Local Chamber of Commerce Director Carol Solomon said several Canadians are still stopping by the Brain Visitor Centre, but often only to use public bathrooms.
A few yards away on a recent Sunday, Trent Earth and Gary Farrow were chatting at the welcome sign at the entrance to the town that read “Blaine, Washington, City of Peace.” Two colleagues at a nearby cold storage facility weren’t too concerned about the shortage of Canadians.
Trump never shrugged, a Georgia transplant, “It’s very wild in what he says and what he does.”
“People will get through that,” said Farrow, who is from Blaine. “I think it’s going to go away.”
I hope that Mayor Blaine Mary Lou Steward is right. Before Trump’s tariff threat rose, the town already felt bogged down from inflation, and she said she now said she was worried that “we might need to start dealing with Farrow” due to a decline in sales tax revenue.
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“Our accommodation is amazing, but the president is upsetting and disrespecting Canadians, so now he can’t take himself across the border. From Blaine, about 15 miles southeast of Blaine, in a town known for its Dutch immigrant heritage and architecture, she said, has seen a surge in Canadian cancellations.
“We responded by saying that we were really shocked and saddened by the administration’s policies.
