The Daily Blast: Trump’s Fury at Canada Grows So Unhinged that Even GOPers are Rattled

After Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in (nytimes.com/2026/09/07/world/canada/tariffs-tr…) this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted (truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1172302…) a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted (truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1172266…) a demented visual of himself domineering over Canada’s prime minister. And he posted an unhinged rant (truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1172373…) attacking Canada with convoluted threats. Now, Republican strategists tell The Hill in a baffled tone that they’re worried the trade war has become (thehill.com/homenews/senate/6077659-trump-cana…) a big liability in the midterms. That comes as Republicans like Susan Collins (politico.com/news/2026/09/08/susan-collins-can…) and Kansas’s two GOP Senators (newrepublic.com/article/215178/trump-canada-ta…) have appeared at a loss to explain Trump’s approach. In short, even Republicans are flummoxed by Trump’s motives here. We talked to Vox’s Zack Beauchamp, who has reported deeply on the roots (vox.com/politics/500447/canada-trade-war-tarif…) of Trump’s trade-warring. We discuss how unmoored Trump is from basic trade realities, how Canadians see the situation, what it means that even working people oppose (cnn.com/2026/09/09/politics/cnn-polls-maine-se…) his tariffs, and why it all gives Democrats an opening to restate the case against MAGA nationalism.

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