Trump for dummies: there’s no scapegoat like a foreign scapegoat

Canadians should expect barbs from the U.S. president to continue if they play well with his supporters.
U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned for the job by attacking America's trade agreements as unfair to the average American.

OTTAWA—The CNN anchors kept looking at each other, half-laughing. “Canada?” they kept saying, as in United States President Donald Trump is picking a fight with Canada?

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