A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war

In photos: Maine border town on the front line of a looming trade war with Canada

In some two dozen interviews conducted over two days last week, residents of Madawaska and Edmundston spoke about the growing tension between the two countries, the simmering anxiety about what Trump’s tariffs might mean for the local economy – and why some of them are supporting the president’s tactics anyway. Photos by Portland Press Herald photographer Brianna Soukup.

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MADAWASKA — An outsider might say Kim Thibodeau lives in two different worlds. She was born in Fort Kent, a small Aroostook County town separated from Canada by the St. John River, a border station and an invisible line drawn by politicians of times past. About 30 years ago, she followed her boyfriend across that river to New Brunswick and settled in the Canadian city of Edmundston. Now, she returns to her birth country each morning to work at L…