There is a method to Donald Trump’s madness

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Ann Fitz-Gerald is the director of the Balsillie School of International Affairs and a professor of political science at Wilfrid Laurier University. Dan Ciuriak is a senior fellow at the Centre for Governance Innovation. No matter how much we disagree with the Trump administration’s hardball tactics, we need to understand the thinking behind them. Looking beyond rhetoric, we see that the shocking, unsettling and at times contradictory positions taken reflect deep-seated code in America’s political DNA: immigration and security, mercantilist concerns about trade deficits, and China’s challenge to U.S. global dominance. Decoding this political DNA is essential for Canada to...