The chances of RC pulling the plug on NAFTA just went up. I think it may be as high as 90% now and is likely to happen at the beginning of the next round of negotiations.

Neither Canada nor Mexico have indicated they will make concessions on the big ticket issues, which is probably what RC is looking for at this stage. If they are still intransigent during the next set of meetings he will try to ramp up the pressure at the outset to get them to move.

Many people are still in denial over this. They cannot believe that he would do this given the economic damage it will cause and the fact that there are all sorts of legislative hurdles that must be crossed, not to mention opposition from writhin the GOP. 

None of that matters to him. He wants a deal on his terms and only on his terms.

It is time for us to look at plan B. I wager our government already is.