Justin Trudeau sticks it to Donald Trump

| 12:01 pm EDT July 7, 2020
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With his failed presidency crumbling and his reelection prospects circling the drain, Donald Trump is trying out a variety of ideas for turning things around. For instance he’s launched a racist attack on a popular black NASCAR driver; it’s not going well for him. He’s also trying to pretend that the minor revisions he’s made to NAFTA are somehow a big deal.

The USMCA trade deal, or whatever Trump is calling it this week, is about to go into effect. Canada and Mexico have both agreed to sign it. But Trump is trying to make a big deal out of holding a White House signing ceremony, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now says he’s not interested in attending. He’s citing both the pandemic and Trump’s tariff idiocy.

With a worsening pandemic in the United States and the economy on the verge of collapse, we can’t imagine that anyone cares about Donald Trump’s overhyped trade deal one way or the other. But Trump seemed to believe that this trade deal was going to be his magic bullet for getting back in the race – and now it’s turned into something closer to being stood up on a date.

Dear Palmer Report readers, we all understand the difficult era we're heading into. Major media outlets are caving to Trump already. Even the internet itself and publishing platforms may be at risk. But Palmer Report is nonetheless going to lead the fight. We're funding our 2025 operating expenses now, so we can keep publishing no matter what happens. I'm asking you to contribute if you can, because the stakes are just so high. You can donate here.