It seems like the Trump administration’s tariffs have become a real-life game of ‘Whack-a-Mole’ with empty shelves, and poor bourbon in Canada is just the latest casualty. Talk about a ‘United States’ of confusion, where liquor is a casualty of political chess games. Who knew that the best way to ‘accountable’ was to make sure the shelves are as empty as the ‘Etats-Unis’ sign? ‘Don’t touch our bourbon’ indeed, but it looks like they’ve already touched it, and now it’s missing. It’s a trade war where no one’s winning, except maybe the spirits of the bartenders left with no choice but to mix up some creative homemade cocktails. ‘Greatly troubled’? More like ‘greatly embarrassed’ for the Distilled Spirits Council, I’d say. This isn’t a ripple in the U.S. economy; it’s a tidal wave that’s about to sweep away a whole lot of jobs. ‘Less than 1% of the fentanyl intercepted at the U.S. border came from Canada’? So, that’s why we’re penalizing them for 99% of what we don’t care about? Classic! It’s like trying to scare a bear with a pop-gun – and then wondering why the bear is so upset! Ah, the noble art of tariff diplomacy!