Author: Kevin Quigley, Scholarly Director of the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University

Since Donald Trump won the recent United States presidential election, Canadian policymakers are trying to anticipate a variety of plausible scenarios to deal with an unpredictable leader and his intentions on everything from trade to mass deportations, border security, currency, NATO, climate action and energy. The president-elect’s threat to slap 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports to the U.S. on his first day in office caused immediate alarm in Canadian political and economic spheres, as have his social media posts making reference to “Governor Justin Trudeau” and the “great state of Canada.” Psychoanalysis explains why Donald Trump is taunting…