Month: June 2018

Canada

Trump has alienated our neighbor and best ally, Canada, while he sucks up to dictators.

American opinion of Canada is down thanks to Trump:

Meanwhile, Canadians want to avoid American goods:

“The poll showed 72 percent of Canadians and 57 percent of Americans approved of the way Trudeau had handled the situation, while 14 percent of Canadians and 37 percent of Americans approved of Trump’s behavior. ”

Sad!

Update:

Trump attacked Canada again today (6/19):

New poll on Canadian opinion of Trump:

update 7/11:

Separating parents from children at the border is Trump’s policy, not a law

Trump and his supporters are lying when they say separating parents from children is following a Democratic law.  It’s Trump’s policy.  I guess they’re not proud of it so they won’t admit it.

NY Times editorial 

Understanding the policy

I think Trump lied on this one

Do the math.

More from the Washington Post

update:

Is Trump planning to leave the World Trade Organization?

This would not be surprising after he has pulled out of the Paris Climate agreement, the Iran nuclear agreement and the TPP.

The column states “In recent conversations here, European officials cast a more sinister light on what they think Trump has in mind in picking very public fights with America’s closest allies and the institutions they and the United States have created to instill some order and fairness in the international system. These officials fear that Trump is laying the groundwork for a U.S. decision to withdraw from the World Trade Organization, the 164-nation body that adopts and enforces global rules of trade and provides dispute settlement mechanisms when conflicts between nations arise.”

more background on Trump’s attitude toward other countries: