Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 26, 2026

‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada

President's tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms? The weather in Maine's Penobscot county – one of the most heavily forested counties in a state dense with trees – was warm and dry.

‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada

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President's tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms?

The weather in Maine's Penobscot county – one of the most heavily forested counties in a state dense with trees – was warm and dry.

Yet even as the county's wood had grown to an ideal size to harvest, the machines Molly London typically uses sat idle.

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President's tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms? The weather in Maine's Penobscot county – one of the most heavily forested counties in a state dense with trees – was warm and dry. Yet even as the county's wood had grown to an ideal size to harvest, the machines Molly London typically uses sat idle.

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