President Donald Trump has recently boosted tariffs against some Canadian exports to the U.S. to the 50% level, something unprecedented, even for him. He has done so, in part, as a reaction to smoke inundating the United States from Canadian forest fires.

The New York Times, and who would know better on this matter, indeed, on all matters, rises to the defense of the Great White (pardon me for using this word, and, worse, capitalizing it) North. The Gray Lady states as follows: “Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out. Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn.”