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Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting Canada and ‘Governor Justin Trudeau’

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Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico .

Writers: Political strategy is often grounded not in rational economic goals, but in irrational desires that sometimes drive politics to destructive ends.

They say Canada has been caught in the crosshairs, seeking to appease the U.S. while becoming the target of Trump ’s populism regardless. Writers: Trade is more than the sum of economic parts; it is highly emotional and even fetishized.

Trump ’s plans to prey on American fears via trade protectionism are likely to backfire, writes Gavin Fridell and Ilan Kapoor .

They may temporarily buoy nationalist sentiment and provide relief to some U.S. manufacturers, but soon American consumers will suffer higher prices while producers could be hit by more expensive oil and gas from Canada .

The irrationality of Trump 's populist protectionist policies is plain for all to see, they say.

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