Agreed.  A U.S. route for the Keystone pipeline should be abandoned.  It is imprudent and a waste of time to negotiate with the present American administration.  There is no certainty in dealing with whatever that administration may agree to.  The U.S. certainly is not entitled to 25% (or possibly a jacked-up royalty in the future) from Canadian resources being piped through the U.S..  Take the Keystone Pipeline to Vancouver Harbour from Alberta.  Apparently the Trans Mountain pipeline lacks the capacity to meet the needs of Canada's Chinese and other foreign clients.  They can come to Vancouver Harbour to pick up their oil as well as they could the Gulf of Mexico.