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Trump’s ridiculous bullying of Canada is backfiring

Donald Trump Canada United States Mark Carney

canadian flag over lake ontario where many boats are docked — ‘Bullies like Trump rarely think about the effects of their bullying on the thinking and attitudes of their targets.’ Photograph: Cole Burston/AFP/Getty Images

What do bullies do when someone stands up to their bullying and punches them in the face? They look for someone weaker to bully who won’t punch back.

Presumably that’s why Donald Trump has now taken on Canada, after Iran punched back so hard in the cage match the US president began more than six months ago as to leave him humiliated and baffled.

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