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U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in the Press Briefing Room on April 7. His gaslighting of America is rapidly turning into Canadian policy through an aggressive disinformation campaign controlled and co-ordinated by the White House, writes Erica Ifill. Photograph courtesy of the White House Flickr/Andrea Hanks

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

May 13, 2020

OTTAWA—Donald Trump’s gaslighting of America is rapidly turning into Canadian policy. This is being orchestrated through an aggressive disinformation campaign, controlled and co-ordinated by the White House.

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