Canadians Don’t Understand America — And It’s Costing Us | Anil Hira

SFU political science professor Anil Hira returns to Ship of Fools for a plain-English breakdown of how the American political system actually works — and why Canadians so often misunderstand it.Who really holds the power in the United States? The president? Congress? The Senate? The courts? The states?Anil draws on his years working in Washington, including time on Capitol Hill and at the U.S. State Department, to explain how decisions actually get made and why the system can look very different from Canada’s.Steven and Anil also get into:Trump and the current Canada-U.S. tariff fightWhat a U.S. president can — and cannot — do on his ownWhy Congress and the Senate matter so muchThe role of the courts, states and local governmentsWhy the Electoral College confuses so many CanadiansWhat Canadians consistently get wrong about American politicsThe upcoming U.S. midterms and why control of Congress mattersAnil’s book The Great Disruption and what Trump, Brexit and populism still tell us seven years laterWhether Canada is developing some of the same political pressuresThis is not a political science lecture. It’s a practical conversation about Trump, tariffs, power and the American system Canadians hear about every day — but may not understand nearly as well as we think.🎙️ Guest: Professor Anil Hira, Simon Fraser University🎧 Host: Steven MalkowichShip of Fools Podcast — Where Wit Meets Wisdom.