Some of Donald Trump’s supporters stopped to take pictures of their unexpected sightings during his inauguration in Washington, DC.

“Canada thanks Donald Trump,” he said Sunday, as he read a sign above the Canadian embassy flanked by giant leaf flags on Pennsylvania Avenue.

“You think Justin Trudeau is there?”

No, the prime minister was not there. But as many as 1,500 people are expected to attend the opening ceremony in Canada on Monday.

This year’s event is amazing.

The lack of a parade on Pennsylvania Avenue due to bad weather is not the only reason this will be an unusual party.

This is the first time from the Canadian embassy it was opened at its appointed place and Capitol Hill in 1989 that there are no celebrations to testify from their traditional party.

Another surprise: Partygoers will spend the day anxiously waiting for the slew of legislation that will destroy those threatened by the star of the day, Trump.

It’s like having a party and wondering if you’re on the menu.

There are a lot of rumors about Trump’s possible economic sanctions: A minimum wage? A big tree with obstacles? Short-term cost? How to set tariffs? Or he will achieve his biggest threat: a full 25% tax on Canada and Mexico.

Canada’s ambassador to the United States said he expects some form of punishment from Trump – and its form is unclear.

“I hesitate to say, ‘it’s certain,’ but a lot of people I talk to think there’s going to be some kind of tax,” Kirsten Hillman told CBC News in a recent interview.

“Whether it’s on us, whether it’s on others… I don’t know. I hope they’re all wrong. But I think we have to be ready.”

SEE | The US Inauguration is being moved indoors due to cold weather:

Cold weather disrupts the 40th anniversary ceremony

Donald Trump will be the first US president to take the oath of office inside the Capitol instead of outside since Ronald Reagan in 1985. The extreme cold has forced the event inside for the first time in 40 years.

Tariff is the next idea in the speech

Trump’s team briefed their Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill on Sunday on more legislation coming in the next day, and it’s not clear where the deal will go.

A few US media reports Monday plans did not name it prices. Trump mentioned the tariffs only during a speech on Sunday.

During the opening day meeting, he went on and on about other plans for Day 1. He talked about aggressive deportations and past border incidents, and spent more time on gender issues than business.

He pressed on at the end, before the villagers closed his meeting with celebratory music. YMCA.

“Finally,” Trump said, adding promises to cut taxes, end inflation, raise wages and restore thousands of US industries through tax cuts and other policies.

It was like that. And now the continent is waiting.

Trump’s return is a defining moment for Canada-US relations, said Asa McKercher, an expert at the University of St. Francis Xavier in Nova Scotia who studies cross-border relationships.

The incoming president is threatening the most aggressive trade measures the continent has seen in more than 90 years, since the Great Depression, and the infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff, he said.

The 1930 tariffs disrupted Canadian exports: They hit different products at different prices but about 20 percent the point is was wiped out Most of Canada’s wool, cattle and flaxseeds are exported to the US

Trump is also the biggest US politician in America about 115 years making even semi-serious wisecracks about The United States is defeating Canadasaid McKercher, who is the Steven K. Hudson Research Chair in Canada-US Relations at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government at StFX.

“Donald Trump has somehow changed the last century,” he said. “It’s back in the future, I guess.”

In other words, Trump is the most abrupt change from history, McKercher said, in his willingness to appeal to friendly countries. “It’s unprecedented to have a president deliberately give the middle finger to allies,” he said.

The business leader is urging caution

One Canadian business leader said he’s trying his best to focus on what Canada has in its hands — not what will win.

“It’s not too late to worry about what, where, when, why (Trump’s tariffs will hit),” said Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada.

“It’s just a better way to sleep every night.”

What Canada can improve, he said, is strengthening its economic policies to create opportunities and Trump, such as the successful expansion of mining and power.

Hyder also warns Ottawa to be more cautious about launching retaliation that could exacerbate domestic damage; like, for example, Canada threats imposing an export tax on electronic products, which Canada also againimported from the US

“The last thing you want is what we’ve done in Canada,” he said in an interview Sunday, as he traveled to Washington for the inauguration.

We will know on Monday if there is anything to return.

Meanwhile, guests will gather for a reception at the Canadian Embassy as they have done for every inauguration since 1989.

Guests include regional leaders, federal ministers and several US politicians and business groups, all are welcome to enjoy snacks, including beaver tails.

The ambassador did not disclose the cost of the matter but said it is being settled by several companies that are helping companies.

Continuing with this tradition is in the national interest and the right thing to do, regardless of the unusual threats that threaten the continent, said McKercher.

“It’s amazing,” he said of the events that took place at the party. “But embassies are like a foreign country.”