To start a new trade war with Canada when GOP candidates in Michigan and Maine need all the help they can get sounds utterly suicidal. So why is Trump doing it?
Here are some possibilities:
- Surrounded by sycophants and fools who pander to him at every turn, Trump has come to believe that he is universally loved and that polls which say otherwise are fake news.
- Trump thinks that no matter what he does, everything will turn out all right for him, because it always does.
- Imposing his will on Canada is a more important priority than winning midterm elections.
- All of the above.
In case you were wondering, the correct answer is “all of the above.”