El Trumpo was in fine tweeting form this morning when he ran off about whatever was rattling around in his head.
“I think today what has happened is that news reporting has become part of the adversary system.” Alan Dershowitz It has become tainted and corrupt! DJT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
Then he went after Canada:
I love Canada, but they’ve taken advantage of our Country for many years!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
And the FISA warrant story we told you about last night:
Report: There were no FISA hearings held over Spy documents.”It is astonishing that the FISA courts couldn’t hold hearings on Spy Warrants targeting Donald Trump. It isn’t about Carter Page, it’s about the Trump Campaign. You’ve got corruption at the DOJ & FBI. The leadership....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
....of the DOJ & FBI are completely out to lunch in terms of exposing and holding those accountable who are responsible for that corruption.” @TomFitton @JudicialWatch
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
“You have a Fake Dossier, gathered by Steele, paid by the Clinton team to get information on Trump. The Dossier is Fake, nothing in it has been verified. It then filters into our American court system in order to spy on Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s political opponent......
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
....Donald Trump, and now we find out that there wasn’t even a hearing - that Donald Trump’s 4th Amendment right to privacy was signed away...and someone in there is swearing that this stuff is true, when it wasn’t? This is the scandal here - a police state.” Dan Bongino
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
Some, like right-of-center legal guy Gabriel Malor, think that story is not quite on the up and up.
But THIS is what is making headlines:
There is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal. If we don’t make a fair deal for the U.S. after decades of abuse, Canada will be out. Congress should not interfere w/ these negotiations or I will simply terminate NAFTA entirely & we will be far better off...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
Of course, everyone knows by now this is a bluff. Canada is a YUGE trading partner of ours. Cutting off trade would hurt us both tremendously. BUT, Trump is so unpredictable, he may just do it. And that gives him negotiating leverage.
....Remember, NAFTA was one of the WORST Trade Deals ever made. The U.S. lost thousands of businesses and millions of jobs. We were far better off before NAFTA - should never have been signed. Even the Vat Tax was not accounted for. We make new deal or go back to pre-NAFTA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 1, 2018
Economists disagree, free traders disagree, but Trump holds to this, and there’s enough people out there hurting that they support this strange non-conservative point of view. We’ll have to see if it gets anywhere…