Why Is Donald Trump Picking a Fight with Canada?
The New Yorker's political podcast examines how Donald Trump's self-inflicted 'wars of choice'—with Canada, in Iran, and over data centers—are backfiring, eroding his political capital and damaging U.S. alliances. As midterm elections approach, even Republican candidates are distancing th
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