On January 30, ten days after the second Trump administration began, the secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem, traveled to the Northeast. She visited the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which straddles the U.S.-Canadian border. On one side is Derby Line, Vermont; on the other is Rock Island, Quebec. The Haskell family built the structure on the border because they wanted Americans and Canadians to have equal access.
Throughout the building, there is a black line, indicating the border. On her visit, Secretary Noem hopped from one side to the other. “U.S.A. No. 1,” she said on the American side. “The 51st state,” she said on the other. She did this over and over.
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