Recently one of my opposite numbers, a columnist up in Vancouver, B.C., announced that he couldn91裸聊视频檛 take America anymore. He broke up with us.

91裸聊视频淕oodbye, America,91裸聊视频� wrote longtime Sun columnist Pete McMartin.

91裸聊视频淕oodbye Bellingham, Seattle and Portland 91裸聊视频� how I91裸聊视频檒l miss my Cascadian cousins with our shared Pacific sensibilities.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲hat was once so close has never been so far.91裸聊视频�

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 91裸聊视频� between being 91裸聊视频渧assals or enemies.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 choosing the latter,91裸聊视频� he announced.

91裸聊视频淪o, goodbye America, it91裸聊视频檚 been nice knowing you, but I don91裸聊视频檛 know you anymore. I91裸聊视频檝e reached that point in our relationship where any admiration I have had for you has been replaced by a new, angry resolve, which is: I won91裸聊视频檛 consort with the enemy.91裸聊视频�

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

The awkward reality is I don91裸聊视频檛 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 91裸聊视频淐hildren of a Common Mother.91裸聊视频� This feels then like the world91裸聊视频檚 biggest family breakup 91裸聊视频� 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 Trump91裸聊视频檚 suggestion of annexing your country, and making it the 51st state? That he didn91裸聊视频檛 bring up his weird Canada animus until after he91裸聊视频檇 won the election?

No, that probably won91裸聊视频檛 help. The bitter truth is we knew Trump was impetuous. We knew he loves to bully his allies more than his enemies 91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频� 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 it91裸聊视频檚 worth, Canada, let me say that I admire how you91裸聊视频檙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 everybody91裸聊视频檚 wearing 91裸聊视频淐anada is not for sale91裸聊视频� hats.

I smiled at how a British Columbia coffee house has started a movement to change the name of the espresso drink 91裸聊视频淎mericano91裸聊视频� to 91裸聊视频淐anadiano.91裸聊视频� Quiet acts of resolve matter, even silly ones.

I also like that there91裸聊视频檚 now a weekly protest outside the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, with signs like 91裸聊视频淪top Him, Americans91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淭oque off, Trump.91裸聊视频� And I endorse how your sports fans are lustily booing our national anthem. Atypical for you supposedly polite Canadians 91裸聊视频� but exactly what the times demand.

All this makes me envious, Canada. You91裸聊视频檙e behaving as we ought to be.

That we91裸聊视频檙e not protesting or booing right along with you blameless Canadians was the most wounding part of Mr. McMartin91裸聊视频檚 breakup note.

91裸聊视频淕oodbye to my American friends,91裸聊视频� he wrote.

91裸聊视频淵our silence and the silence of all Americans in response to this aggression leaves me disheartened. That silence speaks volumes. I 91裸聊视频� we 91裸聊视频� have heard you loud and clear how little our friendship as a country means to you.91裸聊视频�

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 can91裸聊视频檛 take it anymore. It91裸聊视频檚 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 won91裸聊视频檛 really try to annex Canada, they blithely say.

Or I could try to convince you that we91裸聊视频檙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 can91裸聊视频檛 honestly sell any of that right now. You got it right in your breakup note. You called us quiet cowards, which hurts because it91裸聊视频檚 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 McMartin91裸聊视频檚 goodbye:

91裸聊视频淭he United States is not what I once thought it was. Their true character 91裸聊视频� or lack of 91裸聊视频� is in clear view. I can think of excuses, but in the end, Americans had a choice, and this is the one they made.91裸聊视频�

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 won91裸聊视频檛 do it even after you91裸聊视频檝e, say, invaded the wrong country.

So that91裸聊视频檚 what I got, Canadians. It91裸聊视频檚 bound to be small solace. It won91裸聊视频檛 end the tariffs or the takeover madness. It won91裸聊视频檛 91裸聊视频渟top him.91裸聊视频� But it91裸聊视频檚 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: I91裸聊视频檓 sorry.

Danny Westneat writes for The Seattle Times