before breakfast, he says, while you Americans won香蕉视频直播檛 do it even after you香蕉视频直播檝e, say, invaded the wrong country.

So that香蕉视频直播檚 what I got, Canadians. It香蕉视频直播檚 bound to be small solace. It won香蕉视频直播檛 end the tariffs or the takeover madness. It won香蕉视频直播檛 香蕉视频直播渟top him.香蕉视频直播� But it香蕉视频直播檚 the only thing I have from the heart to communicate that there are some down here who not only hear you, Canada, but who stand with you.

Which is to say: I香蕉视频直播檓 sorry.

Danny Westneat writes for The Seattle Times