KEY POINTS
Donald Trump said he had terminated all U.S. trade negotiations with Canada.
Trump said he was doing so because of an allegedly “fake” advertisement that Canada was airing that features former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
Doug Ford, the premier of the Ontario province in Canada, recently said the province would spend $75 million on ads to run in the United States featuring Reagan criticizing tariffs
Trump knows how effective advertising is in controlling what people think, that’s why he’s so upset about this.
you give him more credit than he’s due, seriously…every single person who has ever interacted with this guy has said they were surprised with just how stupid he is.
the man is incredibly easy to manipulate, him being so easy to manipulate is the only thing that makes manipulating him difficult, because he’ll just flip to whatever the next guy tells him
he saw a video that challenged the reality his bubble has built around him, and like a child this frightened/angered him so he lashes out.