If you had to pick just one place to take the temperature of relations between the U.S. and Canada right now, consider The Rubber Duck Museum in Point Roberts, Wash.

The museum is located in a small U.S. town attached to Canada, not the U.S. mainland. The only way to drive to the town, which is at the end of a peninsula, is to go through Canada. This unique location makes the town of about 1,200 people dependent upon its northern neighbor for nearly everything, including customers looking to add to their rubber duck collections.

Since Trump launched tariff wars on countries, including Canada and China, and began insisting Canada will be the 51st state, far fewer Canadian visitors have flocked to this U.S. outpost. After months of dismal sales, and now looking at 145% tariffs on goods from China, the Kings say they are packing up the ducks and moving them across the border into Canada.

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    FFS…

    They could bend the border around Vancouver Island but not around Point Roberts…???

    Who fucking decided that bullshit??

    These folks are so essentially Canadian anyway that this move will be physical only. 🤷‍♂️

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    Even if President Trump were to suddenly drop the tariffs, the Kings said they would still move their little museum to Canada.

    "It’s just the instability of, you know, waking up every day and going, ‘Is today a tariff day or not?’ " Neil said. “It just isn’t a sustainable business model for any small business, let alone a small business that is reliant on Canadian tourism.”

    Yep, relations are fucked and this is going to be long lasting.