When the EU formally offered Canada the newly created status of associate member to its body yesterday, President Trump reacted with his usual lack of dignity and grace declaring the invitation to be "a hostile act".
For his part, Trump says he is considering more tariffs or to stop trading with the EU in some areas altogether.
Yet Trump is hardly in any position to decry the EU's offer to Canada as "a hostile act" when his entire political career, and for that matter, his entire business career has been a long series of hostile acts.
These hostile acts include but are not limited to threats to annex Canada, seize Greenland from Denmark, tear down the Kennedy Center if his name is not on the building, launching missiles on boats in international waters and giving ICE license to murder American citizens in broad daylight.
In the specific case of Canada why shouldn't its government explore other trade opportunities when Trump persistently declares, "We don't need Canada,"?
Trump's claim the EU invitation to Canada is "a hostile act" is a classic case of projection if I have ever seen one.
Well, with all the hostile acts that Trump has committed the time has come for him to get a taste of his own medicine.
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