Wood logs are piled up by workers of a sawmill company at a forest in Burlington, Maine, on October 13, 2026. In the heat of US midterm elections, President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada, and Ottawa's retaliation, have taken center stage in timber-producing Maine, walloped by the economic fallout perhaps more than any other state. Residents in Maine's frontier towns express worry that the tariffs have also triggered a rupture in cross-border relationships built up over decades, and that the intricate community fabric could take years to repair. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)